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July 22, 2018
July 21, 2018
July 15, 2018
App developers: a favor, please
App developers, thank you for writing the cool things you do, but when it comes to installers, may I ask a favor? Please do not complicate the app path, or the Start menu, by using your company name for a folder name.
I have never once been looking for an app folder and thought to myself “Hey, even though I’m looking for the Luxafor folder, here’s a folder called Greynut, I bet that company is cool and I should immediately Google it”.
What I have said, is:
“Argh! Why is the path \program files\greynut\luxafor?!
Likewise for organization in the Start menu… keep it simple, please, with a recognizable name: that of the software.
Thank you.
July 14, 2018
Brutalist Web Design
This, this, so much this:
“A website's materials aren't HTML tags, CSS, or JavaScript code. Rather, they are its content and the context in which it's consumed. A website is for a visitor, using a browser, running on a computer to read, watch, listen, or perhaps to interact. A website that embraces Brutalist Web Design is raw in its focus on content, and prioritization of the website visitor.”
July 13, 2018
July 09, 2018
Software/website design articles
Hick's Law: Designing Long Menu Lists
Hick's Law (or the Hick–Hyman Law) says that the more choices you present to your users, the longer it takes them to reach a decision. However, combining Hick's Law with other design techniques can make long menus easy to use. (3 min. video)
The Availability Heuristic
People make decisions based on the information that is most readily available to them. Understanding how the availability heuristic works will help you design for the way people think. (2 min. video)
July 07, 2018
The quiet destruction of the American teenager
http://theweek.com/articles/783097/quiet-destruction-american-teenager
“Few periods in American history have been as revolutionary as the last decade or so. Between 2009 and the present the use of smartphones has become ubiquitous among children. It is not uncommon for many young people to spend six or even nine hours a day in front of these screens, getting less sleep, spending less time engaged in other meaningful activities, engrossing themselves in a set of priorities and commitments that are utterly divorced from the real world in which they should be learning to live.”
Please scroll responsibly
http://theweek.com/articles/782718/please-scroll-responsibly
“In giving up the Google Reader model in favor of Facebook's or Twitter's curated feeds, we've ceded control of our online experiences. And despite whatever new features the tech giants are implementing, with their bottom lines so dependent on gaming our attention, it's unlikely they'll be willing to give it back.”