I wanted to download youtube videos. So I got more acquainted with Apple’s user space scripting tools. Overall I’m pretty inspired by the clean UX of these tools. Of course, I guess all of these tools only work inside Apple’s walled garden, which is sad in terms of general population getting educated in general purpose …
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You can’t always tell what parts of a web page are linkable. Some headings have ids, some sections don’t. On mobile, inspecting element IDs is nearly impossible. This tool lets you paste any URL and see a list of anchors you can link to. It detects both <a name=””> and any element with an id. …
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Note: I can attest this to be functional for me, but I’ve used an LLM to produce this. Your mileage may vary. Please check your particular details, particularly the call for checking temperature may vary. Many people have video files that no longer work on modern devices. You may have downloaded or perhaps made backups …
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When we talk about the UX – user experience – of an online service or product we’re not just talking about beautiful interfaces or smooth navigation. What happens when a user encounters a product, feels something about it – and what remains when they finally close the app or device? This is where honesty comes …
In this post I’m exploring two different takes on matching people in two different contexts. First, an app to use on a date to get to know them deeper, and second, a popular tongue-in-cheek swiping dating style app for influencers and companies looking for advert space. Dating/get-to-know questions app Relationship questions app (This demo only …
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The primary goal of tTrsTherapy is to remove distractions and create an experience that allows players to engage with the game in a mindful way. So we are aiming for less of a gamified experience and more for a zen of doing the thing for its own sake. Traditional Tetris mechanics have been retained, but …
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This is pretty exciting! You used to only be able to do this on single page apps. Examples The View Transition API lets you add transitions between views of a website. — Read on developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/view-transitions/ Deeper dive: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43308907 https://jakearchibald.com/2024/view-transitions-handling-aspect-ratio-changes/
Measurement app in next.js and react Responsive and works with both dark mode and light mode. Simple functionality for graph drawing and sharing data between UI components.
UX Design and Responsibility: What is Technology’s Role in Humanity? User experience (UX) and usability have evolved significantly over the past decades. Since the mid-20th century, UX design has responded to different challenges at different times: at first, it helped shape the foundations of the IT industry, defining how humans could even interact with computers. …
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Or: The Role of a UX designer with tech chops. suomeksi Introduction: The Art of Design Thinking Would you like to uplevel your product or service design to a point where your product is truly ready for international markets? UX Design Thinking helps you meet your user where they are. No more wasting developer time …
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Inspiring post on the craftsmanship of UI design and building: One of the ways I like to do development is to build something, click around a ton, make tweaks, click around more, more tweaks, more clicks, etc., until I finally consider it done. The clicking around a ton is the important part. If it’s a …
In this post, we’re diving into two compelling open source projects, Joplin (task management) and Ocenaudio (audio editing), which are redefining user expectations and providing strong alternatives to proprietary software. These applications not only challenge the dominance of established players but also showcase a commitment to improving usability and functionality in ways that appeal to …
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Upcoming: I plan to publish this in WordPress plugin marketplace. This WooCommerce plugin adds a simple way to display a license expiration date in the customer name shown in admin order emails. It does this when a specific coupon is used. Being fair in software business: Background motivation I’ve always admired Balsamiq—not just for their …
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Private for now. If you find the prospect of easily accessible, locally stored Notion data appealing and wish to contribute to the development process, we encourage you to reach out. Please express your interest by messaging me so I’ll have motivation to publish this. NotesOfFreedom is a solution that can be deployed on any web …
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It would be wonderful if such stories were more prevalent and lauded in the overall industry: it’s about how we end up affecting concrete lives. Human-computer interaction as a research field is all about this; seeing the others’ perspective. More context (HN link) leshokunin Disclaimer: I was a PM on Angry Birds. […] vvoyerNice, what’s …
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Public Service Announcement: YouTube links now include an SI source id at the end which is unique to your account if you share link on another non-Google platform. Be sure to delete everything from the “si=” onward or it will be easily traceable to your Gmail @OldRowSwig on X
2023-11: Download is upcoming! An e-ink tablet is great. It’s your digital notebook, your portable sketchbook, and your go-to brainstorming device. But what if you need to export your stuff to another device, or a backup? There is no mass export function for files or folders in human-readable form, and that’s where reNamer comes in. …
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In my work as coach, teacher, designer – I keep coming back to this question: How do I present all that I do such that it might make sense to others… that they might understand; it’s all about connecting to the other human’s perspective! However different software development as a discipline might seem from design …
I tend to always forget how to use prepared statements, so I generated this little helper function that always does what I typically want. (TODO: retest this, 2023-09-04) #include <QSqlQuery>#include <QSqlError>#include <QVariant>#include <QMap>#include <QDebug>#include <QSqlDatabase>/** * Executes an SQL query with placeholders. * * @param sqlString The SQL query string with placeholders. * @param placeholderMap …
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