Is there an email marketing tool or technique reason why I'm seeing an increasing number of HTML emails where pretty much all of the informative content is linked images rather than part of the email text?

This is a crime against accessibility.
#a11y #email #ux

YOWZA
Form Extractor Prototype

“This tool extracts the structure from an image of a form.”

https://github.com/timpaul/form-extractor-prototype?tab=readme-ov-file#form-extractor-prototype

#ai #LLM #UX #accessibility

GitHub - timpaul/form-extractor-prototype

Contribute to timpaul/form-extractor-prototype development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

If you haven't seen this yet, it is glorious:

#GNOME #GnomeShell #Gnome46 #Notifications #UI #UX

We all know that disabled input elements and buttons in forms are bad for #UX and #accessibility.

But do you know any usability studies or numbers to back up that claim? I’m not questioning it, but it would be great to not only have to quote Medium articles without any references in them… 🤔

I really want accent colors to ship in GNOME, and we’re approaching the beginning of the GNOME 47 cycle, so… what’s blocking it? The short answer: design consensus.

The longer answer: there are outstanding—but imho not insurmountable—concerns and a lot of design work to do around it. 🧵

#GNOME #GNOMEDesign #UXdesign #UX #design

Is there any work being done in Gnome to have the search in Overview be aware of the folders you have bookmarked in Files?

It drives me a bit crazy now that there's no logical integration here. If I bookmark a folder, that's a pretty good sign that I use it often, and I want that to pop up first in search results, I think.

#Gnome #UX

My FOSDEM talk about why visual change is good is finally up.

https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2728-thunderbird-why-visual-change-is-good/

#fosdem #thunderbird #ui #ux

FOSDEM 2024 - Thunderbird: Why Visual Change Is Good

^fosdem.org

Uz nejakou dobu pouzivam na @wrksart klienta https://phanpy.social. Je hodne minimalisticky. Krade IP z pokemonu, mastodon pokemon, ha, genialni! Hodne veci mi vadi.

Ale jeho naprosta killer feature a duvod, proc si ho pro doom scrolling hudby a dalsiho umeni na WRKS necham, je vizualni oddeleni boostu od originalnich postu.

Vubec nechapu, proc to jeste nema kazdy klient. UX je uplny no-brainer. Obri timeline neskutecne zprehledni.

#mastodon #phanpy #ux #app

Phanpy

Minimalistic opinionated Mastodon web client

^{phanpy.social}

Would it be possible for #Gnome to make Shift+F3 work system wide, not only in LibreOffice?

#UX #KeyboardShortcuts #Linux

How design fails older people

https://www.fastcompany.com/90338379/i-wrote-the-book-on-user-friendly-design-what-i-see-today-horrifies-me

#ux #ageism #accessibility

When I was a smartass computer nerd in the 80s and 90s, an eternal theme was friends and family sheepishly asking me for tech support help, and me slowly, patiently explaining to them that computers aren't scary, they're actually predictable, they won't explode or erase your data (unless you really make an effort), and they operate by simple (if somewhat arcane) rules. Edit > Cut, then click, then Edit > Paste. Save As. Use tabs, not spaces. Stuff like that. Maybe not easy, but simple, or at least consistent and learnable.

But that's not true anymore.

User interfaces lag. Text lies. Buttons don't click. Buttons don't even look like buttons! Panels pop up and obscure your workspace and you can't move or remove them -- a tiny floating x and a few horizontal lines is all you get. Mobile and web apps lose your draft text, refresh at whim, silently swallow errors, mysteriously move shit around when you're not looking, hide menus, bury options, don't respect or don't remember your chosen settings. Doing the same thing gives different results. The carefully researched PARC principles of human-computer interaction -- feedback, discoverabilty, affordances, consistency, personalization -- all that fundamental Don Norman shit -- have been completely discarded.

My tech support calls now are about me sadly explaining there's nothing I can do. Computers suck now. They run on superstition, not science. It's a real tragedy for humanity and I have no idea how to fix it.

#HCI #UX #UI #okdoomer

I needed to test support for dynamic accessible descriptions recently, so I made a blog post reference in case it's helpful for others.

https://www.darins.page/articles/dynamic-accessible-descriptions-reference

#accessibility #a11y #html #webdev #ux #screenreader

Dynamic accessible descriptions reference - Darin Senneff

I recently needed to test the support of a dynamic accessible description – a element’s description that is initially one (or no) value, then changes to…

^{Darin Senneff}

I can understand why it seems confusing. I guess someone would expect quote mark to quote comment text into reaction instead of sharing it.

Maybe someone here can find better icon for it for better #UX ?

The next Community Office Hours on Nov. 29 at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time is all about Cards View, and we're inviting @micah to tell all! If you have questions about Thunderbird visual design - and Thunderbird in general - please send them to officehours@thunderbird.net!

Office Hours are a fun and informal way to get to know the awesome people behind Thunderbird. We'll post soon how to join us live - or to catch the recording. And get those questions in early and often! #Thunderbird #UX

This:

“Scrollbars Are Becoming A Problem”, Artemis Everfree (https://artemis.sh/2023/10/12/scrollbars.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37864867

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/fhyvyr/scrollbars_are_becoming_problem

#UX #Scrollbars #Scrolling #Design #Affordance #Accessibility #GUI

Scrollbars are becoming a problem

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^lobste.rs

Why did my #Thunderbird (upgraded to v115.3.1) grow an empty window frame & titlebar above the menu bar? #UI #UX

I have also lost the ability to re-size columns in the message-list pane.

Modern Health, frameworks, performance, and harm

https://ericwbailey.website/published/modern-health-frameworks-performance-and-harm/

"Performance, accessibility, and usability are more than inconvenient truths you can pretend don’t exist. They have a direct impact on the quality of someone’s life."

#webdev #webperf #ux #usability #a11y #uxd #webdesign

Modern Health, frameworks, performance, and harm

Performance, accessibility, and usability are more than just inconvenient truths you can pretend don’t exist. They have a direct impact on the quality of someone’s life…

^{ericwbailey.website}

Some very vocal #LibreOffice devs consider that client-side window decorations (for example #GTK HeaderBar kind of things) are "NOT a #UX #design issue", and that it's all about the burden of maintaining that across different OSes/platforms.

Yeah… I might buy their argument if LibreOffice had the guts to actually commit to only one (or two) UI layouts and toolkits, instead of maintaining *seven* UI layout choices, to begin with 🙄️
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113388#c25

"Making a positive change: PDF to HTML
The Government Digital Service (GDS) states “Compared with HTML content, information published in a PDF is harder to find, use and maintain”."

Consider the needs of the people you are publishing the information for. Engage with them early to explore alternative options that may better meet their needs.

YES !

https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2023/06/12/making-a-positive-change-pdf-to-html/

#PDF #HTML #A11Y #UX

Making a positive change: PDF to HTML

This is for everyone: documenting how we rebuild inclusive digital services across government

^{accessibility.blog.gov.uk}

"when will the save icon stop being a floppy disk?!"

Probably whenever cartoon bombs stop looking like these grenades from 1688

#design #UX

Float labels may put you in the cool club, but they’re terrible UX.

It’s much better if your input’s label:

1) is legible
2) is above the input
3) doesn’t move about
4) is not mistaken for an answer

Simple > clever

-Adam Silver via Twitter

https://twitter.com/adambsilver/status/1660168097595113474

#UX #UXDesign #usability #forms #UIDesign

This is solely for UK audiences I'm afraid but if you have 20 minutes and would be up for a £15 e-gift voucher (https://www.highstreetvouchers.com), would love to get your feedback on some designs for a recurring donations user journey.

WARNING: This version is hosted on usabilityhub which isn't exactly the most accessible...

Here is the link - https://usabi.li/do/66f584ee610e/a030

Anyone otherwise interested in testing out coded prototypes etc., do get in touch!

#UX #UI #UserTesting