Hacker News with Generative AI: User Experience

Why Login Failures Matter (fusionauth.io)
When you care about providing great authentication experiences, like us (the few, the proud), there is nothing better than this chart - undeniable proof that our users are successfully logging in.

Security, Authentication, User Experience

17 points by mooreds 2 days ago | 5 comments

What's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup? (jvns.ca)
Hello! Recently I ran a terminal survey and I asked people what frustrated them. One person commented:

Terminal Emulators, User Experience, Productivity, Software

5 points by vortex_ape 3 days ago | 0 comments

Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension (cloudisland.nz)

Chromebooks, Google, Software Updates, Privacy, User Experience

236 points by robin_reala 4 days ago | 66 comments

Ask HN: Best and worst jobs of your career and why? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Best and worst jobs of your career and why?

Jobs, Career Advice, User Experience, Work

17 points by ronbenton 5 days ago | 5 comments

Figma's not a design tool – it's a Rube Goldberg machine for avoiding code (uxdesign.cc)
Somewhere, a designer is meticulously adjusting auto-layout settings in Figma — crafting an intricate set of nested components, master variants, and esoteric constraints — all to simulate the behavior of a simple button.

Design Tools, User Experience, Figma

6 points by thunderbong 6 days ago | 2 comments

Building web apps in 2025 is a bit like assembling IKEA furniture (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Web Development, Software Development, Trends, User Experience

4 points by tosh 6 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Share Your Favorite Bookmarklets (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Share Your Favorite Bookmarklets

Web Development, Productivity, Tools, User Experience

28 points by takinola 6 days ago | 9 comments

Ask HN: How are you using LLMs on daily basis? (ycombinator.com)
Would love to hear about your cool workflows where you have been using different LLMs

Generative AI, AI Applications, User Experience

5 points by mraza007 7 days ago | 3 comments

Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users – including its own employees (theregister.com)
Baffled by the plethora of Outlook options out there? You aren't alone. Microsoft veteran Scott Hanselman posted a list of some more variants that could be used to do the same thing.

Microsoft, Email Clients, User Experience, Software, Technology

81 points by rntn 7 days ago | 88 comments

Ask HN: Building a Non-AI tool feels surprisingly refreshing for me (ycombinator.com)
Lately, I’ve been working on a small side project: a web tool for creating radial and circular layouts using CSS only. What I’ve enjoyed the most is that it’s completely non-AI—just code, logic, and design decisions made by hand.

Web Development, Programming, CSS, User Experience, Side Projects

7 points by tinchox6 8 days ago | 3 comments

After borking my Pixel 4a battery, Google borks me, too (arstechnica.com)
It is an immutable law of nature that when you receive a corporate email with a subject line like "Changes coming to your Pixel 4a," the changes won't be the sort you like. Indeed, a more honest subject line would usually be: "You're about to get hosed."

Consumer Electronics, Google, Customer Service, User Experience

23 points by MBCook 8 days ago | 7 comments

Show HN: A recommendation system to explore the non-commercial web (browserbuddy.com)
Prompt your feedSign In Customize your feedPick from the options or start with a prompt.ProgrammingDesignStartupsArtifical IntelligenceArtLiteratureMathFashionFaith/SpiritualityBegin

Recommendations, Web, Open Source, Browsers, User Experience

10 points by alien0006 8 days ago | 4 comments

Figma's not a design tool – it's a Rube Goldberg machine for avoiding code (uxdesign.cc)
Somewhere, a designer is meticulously adjusting auto-layout settings in Figma — crafting an intricate set of nested components, master variants, and esoteric constraints — all to simulate the behavior of a simple button.

Design Tools, User Experience, Figma, Software Development

8 points by tannhaeuser 9 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Do programmers generally enjoy some amount of complexity? (ycombinator.com)
Occured to me that sometimes, simple enough is not good enough for us programmers. It seems that sometimes we might actually enjoy grappling with complex, even byzantine systems. Can anyone relate? I'm not saying this is a thing, not even for myself...but I suspect it might be, possible.

Programming, Software Development, Complexity, User Experience

26 points by keepamovin 9 days ago | 57 comments

Google confirms it deleted Maps Timeline data for some (theverge.com)
Google Maps users have recently been complaining on places like Reddit that their Timeline data — the app’s historical record of where they’ve been — had disappeared. Now, Google has confirmed that it accidentally deleted the data and that anyone who wasn’t using Google’s cloud backups is out of luck.

Google, Maps, Data Privacy, Technology, User Experience

9 points by nini1294 9 days ago | 3 comments

Sometimes, it's the little tech annoyances that sting the most (arstechnica.com)
Anyone who has suffered the indignity of a splinter, a blister, or a paper cut knows that small things can sometimes be hugely annoying.

Technology, User Experience, Frustration, Everyday Annoyances

5 points by Brajeshwar 10 days ago | 0 comments

Not OK Cupid – A story of poor email address validation (fastmail.com)
I don’t usually like to call out the bad behaviour of specific companies, but the egregious mis-design and lack of acknowledging it justify this case.

Email Security, User Experience, Online Dating, Software Design

129 points by brongondwana 11 days ago | 118 comments

A glitch in an online survey replaced the word 'yes' with 'forks' (pewresearch.org)
At Pew Research Center, we routinely ask the people who take our surveys to give us feedback about their experience. Were the survey questions clear? Were they engaging? Were they politically neutral?

Surveys, User Experience, Research, Data Analysis

192 points by cpeterso 11 days ago | 97 comments

The iPad's "Sweet Solution" (macstories.net)
In working with my iPad Pro over the past few months, I’ve realized something that might have seemed absurd just a few years ago: some of the best apps I’m using – the ones with truly desktop-class layouts and experiences – aren’t native iPad apps.

iPad, Apps, User Experience, Software

26 points by trw55 12 days ago | 27 comments

Ask HN: Are You Polite to AI? (ycombinator.com)
While using ChatGPT or similar, do you mind your manners? Does it help getting a better answer?

Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction

22 points by orixilus 12 days ago | 48 comments

A Synchronization Engine for Everyone (greenvitriol.com)
I love storing user data on the client. It helps with privacy, data ownership (which prevents enshittification), and allows users to run mundane computations (like indexing) on their devices instead of sharing a sliver of a server's CPU time. Also, if the backend fails, UX degrades like an escalator, not an elevator: users temporarily lose the ability to run server-side computations on their data but still retain access. This is the basis of local-first software, as defined by Ink & Switch.

Software Development, Privacy, User Experience, Data Ownership

14 points by janesconference 12 days ago | 0 comments

Notification Summary Miscues (onefoottsunami.com)
Since they were first enabled last year, I have frequently found Apple Intelligence’s notification summaries for emails to be something less than helpful.

Notifications, Apple, Software, User Experience

4 points by zdw 13 days ago | 1 comments

Is Product Search Broken? Why Are We Still Stuck with Ads and Fake Reviews? (ycombinator.com)
I’ve been thinking a lot about how broken product search is today. You type in a query, and the first page is just ads, SEO-optimized blogs, or fake reviews. It feels like the system is designed to waste our time rather than help us.

E-commerce, Product Search, Online Advertising, User Experience, Consumer Behavior

27 points by nicola_alessi 15 days ago | 35 comments

"Awful": Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen (arstechnica.com)
Owners of smart TVs and streaming sticks running Roku OS are already subject to video advertisements on the home screen. Now, Roku is testing what it might look like if it took things a step further and forced people to watch a video ad play before getting to the Roku OS home screen.

Streaming Services, Advertising, User Experience, Roku

88 points by LinuxBender 15 days ago | 52 comments

I Turned Off Apple Intelligence – Sad Update (reddit.com)
Because it came back in a routine update, I decided to give Apple Intelligence a second chance.

Apple, Operating Systems, Privacy, User Experience

49 points by signa11 16 days ago | 24 comments

Our interfaces have lost their senses (wattenberger.com)
Our interfaces have lost their senses

User Experience, Design, Technology

370 points by me_smith 17 days ago | 174 comments

Show HN: Quickly connect to WiFi by scanning text, no typing needed (github.com/yilinjuang)
A React Native application that scans WiFi text to extract WiFi credentials, matches them with nearby networks, and connects to them.

Mobile Development, React Native, User Experience, Networking

44 points by ylj 17 days ago | 49 comments

A Review of Helix after 1.5 Years (felix-knorr.net)
I've been using Helix for roughly 1.5 years now, and for the latest release (25.01) I decided to summarized the thoughts I've been collecting until now.

Software, Reviews, User Experience

10 points by todsacerdoti 17 days ago | 0 comments

I Built an Instant, Figma-Like UX Editor (emil.zip)

Web Development, User Experience, Design, Software, Creative Projects

10 points by eahl 20 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: What do you use to create diagrams? (ycombinator.com)
I've been working on a diagramming tool [1] and wanted to get some thoughts from people who regularly make architecture and other technical diagrams. I know my own experiences but I'm quite curious to hear others.<p>I'm guessing for a lot of people draw.io and Excalidraw are probably the go-to. If you use draw.io (or something else), what do you like about it, or what do you wish was better?<p>[1] - https://app.vexlio.com/ for the curious

Software, Tools, Design, User Experience, Community

60 points by ttd 21 days ago | 79 comments