Dark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/dark-mode/

#HackerNews #DarkMode #LightMode #UserExperience #DesignTrends #TechDebate

The Absurd Wall Around Picture‑in‑Picture for Music on YouTube

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/01/17/00/01/40/analysis/jaimedavid327/9061/the-absurd-wall-around-picture-in-picture-for-music-on-youtube/

Upgraded from Tahoe to Sequoia

Tahoe was grating. So, during sickness, I decided enough was enough and used the opportunity to move back to a system that was less grating even if it had started the rotting. I am back to Sequoia on my laptop and am figuring out a path to move back to Sequoia on my desktop. There’s no reason why we have to put up with Apple’s idea of progress.

I realize I find myself in a weird place. After years where I mostly agreed with Cupetino’s ideas of advancement, I am now staunchly against it. However, increasingly I am being proven right.

p.s. mickey mouse hand glove pointer >> hand pointer in Tahoe

…or, Sandra Bullock was the first live Beta tester of buying online movie tickets.

https://chaos.social/@AnthroBlogger/115900965236724271

#UserExperience #UX #testing #UR #research

Tahoe troubles

But due to the huge corner radius in Tahoe, most of it – about 75% – now lies outside the window:


Living on this planet for quite a few decades, I have learned that it rarely works to grab things if you don’t actually touch them:

So I instinctively try to grab the window corner inside the window, typically somewhere in that green area, near the blue dot:

The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – no.heger

https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/

Please go and watch the videos attached to the post. It’s a shame that mac OS is here. Although this was very much predicted. What was shown through Liquid Glass initially was that the care and thought that made mac OS user experience superior was lost. It’s sad that the worst case scenario is being played out.

Related

broken scrollbars in column view in Finder on Tahoe

"Founder một công cụ lập lịch MXH đã gỡ bỏ tính năng AI vì người dùng thích tự viết bài hơn. AI không giải quyết vấn đề cốt lõi - giúp họ thể hiện cá tính thật qua nội dung. Bài học: Đôi khi đơn giản hóa workflow hiệu quả hơn công nghệ phức tạp. #SaaS #AI #UserExperience #ContentCreation #ỨngDụngPhầnMềm #TrảiNghiệmNgườiDùng #SángTạoNộiDung"

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qdckwm/we_removed_ai_from_our_saas_heres_why/

Sau 6 tháng phát triển tính năng, mình mới nhận ra người dùng mới không biết bắt đầu. 80% rời ngay sau đăng nhập vì thiếu hướng dẫn. Cần cách onboarding nhẹ nhàng, không quá dài dòng. Bạn có gợi ý gì? #UX #Onboarding #ThiếtKếGiaoDiện #SaaS #UserExperience

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qdbhzs/i_spent_6_months_building_features_but_0_mins_on/

Ah, the thrilling saga of tech titans squabbling over a Code of Conduct! 🤡 #SparkFun drops #AdaFruit like a hot potato, because clearly, nothing screams professionalism like a playground-level tiff. 🔥 Meanwhile, their site navigates like a labyrinth designed by someone who hates users. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.sparkfun.com/official-response #technews #drama #CodeOfConduct #userexperience #HackerNews #ngated

Europe’s friendliest conference for UX Research & Design

#UXDesign #UserExperience #UXResearch #DesignConference #CreativeCommunity

https://www.uxcon.io/#top

Europe’s friendliest conference for UX Research & Design

#UXDesign #UserExperience #UXResearch #DesignConference #CreativeCommunity

https://www.uxcon.io/#top

Europe’s friendliest conference for UX Research & Design

#UXDesign #UserExperience #UXResearch #DesignConference #CreativeCommunity

https://www.uxcon.io/#top

The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe

https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/

#HackerNews #macOS #Tahoe #window #resizing #struggle #userexperience #techissues #softwaredevelopment

Google Maps rinnova il menu impostazioni su Android e iOS
#Aggiornamenti #Android #App #Google #GoogleMaps #Interfaccia #iOS #Novità #Riorganizzazione #TechNews #Tecnologia #Update #UserExperience

https://www.ceotech.it/google-maps-rinnova-il-menu-impostazioni-su-android-e-ios/

A Response to Tim Chambers’s 2026 Predictions

https://islandinthenet.com/a-response-to-tim-chamberss-2026-predictions/

Did someone from Microsoft ever used #VSCode?

I am amazed how they manage to consistently provide a bad #UserExperience...

Shortcuts are beyond weird (except the traditional Ctrl-H for searcH 🙄), and more often than note areas feel not right where I usually would enter text or would click, and the git commit dialog is a joke.

thereby solidifying trust, boosting satisfaction, and accelerating adoption.

The blend of Stagehand and Playwright delivers rapid test creation while maintaining reliability.

#Tech #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #UserExperience

For more information check: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ise/app-modernization-llm-driven-ui-tests-hve/.

On this episode, here's what happened when a customer service chatbot didn't just answer questions, it started creating company policies out of thin air.

Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Am3Hr

#podcast #customerservice #userexperience

Google Messaggi lancia il menu per l'uso a una sola mano
#Accessibilità #Aggiornamento #Android #App #Google #GoogleMessaggi #InterfacciaUtente #Messaggistica #Novità #Restyling #Smartphone #TechNews #Tecnologia #Update #UserExperience

https://www.ceotech.it/google-messaggi-lancia-il-menu-per-luso-a-una-sola-mano/

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Internet users discover, years later, that Stack Overflow was not a 🌸fairyland of hugs and rainbows🌈. Instead, it was a "toxic hellhole" where they faced the utterly shocking consequence of... being told to read the manual. Truly, an era of unparalleled suffering. 🥲
https://www.pcloadletter.dev/blog/abandoning-stackoverflow/ #BreakingNews #StackOverflow #ToxicCommunity #UserExperience #TechReality #HackerNews #ngated

Đừng chỉ làm sản phẩm "hữu ích". Hãy tạo ra thứ cho người dùng cảm giác có "lợi thế bất công", như một siêu năng lực bí mật. Những công cụ thật sự thay đổi cuộc chơi đều có chất này.

#ProductDesign #SaaS #Startup #UserExperience #Development #ThiếtKếSảnPhẩm #KhởiNghiệp #TrảiNghiệmNgườiDùng

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1q6grmf/your_appproductsolution_should_feel_like_an/