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nikitonsky: If your brand name is your domain name, you don’t get to append words to the end of it. Google.Maps is fine, Google.com.Maps would be not
July 14, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: From a tool that spends so much time polishing every UI detail, this window is very unexpected.<br>What is really a choice here? I cannot not update. I can either do it now, in which case, why not do it automatically? Or I can choose “next launch,” but how am I supposed to know whether I will want to update at some indefinite point in the future?<br>Startup is also the worst time to show a window like this. If I open Figma, that means I want to do something, and this is guaranteed to get in my way.<br>If a window like this absolutely has to be shown, show it at shutdown. But the rest of the apps have figured out background updates, so why can’t Figma?<br>#update #popup
July 6, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: Yes, I have a question. Where’s the login button?<br>Thanks @mikeozornin for the picture<br>#Dropl #Chat #Popup #Floating #Login
July 1, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: You know what? I don’t need shortcuts. I’ll just click through the menu, thanks<br>#GoogleSheets #Menu #Shortcuts
June 30, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: Things I learned today:<br>- Websites can override Cmd+R<br>- Google Sheets uses it to replace current cell with the cell on the LEFT<br>#GoogleSheets #Shortcuts
June 29, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: Don’t put checkmark on a button. Checkmark means “Saved, done”, not “Press to save” (in the screenshot, settings are NOT saved)<br>#Luma #Button #ActionOrState #Checkmark
June 23, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: It’s always funny to me when a website has to explain what to do with it because there are no obvious controls or visible content. That’s a problem of your own creation.<br>It’s even funnier when the interaction icon itself is confusing enough that it needs explanatory text beside it. Choose a better icon, or just use the text.<br>All that said, in this specific example, the choice of an arrow to represent a tap is very unconventional.<br>#Icons #InteractionReminder #Tap
June 20, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: Icons must help you understand. They are not just random sigils. It the list expands to the right, icon must show an arrow to the right<br>Thanks @HID_DEVICE for the video<br>#Icons
June 19, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: This is exactly backwards: non-destructive action behind a click, yet the destructive action “in the open”<br>Thanks KillerX for the picture
June 15, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: No, hiding sidebar toggle button under your logo is NOT a good idea.<br>Think about it from user’s POV: user needs to open a sidebar. They start to look for an icon that looks like a sidebar. How would they discover it under your logo? Only by accident. Users can’t click icons they don’t see.<br>Thanks nurikolan for reporting this.<br>#ChatGPT #Gemini #Sidebar #Hover
June 9, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: Anonymous submission. This is worse than I could ever imagine. Original text follows:<br>Your bank re-works their website. Here's what you have to do to log in:<br>- Use existing username + password: prompt “activate your account!”<br>- Enter name, birthdate, email, and... member number?<br>- Dig around files. Member number is not printed on card, not on checks.<br>- Login page has a button: “find member number” Fine, I'll use that.<br>- Button is JS that takes you to a new domain. No longer the bank's website!<br>- Url looks like .my.site.com. Had to double-check—this looks malicious. It was not.<br>- Checkbox: “are you an individual”? Yes??? Continue.<br>- Enter: name, birthdate, email, FULL SSN (wtf?! remember, we are now on a third-party site)<br>- Do you get your member number now? Of course not!<br>- You get to meet ANA instead, and must ASK A CHATBOT to parrot your member number. (screenshots)<br>- Acquire member number, can finally log in.<br>I hope my SSN didn't make it into the chatbot's context.<br>#SignIn #Redesign #Bank #Chatbot #AI
June 6, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: 1. I see a control (chevron in this case)<br>2. I start moving my mouse towards it, planning to use<br>3. I finally reach it. It was hard, because it is small<br>So why, at the moment when I finally there, would you replace it with an entirely different one? What do you think I was moving towards? How am I supposed to know?<br>Thanks Michaela for the video<br>#Dropdown #Hover #Zoom
June 1, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: You are not allowed to close this popup until May 31<br>Thanks Fuchen for the video<br>#Google #GooglePhotos #Popup #Tooltip #Close
May 31, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: Okay this deserves to be called out. Over a year ago? For both 2015, 2018 and 2021? How is this helpful???<br>JUST SHOW THE ACTUAL DATE!!!<br>What are you afraid of anyways? That users don’t know numbers?<br>Thanks Daniel for reporting this.<br>#StackOverflow #Dates
May 29, 2026 // PermalinkEdit
nikitonsky: I can finally articulate why I don’t like subscribe forms in the middle of...