Hacker News with Generative AI: User Interface

Show HN: TabTab – A keyboard-first browser workspace for tab hoarders (tabtab.xyz)
TabTab is a browser tab management tool. It helps you manage multiple tabs and provides various features such as tab grouping, tab search, and tab management.
Browser Extensions, Productivity, Web Development, User Interface
10 points by jackiefeng 2 days ago | 0 comments
Instant SQL for results as you type in DuckDB UI (motherduck.com)
Today, we’re releasing Instant SQL, a new way to write SQL that updates your result set as you type to expedite query building and debugging – all with zero-latency, no run button required. Instant SQL is now available in Preview in MotherDuck and the DuckDB Local UI.
SQL, Databases, Tools, Software, User Interface
368 points by ryguyrg 2 days ago | 118 comments
The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar (microsoft.com)
Over a decade ago, I noted that early beta versions of the taskbar clock showed seconds, and sometimes even blinked the colon like some clocks do, but it was removed because the blinking colon and updating time were ruining Windows 95’s benchmark numbers due to the need to keep all of the code paths related to text rendering in memory, as well as the stack of the thread in the Explorer process that updates the clock.
Operating Systems, History, User Interface, Software Development
20 points by sokols 2 days ago | 3 comments
Ask HN: Is politeness towards LLMs good training data, or just expensive noise? (ycombinator.com)
Sam Altman recently said user politeness towards ChatGPT costs OpenAI "tens of millions" but is "money well spent."
Artificial Intelligence, Training Data, User Interface
8 points by scottfalconer 2 days ago | 12 comments
Against Horizontal Scroll (matklad.github.io)
What’s in common between these two blog posts (pardon me, my fellow crustaceans of lobster variety)?
Web Development, User Interface, Design
4 points by ingve 3 days ago | 0 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
Desktop Is Dead (rusz.space)
Windows. Icons. Menus. Pointers. All things that taught an entire generation how to compute. What started as groundbreaking research by Doug Engelbart, implemented at Xerox with the Alto, bought by Apple and made into the Macintosh is now an expected standard everywhere.
User Interface, Technology
12 points by e-topy 5 days ago | 21 comments
Proposal: Cookie Consent Should Be Browser-Native, Not Website-Native (ycombinator.com)
Cookie consent shouldn’t be a popup war on every website. Browsers should handle it natively — just like location or notifications — based on user-set privacy preferences. We can fix the web with one header, a little browser enforcement, and a lot less nonsense.
Privacy, Web Development, User Interface, Browser Extensions
15 points by zak-mandhro 5 days ago | 12 comments
Release: OLED Mode extension for Chrome (github.com/FreelanceProgrammingServices)
Chrome OLED Mode adds a pitch black theme to websites, making them high contrast and easy to read at night.
Web Development, Chrome Extensions, Accessibility, User Interface
22 points by WindowsDev 7 days ago | 34 comments
UI tip: maybe don't round percentages to 0% or 100% (evanhahn.com)
In short: maybe don’t round to 0% or 100% in your UI.
User Interface, Design, Best Practices
45 points by goranmoomin 7 days ago | 15 comments
The case of the UI thread that hung in a kernel call (microsoft.com)
A customer asked for help with a longstanding but low-frequency hang that they have never been able to figure out.
Debugging, User Interface, Operating Systems, Kernel
143 points by luu 11 days ago | 48 comments
Which typeface's capital "I" makes the best I-beam? (researchgate.net)
Typography, Design, User Interface
4 points by qkeast 14 days ago | 1 comments
Week in Plasma: The beginnings of Wayland session restore (blogs.kde.org)
This week there's big news: at long last, KWin has gained support for the initial version of the Wayland session restore protocol!
Software, Linux, Operating Systems, User Interface
8 points by TangerineDream 14 days ago | 0 comments
When Microsoft retired Clippy (homeip.net)
Clippy was the unofficial nickname of the office assistant, a feature present in Microsoft Office 97 and Microsoft Office 2000. His proper name was Clippit, but nobody I knew called him that. Clippit, or Clippy, was inspired by Microsoft Bob, a misguided attempt to make Microsoft Office friendlier, more helpful, and easier to use. But most frequently, it was more annoying than any of those other things.
Microsoft Office, Microsoft History, User Interface
20 points by rbanffy 15 days ago | 8 comments
Phoenix 1.8.0-RC Released (phoenixframework.org)
The first release candidate of Phoenix 1.8 is out with some big quality-of-life improvements! We’ve focused on making the getting started experience smoother, tightened up our code generators, and introduced scopes for secure data access that scales with your codebase. On the UX side, we added long-requested dark mode support — plus a few extra perks along the way. And phx.gen.auth now ships with magic link support out of the box for a better login and registration experience.
New Releases, Web Development, Programming Languages, Phoenix Framework, User Interface
34 points by l2dy 15 days ago | 2 comments
The Case for WebComponents with Lit (typescript.guru)
Hey there! Take a seat, grab a coffee, and let's chat about Web Components. Whether you're new to them or just need a refresh, they offer a powerful, framework-agnostic way to build reusable UI. In this article for TypeScript.guru, we'll explore how Lit simplifies the creation of Web Components—so you can spend more time crafting great user experiences and less time wrangling setup code.
Web Components, Javascript Frameworks, Frontend Development, User Interface
15 points by PhilKunz 15 days ago | 1 comments
Rebuilding Prime Video UI with Rust and WebAssembly (infoq.com)
Alexandru Ene features details of a new UI SDK in Rust for Prime Video that targets living room devices.
Rust, WebAssembly, User Interface, Prime Video, Software Development
136 points by 8s2ngy 16 days ago | 44 comments
Show HN: iPhone 2005 weird "Blob Keyboard" simulator (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN,<p>I teach tech design history, and one of the key stories I cover is the development of the original iPhone keyboard by Ken Kocienda. Reading about it in his book "Creative Selection" is great, but I wanted my students (and now you!) to actually feel this step in the process.
User Interface, Mobile Design, History, Technology
129 points by juliendorra 21 days ago | 54 comments
Firefox 137.0 released with vertical tabs (mozilla.org)
Firefox’s new sidebar lets you move tabs to the side, pin key sites and keep your AI assistant handy.
Firefox, Web Browsers, User Interface, AI
12 points by Ianvdl 23 days ago | 2 comments
Firefox's vertical tabs came to life with a little help from our community (mozilla.org)
If you’ve ever had more tabs open than you can count, you know the struggle: tiny, unreadable tab titles, constant scrolling, and that moment of panic when you close the wrong one. Enter vertical tabs, a long-requested Firefox feature designed to make tab management and multitasking easier.
Firefox, Web Browsers, User Interface, Community, Productivity
4 points by HieronymusBosch 24 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Aperture -Flip your phone case for a less distracting minimal interface (specialprojects.studio)
Mobile Devices, User Interface, Design, Productivity
13 points by cheesetoastie 24 days ago | 2 comments
Ask HN: Why do text posts have such low contrast? (ycombinator.com)
I'm curious why this color was chosen.
User Interface, Design, Hacker News
9 points by Buildstarted 25 days ago | 5 comments
Microsoft redesigns BSOD, drops QR code, frowning face, blue colour (windowslatest.com)
Microsoft is killing off the Blue Screen of Death… and replacing it with Black Screen of Death. It’s also dropping the frowning face for some reason, and I am not sure I like it because the updated screen doesn’t have enough information. Let me show how it’s changing in newer builds of Windows 11 24H2 and what it means for the IT admins.
Windows 11, Microsoft, Operating Systems, User Interface, Technology
20 points by vo2maxer 26 days ago | 4 comments
Open-source browser-use/CUA equivalent for androids: mobile-use (github.com/runablehq)
Use AI to control your mobile.
Open-source, Android, Mobile Development, User Interface
8 points by Umesh110 28 days ago | 0 comments
Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes 'throwback to OG Facebook' (cnbc.com)
Social Media, Facebook, Meta, Nostalgia, User Interface
13 points by koolba 30 days ago | 17 comments
Links copied from project READMEs now add "?tab=readme-ov-file" query parameter (github.com/orgs)
Anchor links copied from project READMEs now add a `?tab=readme-ov-file` query parameter, making them harder to read
GitHub, User Interface, Web Development, Features, Accessibility
4 points by susam 35 days ago | 2 comments
This Week in Plasma: 6.4 Improvements (blogs.kde.org)
This week Plasma 6.4 continued to take shape, with a number of additional user-visible modernizations and improvements — in particular some nice progress on the topics of keyboard navigation, accessibility, and customizing apps' presentation in launcher menus.
Software, Linux, User Interface, Accessibility
4 points by TangerineDream 35 days ago | 0 comments
Why didn't Win 95 setup use a miniature version of Win 95 as its fallback GUI? (microsoft.com)
One of the reactions to my discussion of why Windows 95 setup used three operating systems (and oh there were many) was my explanation that a miniature version of Windows 3.1 was used to get MS-DOS customers upgrading to Windows 95. But why not use a miniature version of Windows 95?
Operating Systems, Windows 95, History, Software Development, User Interface
50 points by soheilpro 39 days ago | 6 comments
Nginx Rejects Dark Mode Support for Error Pages (phoronix.com)
A pull request was opened last week for adding web browser dark mode support for Nginx error pages. Unfortunate for those who prefer browsing in dark mode and then shocked when hitting Nginx-served 404 error pages or similar, the change has been rejected.
Nginx, Web Development, User Interface, Open Source
6 points by speckx 40 days ago | 1 comments
Apple Readies Dramatic Software Overhaul for iPhone, iPad and Mac (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. is preparing one of the most dramatic software overhauls in the company’s history, aiming to transform the interface of the iPhone, iPad and Mac for a new generation of users.
Apple, Software Updates, User Interface, Mobile Devices
11 points by mfiguiere 47 days ago | 3 comments