@nikitonsky: Clever UI trick: embeded youtube video, inside which you can use progress bar to choose between three parts, and they visually align with the progress bar

#NuPhy #Youtube

@nikitonsky: No you WILL create an account!

Thanks @robinmetral for the video

#Substack #Login #Signup #Popup #Modal

@nikitonsky: How many ellipses do you want?

Thanks Black Asthesky for the picture

#Ellipsis #Dropdown #SharePoint

@nikitonsky: Ways to close a popup in order of preference:

1. X button it top right corner
2. Click outside
3. Escape key
...
100. A link in the middle of the text

Guess which one worked here

#Meetup #Popup

@nikitonsky: Normally, when you hold down the Down or Up key on a keyboard, a webpage moves a little, then pauses briefly, and only then starts scrolling continuously. I think this is related to how key repeat works in the OS.

In Safari, however, the page scrolls continuously from the moment you hold the key down—no hiccups. Pretty cool!

#Safari #Scrolling

@nikitonsky: Buttons floating over content were a mistake

Thanks juanca for the video

@nikitonsky: Apparently B stands for “See more...”

Thanks @sumpfsuppe for the video

#Bold #TextStyle #Menu #Submenu #MicrosoftWhiteboard

@nikitonsky: This is how big companies quietly steal control from users. Youtube search options then → now

#YouTube #Search

@nikitonsky: Maybe AI can put us out of this misery? Humanity on its own seems incapable of solving cross-calendar data format compatibility

#Calendar #Format #ics #iCal

@nikitonsky: Just saw a video that put Apple Music and Winamp next to each other, and it made me realize why Winamp feels so much simpler and approachable than modern UIs.

Its UI doesn’t change.

You click something, and... the UI stays the same. The song starts playing, but not a single pixel moves. There’s no relayout, nothing shrinks, nothing scrolls, nothing animates. It’s stable. It feels predictable. Safe.

Compare that to Apple Music. They played one song and went through three screens with completely different layouts, elaborately morphing into one another. Of course it feels disorienting.

There’s also clear separation between UI and content. Apple Music, like many modern UIs, mixes controls with content, often in arbitrary ways, adding to the confusion. In Winamp, the UI has its own dedicated area, where you can reliably find it.

When put next to each other, it’s funny how close Apple Music and Winamp are in size. At the same time, Apple needs several screens to essentially show what Winamp can fit into one. And they still had space left for an equalizer!

Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rD3lHLu8Bk

#AppleMusic #Winamp