User interface

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iOS 7, flat transparent toolbars and clarity

Let’s talk about iOS 7 — it clearly has not been covered enough lately

Group characters in password input fields

When you enter a password, Terminal does not show anything

Large click areas for small elements

All user interface designers should know and apply the Fiitts’s law. It says that the larger and the closer the target area is, the easier it is

Do not ask me for email I have just entered

You enter your email in a sign-in form and then realize you do not remember your password. You click “remind me my password” and get redirected to “Remind password” form

Timed modes

As you may know, modes are bad. Even worse are timed modes often used in the human interface of consumer electronics

The Home button problem of iOS

When presenting the first iPhone, Steve Jobs said that the Home button “takes you home from wherever you are”...

Tomorrow does not begin at midnight

What I hate about all calendar and reminder apps is that they think tomorrow starts at midnight. I mean, come on...

Splash screens

Splash screens are useless: they don’t solve any user’s problem, they shamelessly invade the user’s world, they draw additional attention to the fact that the user is waiting...

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It’s always a pleasure to talk to Kostya Gorsky, lead designer from Yandex and my good friend...

On password-less login

Ben Brown asks if it is time for password-less login. Well, yes it is. It’s actually long been

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