Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:

From the American Southwest, now living in Paris. Obsessed with movies and filmmaking. I love late-afternoon light and coffee.

I design things — mostly interfaces, sometimes icons — that are a little warm, a little whimsical, and highly usable.

Over late-stage capitalism. Fluent in English and getting there in French.

#Design #UI #UX #Sustainability #Tech #Film #Photography #Coffee

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb: boosted:
2025-07-14

Final result, a modern 4K iSight Camera ✨

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2025-07-13

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

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2025-07-12

ok we get it— you don’t know how to make posters anymore

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-11

@keir oh definitely. They have an entire suite of colours chosen specifically to be highly legible over near-white and near-black surfaces. And yet we’re left with… this

A screenshot of Apple’s Podcasts app in which the label and icon for the Home tab appear purple over a bright red background, rendering them very difficult to read.
Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-11

@davidbures it’s just such a shame that liquid glass as a material really does look quite cool, but seemingly comes at the cost of sacrificing usability and functional principles. It doesn’t have to be that way!

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-11

@harpaa01 thanks! That was the intention 🙂

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-10

@keir the lifted white active tab looks so much better, and probably makes for a much nicer transition to its glassy state when switching tabs

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-10

@keir love that we’re all here trying to fix this mess 😂

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-10

Couldn’t help but try pushing it a bit further, just for fun 😅 Still a little weird and messy, did this in a few hours to take a break from work lol.

Dock icons are from Michael Flarup, folder icons from @louie.

#MadeWithSketch #Apple #MacOS #LiquidGlass

A mockup of a macOS desktop. In the middle is a Finder window with glassy chrome including a title bar, toolbar, path bar, and status bar. Button controls are raised and the search field is inset. The content area features a frosty glass sidebar on the left and a solid white browser in column view. At the top of the screen is a frosted glass menu bar. At the bottom, icons sit atop a 3D liquid glass dock.
Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-10

Using basically nothing but Apple’s own components and materials, I tried imagining a different way of adding Liquid Glass to the Mac…

#Apple #LiquidGlass #MacOS #MacOS26

A mockup of a Finder window on a macOS desktop. There is a glassy title bar with window controls at the top with a toolbar below. At the bottom are a glassy status bar and path bar. The bulk of the window, in between, consists of a frostier glass sidebar on the left and a white main content area, in column view, on the right.
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2025-07-09

This is INCREDIBLE; the Macs alongside the text aren't showing screenshots, it's booting emulators so you interact with what's being written about, and even includes the NeXT aresluna.org/frame-of-preferen

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Tangerine UI for MastodonTangerineUI@nileane.fr
2025-07-09

#TangerineUI v2.4 is out!

This new version brings the theme up to date with Mastodon 4.4, with support for all the new features included in the release, and more.

This includes support for displaying Quote Posts, for Mastodon's revamped navigation on smaller screens, for the new Featured tab and Pinned Posts carousel on profiles pages, as well as for the new List editor.

To install, follow the instructions in the README document as usual: github.com/nileane/TangerineUI

• More on Tangerine UI v2.4 here: github.com/nileane/TangerineUI
• More on Mastodon 4.4 here: blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb: boosted:
2025-07-08

Anyway here's superman from 75 years ago, being woke a f

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-08

@m2m ah yes, I see it now. Thanks! Will very likely be my next phone

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-07

@m2m I saw that the US version is de-Googled, is that available in Europe as well?

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-05

@tvaziri seconding Hazel, I use it for this exact purpose.

Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb:kleypack@mastodon.design
2025-07-04

@crashthearcade I’m in the same boat. That new Nothing phone and the Fairphone 6 are looking really good right now…

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2025-07-04
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Chris Silverman 🌻csilverman
2025-07-04
An extremely rickety, unevenly constructed bridge spans a chasm between two cliffs. Moss hangs from the bridge. About to step onto the bridge on the left side is a ghostly white figure. Across the bridge, on the right side, is an equally rickety and unevenly constructed traffic light, glowing red. Above and below, the sky and air are foggy gray. The dim outline of trees and mountains is visible through the fog. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
Michael Klepacki :kare_bomb: boosted:
2025-07-01

Today I was reminded that old online chats offered context awareness for the people online: you knew you won't be a bother to a friend who has a smiley flower as a status; and you knew you might not be getting a quick reply from someone who's Away.

Today I don't even know if my friends are online or not. The messenger apps make the assumption that everyone is online, and if not, they will receive a push notification, and will reply to you as soon as possible. But this assumption is barely true. I bet it makes lives harder, especially for ND people

(Edited for a pixel-perfect screenshot)

A screenshot of ICQ application showing multiple online statuses:

Online
Free for chat
Away
Extended away
Occupied 
Do not disturb 
Invisible 
Offline

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst