Hacker News with Generative AI: User Experience

Sign in to Have I Been Pwned (But Not Login, Log in or Log On) (troyhunt.com)
How do seemingly little things manage to consume so much time?! We had a suggestion this week that instead of being able to login to the new HIBP website, you should instead be able to log in. This initially confused me because I've been used to logging on to things for decades:

Security, User Experience, Web Design

5 points by dmarto 14 hours ago | 1 comments

Is Electron That Bad? (macstories.net)
I’ve been thinking about this video by Theo Browne for the past few days, especially in the aftermath of my story about working on the iPad and realizing its best apps are actually web apps.

Software, Web Development, Mobile Apps, User Experience

3 points by mpweiher 15 hours ago | 3 comments

IKEA website shows a verbatim copy of the physical printed receipt in HTML (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Web Development, User Experience, Design

27 points by ksec 18 hours ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: Has anyone else noticed a recent sentiment shift on HN? (ycombinator.com)
I've frequented HN off-and-on for over a decade now, with some fairly long stretches of inactivity interspersed.

Hacker News, Community, Sentiment Analysis, User Experience

11 points by unclebucknasty 2 days ago | 19 comments

Even after using Linux for a decade I made this blunder (reddit.com)
In my home directory I had a bunch of zip files I needed to delete, so of course I did this:

Linux, Software, User Experience, Mistakes

5 points by Koshcheiushko 3 days ago | 2 comments

'I followed instructions closely, but still lost my crypto' (bbc.com)
Trading cryptocurrency was just a bit of fun for Tzoni Raykov, but losing $1,500 worth to an administrative error has left him with serious concerns about his treatment by the industry.

Cryptocurrency, User Experience, Finance

5 points by walterbell 3 days ago | 1 comments

Why users cannot create Issues directly (github.com/ghostty-org)
Users are not allowed to create Issues directly in this repository - we ask that you create a Discussion first.

GitHub, Open Source, Software Development, User Experience, Community

6 points by freetonik 4 days ago | 1 comments

Exploring on-device AI link previews in Firefox (mozilla.org)
Ever opened a bunch of tabs only to realize none of them have what you need? Or felt like you’re missing something valuable in a maze of hyperlinks? In Firefox Labs 138, we introduced an optional experimental feature to enhance your browsing experience by showing a quick snapshot of what’s behind a link before you open it.

Firefox, Web Browsing, Artificial Intelligence, User Experience

3 points by keyboardJones 4 days ago | 0 comments

In restaurants, We need a new way to signal that we're ready to pay (sebs.website)
Phones have displaced paper money and credit cards as the preferred way to pay for a bill at the end of a meal. The trouble is, how does the waiter know when you're ready to pay?

Restaurants, User Experience, Technology, Payment Methods

20 points by Incerto 4 days ago | 161 comments

GitHub's PR review interface isn't set up for expressing delight (bsky.app)

GitHub, Software Development, User Interface, User Experience

11 points by mooreds 4 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Were early stage products always so buggy? (ycombinator.com)
I help startups roll out tools for their go-to-market teams. These days, I keep coming across different products with small teams, the backing of notable VCs, and lots of potential, but then when I go to use them the UIs are just littered with bugs which prevent them from functioning. And often it has nothing to do with prompting, hallucination, or anything like that. It's simple things like "when I hit save, my data disappears."

Startups, Software, User Experience, Product Development

9 points by AbstractH24 4 days ago | 14 comments

Tabular Programming: A New Paradigm for Expressive Computing (elborai.me)
I've been exploring the m8 Dirtywave tracker for a few months now, and it's been a fascinating experience. If you're not familiar with it, the m8 is a portable music sequencer built on the Teensy platform that combines a minimal 8-button interface with a powerful tabular workflow. What makes it special isn't just its portability or its sound capabilities, but how the hardware and interface work together to create an experience that's simultaneously constrained and liberating.

Programming, Music, Hardware, User Experience

119 points by dgellow 5 days ago | 44 comments

Ask HN: How do you drive adoption when your product requires a behavior shift? (ycombinator.com)
I’m working on a product where the value proposition depends on users adopting a new behavior.

Product Development, User Behavior, Adoption, User Experience

6 points by kassidycurrey 7 days ago | 12 comments

Amazon Web Services dark patterns (2024) (lapcatsoftware.com)
In April, a StopTheMadness Pro customer contacted me about an incompatibility with the Amazon Web Services Management Console. I had never used AWS before, but I noticed that it has a free tier, so I decided to sign up in order to debug the incompatibility. The first AWS dark pattern is that the free tier still requires payment information, e.g., a credit card number.

Cloud Computing, User Experience, Dark Patterns

28 points by latexr 8 days ago | 16 comments

Software crying to have better interfaces (venam.net)
Throughout the countless years of research on this blog a common thread always comes up: Some features and toggles are often hidden under mountains of hubris that nobody understands.

Software Design, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction

7 points by venamresm__ 8 days ago | 0 comments

Have you ever asked "I wish that I could read online news like a newspaper?" (toot.cat)

News Consumption, User Experience, Technology, Online News, Digital Media

4 points by dredmorbius 8 days ago | 5 comments

Ask HN: What are the best books on talking to users? (ycombinator.com)

User Research, Communication, User Experience, Books

12 points by terrellbm 8 days ago | 22 comments

Tell HN: /active and showdead might lead to a more informative HN experience (ycombinator.com)
If you go on https://news.ycombinator.com/active instead of the default https://news.ycombinator.com page, the results are very different. In my experience, much more interesting content.

Hacker News, User Experience, Website Features

21 points by hahaxdxd123 9 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Somehash – A Blurhash-inspired exploration (travisbumgarner.dev)
Humans have short attention spans. Websites take time to load. What can be done to prevent visitors from leaving?

Web Development, Image Optimization, User Experience

18 points by theogravity 11 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: What is the best font and styling combo for readability on the web? (ycombinator.com)
As I read HN I often come across personal blogs / websites that look great and are visually easy to read, but I change my mind on what is "best" all the time.

Web Design, Typography, User Experience, Best Practices

17 points by duxup 11 days ago | 12 comments

eInk Mode: Making web pages easier to read (blogspot.com)
The Eink mode, as the name suggests, is a web browsing mode specifically designed for users of Electronic Ink (E Ink) devices. Its purpose is to present the website's content in a way that is most suitable for electronic ink devices, allowing E Ink users to have an immersive experience similar to reading a physical book while viewing the website's content.

Accessibility, Web Browsing, User Experience

163 points by amadeuspagel 11 days ago | 83 comments

Firefox starts testing "Link Previews" (mozilla.org:443)
We’ve just introduced a new experimental feature in Firefox Labs on Beta and Nightly called Link Previews, and we’d love for you to give it a try and let us know what you think.

Web Browsers, Firefox, User Experience

10 points by ReadCarlBarks 11 days ago | 8 comments

Cursor IDE support hallucinates lockout policy, causes user cancellations (reddit.com)
PSA: Cursor Now Restricts Logins to a Single Machine (self.cursor)

Software, Security, User Experience, Errors, PSA

1509 points by scaredpelican 12 days ago | 605 comments

Tell HN: Sites are bluffing with their cookie pop-ups (ycombinator.com)
For the longest time I always hit "Accept all", because if I'm going to look at stuff like wikileaks etc. I use incognito mode, and I obviously wanted to use the site requesting permission, so I didn't want it to break. Just for fun I've started to always click "Reject all" or "Necessary only" or whatever the non-"Accept all" option is, and...not a single site has functioned worse in any way.

Privacy, User Experience, Web Development, Cookies

8 points by ConspiracyFact 12 days ago | 10 comments

Show HN: Nissan's Leaf app doesn't have a home screen widget so I made my own (kevintechnology.com)
Nissan's LEAF® App Doesn't Have a Home Screen Widget So I Made My Own for Free

Nissan, Mobile Apps, DIY, User Experience, Automotive

122 points by kcon 12 days ago | 97 comments

Dino 0.5: Polishing user experience (dino.im)
Dino is a secure and open-source messaging application. It uses the XMPP (Jabber) protocol for decentralized communication. We aim to provide an intuitive and enjoyable user interface.

Messaging, Open Source, User Experience

13 points by larma 15 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: What can I do as a U.S. citizen to stop this? (ycombinator.com)
We need to put an end to "Yes" and "Not now" being the only options presented when prompted for consent on the web, in apps, etc.

User Experience, Privacy, Online Consent, Web Development

15 points by crusade_not_now 15 days ago | 12 comments

Ask HN: What Tech Have You Removed That Improved Your Life? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What Tech Have You Removed That Improved Your Life?

Life Improvement, Technology, User Experience, Personal Productivity, Digital Minimalism

12 points by schappim 15 days ago | 29 comments

We are destroying any goodwill people have for tech with AI (ycombinator.com)
Recently, I have been facing AI bots in many Discord channels when asking questions. Till date, I have never received an actual answer to a question that was usable.

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, User Experience, Online Communities

15 points by ilrwbwrkhv 16 days ago | 13 comments

Man pages are great, man readers are the problem (whynothugo.nl)
TLDR: man pages support links, but man page readers neither display nor allow allow following them.

Programming, Software, Tools, User Experience

138 points by WhyNotHugo 17 days ago | 162 comments