UI
Wikipedia gets its first makeover in over a decade… and it’s fairly subtle
Wikipedia, one of the world’s top 10 most visited websites, and a resource used by billions every month, is getting its first makeover on the desktop in over a decade. The Wikimedia Foundation,
Netflix refreshes its iPhone app with a more fluid design
It’s not just quality content that makes a streaming service stand out amongst its competitors. Improving the user experience is still an integral part of the fight to reduce churn. On Monday, Netfl
CommandBar lands $19M to inject in-app searches with smarts
Thanks to the explosion of low- and no-code development tools, building web apps from scratch has become easier — and cheaper — than it once was. But sophisticated search and navigation fu
Twitter’s web redesign isn’t as accessible as it should be, experts say
After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week. But while Twitter framed these updates as making the platform “more accessible,” som
UserZoom raises $100M, acquires EnjoyHQ, to grow its platform to improve UX and other interactive design elements
Graphic designer Paul Rand once famously said that the public was more familiar with bad design than good design. While he was referring to most of the design in the world being “bad”, the
Zoom UX teardown: 5 fails and how to fix them
Valued at over $60 billion and used by millions each day for work and staying in touch with friends and family, the COVID-19 pandemic has helped make Zoom one of the most popular and relevant enterpri
Twitter’s latest test focuses on making conversations easier to follow by labeling tweets
Twitter continues to experiment with ways to make conversations on its platform easier to follow. In addition to its prototype app twttr, which is testing threaded replies, the company also recently t
The iPhone X reveals why Tim Cook was so mad about Palm
At the unveiling of Apple's new flagship smartphone yesterday, the iPhone X, CEO Tim Cook said it was something the company's staff had been working on for a decade. The new interface looks fluid and
WalkMe raises $75M at a ‘$935M’ valuation for its on-screen guidance tech
More funding is rolling in for Israeli startups. Today, WalkMe — company that has built a cloud-based platform for businesses to make web and mobile interfaces and experiences easier to navigat
Snapchat’s big redesign, featuring universal search and more, just hit iOS
Snapchat’s major redesign, which introduces a universal search bar to the top of the app, among other features, has today hit iOS. The refreshed user interface was first announced earlier this
Atomic is like Google Docs for interface prototyping
Meet Atomic, a prototyping service for your next mobile app or website. It works in your browser, but it’s a lot more powerful than you’d expect. Atomic handles animations and lets you make intera
Apple eyeing touch controls to extend the power of the stylus
Apple has been looking at ways to extend the control power of stylus input methods, patenting a touch sensitive stylus which could allow for users to manipulate on screen objects depending on how and
Researchers propose theory on why touchscreen controls in mobile games are the worst
I know we're supposed to be all done talking about Flappy Bird, but I think it's justified to bring it up when it appears in a research paper about why games like Flappy Bird are so hard — and so fr
This Tiny Sensor Turns Your Thumbnail Into A Trackpad
Like the football phone or the Dick Tracy two-way wrist radio, humankind has always dreamt of melding two technologies together to create a synergistic improvement on our meager, exhausting existence.
Apple Patents A Strange Physics-Based GUI For iPad File And Folder Manipulation
Apple had an interesting patent granted to it today by the USPTO (via AppleInsider), which describes a graphic user interface on the iPad that more closely resembles a desktop arrangement of files and
Apple Adds New “Designing Great Apps” Micro Site For iOS 7 Developers
Apple has offered up a central location that houses a number of resources around designing software for iOS 7. The collection of videos, documents and whitepapers seems aimed at making it easier for d
Twitter’s Web Presence Might Soon Break Away From The Vertical Timeline Flow
There’s a new Twitter redesign making the rounds, first spotted by Mashable’s Matt Petronzio, and it changes things considerably. Tweets no longer flow vertically in a single column like t
Twitter Tests Cleaner Web Client Design With More Prominent Logo And Tweet Composer
Twitter is testing a new website design, which opts for a lighter, flat design that seems at least partly inspired by its shift to similar design trends on mobile. The screens below were sent in by Bo
AppSeed Relies On Computer Vision Tech And Your Phone To Speed Up UI Design
Digital designers point your eyes at this neat Kickstarter project which is utilising computer vision tech to speed up the early stages of the design process. The basic idea is to give designers a way
Pitching App Ideas? AppGyver Delivers Mobile App Prototypes In Minutes, No Technical Know-How Needed
Although there are a ton of DIY app builders out there, the majority of them are either designed for those with a little bit of coding know-how, or involve drag-and-drop components which are used to c