What do we mean when we talk about ethical design? And why is it important? This talk will give some concrete examples of where tech has gone wrong, and give...
Wow, so the other day I shared what #Microsoft does when you search to download #Firefox from #Edge* but they go one step further for #Chrome.
(I have zero love for either surveillance capitalist but, my goodness, what absolute asshattery. Having spent more time than I’d like testing in #Windows these past two days, I constantly feel like some malevolent entity is trying to exploit me at every turn. Because one is. This OS is a case study in hostile #design.)
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Although Apple stock is down roughly 23% year to date at the time of writing this article, the $2 trillion company is now valued at more than Amazon, Alphabet and Meta — combined. Could the reason be…
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Here's some tips about mobile app design. If you're holding a phone, normal humans can't reach buttons at the top of the screen with their thumb without using a 2nd hand. It's better to put the buttons where fingers can reach them so that buttons are easier to use. bookofadamz.com/smartphone-gra… #UX #Design
Inclusive design describes methodologies to create products that understand and enable people of all backgrounds and abilities. It may address accessibility, age, economic situation, geographic location, language, race, and more.
So remember how I was saying you shouldn’t have to know or care if your operating system is immutable for an immutable operating system to be usable by everyday folks? (You know, clever folks, like brain surgeons and astronauts, not just your regular garden variety tech hobbyist with time to spare following instructions from a wiki.)
Seems others think so too… #VanillaOS sounds very promising. #Fedora #Silverblue folks should take some notes.
Join me during one of my usual mornings spent designing Thunderbird.Help me fix bugs, take a look under the hood, yell at me for not being smart, and learn h...
So, folks who build web sites, I just added this conditional syntax to Kitten HTML template strings. Thoughts?
(See third code example. The is().yes().no().endIs() function chaining. My goal is to provide an alternative to the JavaScript ternary operator that’s easier to read. Does this succeed? Any suggestions?)
I just released a little tool called Lipstick on a Pig for GNOME that helps keep the visual appearance of command-line applications that implement custom colour themes for syntax highlighting in sync with the current light/dark mode setting of your s…
And, finally (there’s so much more but I’ll stop raving now and get back to work), the web-related features, like a built-in accessibility and scripting panel and access to the SVG source, styling, etc.
If you’re creating illustrations for the web (or, heck, in general) and you’re not using this absolute gem of an app, you’re missing out :)
And those little touches… notice how the curve that the selected Bézier control point is affecting is highlighted in purple. And you can simply pull along there to shape the curve instead of manipulating the control point handles.
Question to JavaScript folks who have experience with Node.js… how does the following (theoretical) code listing for a server-side route that renders an index page with a count that’s persisted in memory on the server and updated any time someone loads the page read to you?
... I’ve looked for existing sets of guidelines without luck, so apparently I get to draw my own line in the sand. An earlier version of this post proved popular on Mastodon, I’m expanding it here. This is a first effort and some of my suggestions may not hold up, though I hope most will. Further discussion on that point at the end of this post....
E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications
If you're engaged in application or Web UI/UX design for E-Ink devices or displays (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper), it helps to keep in mind what these displays' capabilities are.
tutor in commercial practices at WdKA, art academy in Rotterdam, Netherlands
The job description is quite generic, but here is a list of relevant topics/subjects that are relevant to this position:
-art and design practices in relation to degrowth and collapsology - system thinking and ecological economics applied to art and design practices - alternative (micro)economic systems/models in art/design/publishing - collaboration, cooperation and collective practices within microenterprise and coop - (post-)free and open source software, hardware, and licensing - resilient and less extractive computer technology and networked infrastructure - creative design with extreme material, carbon and energy constraints - collective care, work and labour ethics in the creative industries - transition, circularity and beyond, gambiarra and repair culture (engagement and critique) - multi-, trans-, and cross-disciplinary projects beyond the cultural sector
This issue summarises the issue and suggests a good solution (to have an option to override just the color-scheme setting without disabling fingerprint resistance in general).
Right, so there is such a thing as going too far… this should at least be a configurable option so that folks who want web sites to adapt to their system light/dark mode settings can have that.
There’s a line between protecting people and being paternalistic. And I can’t believe I’m the one having to say this but privacy isn’t the only concern when designing (e.g., in this case you might be overriding someone’s accessibility preferences).
A friendly reminder that you should make sure CPU virtualisation is turned on in your BIOS before creating a virtual machine (in this case, using GNOME Boxes)
