Do We Have Too Many Settings
A couple of months ago I tried to change a rule for a child account and got lost inside Settings on my own phone.
Interface Studies
Personal thoughts on interface design, software, and their culture.
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The Hover State: Between Noticing and Doing
Every mouse pointer does one thing almost all the time: nothing.
"Save for Later" Has No Later
Almost every app today has a bookmark button.
The Lost Discipline of the Alarm: What Notification Design Forgot
Notification design has a problem it did not invent and has never named.
When Software Took the Word 'Social'
We call certain apps “social” and the companies behind them “platforms.” Both words feel too obvious to question.
What Every Productivity App Trades Away
Welcome again!
What Makes Software a "Place"?
Twenty-five years ago I spent hours inside a CD-ROM.
The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About
Different kinds. Doing different things.
The Receding User: Designing for Absence
For sixty years, the design of interfaces was organised around a single virtue: closing the distance between intent and visible consequence.
Why Horizontal Scrolling Never Caught On
There is a question that sounds simple and turns out not to be.