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Jerome<p>AI non-use in UX is "not about rejecting technology, but about negotiating its limits, values, and contexts." —I. Cha, R. Wong, 2025</p><p><a href="https://ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2025/05/26/paper-summary-understanding-socio-technical-factors-configuring-ai-non-use-in-ux-work-practices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gate</span><span class="invisible">ch.edu/2025/05/26/paper-summary-understanding-socio-technical-factors-configuring-ai-non-use-in-ux-work-practices/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UserExperience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BestPractices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BestPractices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a></p>
Jochen Wolters<p>This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IxD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IxD</span></a> pattern has always irked me, because I feel it requires noticeably more cognitive effort to interpret the items' respective status and, hence, their meaning.</p><p>In contrast, the old pattern of a static label plus checkbox is much easier to grasp.</p><p>I.e., instead of "Turn [On|Off] Reposts” and “Turn [On|Off] Notifications", the items could say “Hide Reposts” and “Mute Notifications”, plus checkmark when active.</p><p>Any ideas out there why this "verb-driven" approach is so common in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> land?</p>
dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataviz</span></a> is critical, but I don't think in pictures, I think in spatial relations and movement (is this an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> thing?)</p><p>Movement happens in time and you usually want to viz the time axis all at once, so I've trained myself to turn "$variable vs t" into mental motion</p><p>Other times you need an interactive <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> and that usually means 3D</p><p>I love love love <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pyqtgraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pyqtgraph</span></a> for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> plotting but they will be the first to tell you the 3D needs some love</p><p>My punfully-named work project has proved to be a hit[1] and I managed to get an 30y-experienced <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/developer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developer</span></a> *with an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> degree* assigned to it. (This is a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> application)</p><p>She agreed that the 3D portion was neat but hard to use. She found <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vtk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vtk</span></a>, which seems to be the perfect partner because it does 3D really well, stays out of 2D and has a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pyqt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pyqt</span></a> connector.</p><p>I just worked through a tutorial and, yeah, this could be a huge breakthrough in my viz apps.</p><p>[1]They think they want to change the pun name but they are wrong. An unforgettable name is money in the bank.</p>
Ben Fulton<p>Rapid Usability Assessments seminar</p><p>This tutorial will teach participants the basics of rapid usability assessments—a good way to quickly identifyareas for improvement in any user experience. Whether your users interact with your software product via command line or GUI, usability assessments can be a useful tool. These tests can be completed quickly and provide quantitative data like users’ success rates, speed, or satisfaction when completing a task. </p><p><a href="https://us-rse.org/events/2025/2025-06-education-training-talk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us-rse.org/events/2025/2025-06</span><span class="invisible">-education-training-talk/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSE</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a></p>
GNOME<p>🎨 "Designing GNOME"<br>with Allan Day &amp; Cassidy James Blaede<br>📅 24 July 🕒 11:05 CEST 📍 Brescia<br>🖌️ A year of design updates: notifications, UX patterns, Adwaita fonts &amp; more.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://events.gnome.org/event/259/contributions/1208/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.gnome.org/event/259/con</span><span class="invisible">tributions/1208/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Adwaita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adwaita</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GUADEC2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GUADEC2025</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Installing *BSD in 2025 part 2 – A critical look at OpenBSD’s installer <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250605070944" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250605070944</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/installer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>installer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newusers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newusers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>userfriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>More on website UX being terrible. I just visited a research/academic org site. It was the usual WordPress huge 'hero' photo slideshow with sliding up/down messages too long to read before they swished offscreen, info panels underneath that slid seductively upward into view and a logo that was mostly illegible. All completely unsuited to the content.</p><p>PLEASE stop. This corporatisation into a one size fits all is useless sh*t.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userexperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>userexperience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a></p>
Karl Fredrik 🦊<p>True story,<br>- Log into browser with IdP<br>- Get logged out of IdP<br>- Log back into IdP<br>- Click something in the browser's popover and now your browser has a passkey to the IdP<br>- Get logged out of browser and IdP<br>- Get locked out because you need to log into the browser to log into the IdP to log into the browser to log into the IdP to...</p><p>How can this failure mode exist?</p><p>Where do we even start to communicate this to users in a good way?</p><p>/rant</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/passkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passkeys</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sso</span></a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>I managed to get a video of this dark pattern. 12 seconds in you can finally see the faint "skip" button pop in. First I have to click the 'What's happening under the hood?" link. Then I have to leave the explanation on the screen for a while, then skip appears.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkpatterns</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ui</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a></p>
The Gregzone<p>Tech CEOs need to stop trying to make the Everything App.</p><p>They need to be like Doctor Charles Emerson Winchester III from M*A*S*H, who said, “I do one thing at a time, I do it very well, and then I move on.”</p><p>APPS SHOULD DO ONE THING VERY WELL.</p><p>*ONE* THING.</p><p><a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a></p>
Scott Jenson<p>Totally not scientific poll: Do you use Lists on the Fediverse? If so how?</p><p>I've tried using them but they just feel a bit tedious as it's not easy to edit them.<br><a href="https://social.coop/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/list" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>list</span></a></p>
Tim Chambers<p>I’m working on a blog post “The 7 Deadly Sins of the (Current) Fediverse Web <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a>” … a quick readable but thorough listing of the top 7 things many on the <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> have been trying to fix for a long time, making some gains on - but that everyone knows needs to be fixed. Not specific to any one Fedi platform. Only abt Web UX. What would you add? cc: @scottjenson @cheeaun @elk @dimillian @MonaApp <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tapbots.social/@mark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>samhenrigold</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fediversenews</span></a></span></p>
Henry<p>When should people who make terrible review pop-up notifications be beaten over the head with a massive trout?</p><p><a href="https://social.lol/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a></p>
Jeff Fortin T.<p>One thing I often hear GNOME critics complaining about, usually with Nautilus' busy headerbar area as the primary example, is that its client-side window decorations don't leave many empty spaces for dragging the window around.</p><p>What most critics don't realize is that the entire window headerbar area remains draggable. You can drag any of those toolbar widgets to move the whole window around with it, as if those widgets weren't even there. The right-click menu works, too.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOME</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOMEFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNOMEFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a></p>
Quincy<p>trying lsof, but it's too slow (I need to go now)</p><p>clearly a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> anti-pattern that needs a name (and no, it's not exclusive to linux).</p>
Pavel A. Samsonov<p>For years, execs and managers were able to get away with pretending to do some kind of job - and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> has greatly accelerated their ability to pretend.</p><p>Unfortunately, that led to garbage strategy and garbage execution. The quality of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> suffered. The stability, performance, and security of code degraded.</p><p>Some leaders are finally waking up to this.</p><p>The "find out" phase of this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> powered FAFO era is promising to be brutal. </p><p><a href="https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/the-ai-hangover-era-the-everything-app-part-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/th</span><span class="invisible">e-ai-hangover-era-the-everything-app-part-3</span></a></p>
Dr Keith Wilson 💭<p>I’m so here for this visionOS-inspired redesign. I’ve always thought GUIs should make better use of transparency and layers. 🤩 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visionOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visionOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/30/ios-26-visionos-inspired-design-elements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">macrumors.com/2025/05/30/ios-2</span><span class="invisible">6-visionos-inspired-design-elements/</span></a></p>
mobidic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jalefkowit</span></a></span> <br>I know exactly what you’re talking about: ‘Your password is not complex enough!’ … ‘Your password was leaked online!’ … ‘Do not include parts of your old password!’ … ‘Your login was used by a new device!’ … Well, if you know all that — how about go fyourself? I just want to use it to play chess, not to access my bank account!!!</p><p>What about question my purpose, and not my password! ?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ui</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a></p>
Scott Jenson<p>This is the latest "UI creator" from Google called <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Stitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stitch</span></a>. Like all new GenAI tools I like to give them a try. It didn't go well.</p><p>I was trying to reproduce a website I currently use (with navigation on the right instead of the expected left). This shows a key weakness to these tools: they can only "design to the mean" and if you deviate from the default patterns, you're swimming against a VERY strong current.<br><a href="https://social.coop/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genAI</span></a></p>
aaron<p>Just published a blog post tearing into hCaptcha’s so-called “accessibility” mode.</p><p>It’s not accessibility. It’s a cookie. And to get that cookie, you now have to submit your email and send a code via SMS to an U.S. phone number. It fails silently. It doesn’t confirm anything. You click “Confirm Code” and get “An error has occurred.” No cookie. No fallback. No support. And if you somehow get it? It’s a third-party cookie your browser probably blocks, and it expires. Then you get to do it all again.</p><p>Meanwhile, hCaptcha’s text-based challenge — the only mode that might actually work with a screen reader — isn’t tied to the cookie at all. It only shows up if the website owner specifically enables it. Most don’t. So even if you’re blind, even if you’re using assistive tech, you get the same unusable image grid as everyone else.</p><p>This isn’t accessibility. It’s exclusion wrapped in PR.</p><p>The blog post breaks it all down: how the cookie flow works (or doesn’t), why the system is broken by design, how developers got misled, and what real alternatives look like. If you care about accessible design or just want to understand how bad this gets, read it.</p><p>Link: <a href="https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hellcaptcha-accessibility-theater-at-its-worst/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hel</span><span class="invisible">lcaptcha-accessibility-theater-at-its-worst/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/BlindTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlindTech</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/hCaptcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hCaptcha</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/HellCaptcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HellCaptcha</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ScreenReaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReaders</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/TechRant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechRant</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/DevTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevTools</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a></p>