A look at the risks of relying on a purely graphical icon for interface actions. When in doubt, label it.
From the days of Xerox PARC:
In your garage organization, there’s always a bucket for miscellaneous. You’ve got nuts and bolts and screws and nails, and then, stuff, miscellaneous stuff. That’s kind of what the hamburger menu button was.
Same as it ever was.
A collection of collections.
This site is dedicated to compiling and sharing useful resources for Designers and UI Developers.
A lovely little tour of eleven ubiquitous icons.
I concur:
Just because a user interface uses 3D-buttons and some shading doesn’t mean that it has to look tacky. In fact, if you have to make the choice between tacky-but-usable and minimalistic-but-hard-to-use, tacky is the way to go. You don’t have to make that choice though: It’s perfectly possible to create something that is both good-looking and easy to use.
I like how Luke is using a large language model to make a chat interface for his own content.
This is the exact opposite of how grifters are selling the benefits of machine learning (“Generate copious amounts of new content instantly!”) and instead builds on over twenty years of thoughtful human-made writing.
Trying to get the balance right between discoverability and intrusiveness.
A problem shared is a problem halved. And the web has a big problem with awful overlays.
A presentation at An Event Apart Chicago 2019.
Writing is interface design.
Rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.