The Daily Index — Wednesday, March 6, 2024 · TLDR Index

NEWS & TRENDS

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CARS WILL NEED FEWER SCREENS AND MORE BUTTONS TO EARN 5-STAR SAFETY RATING IN EUROPE

In 2026, the European New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) will require physical controls in cars for them to earn a five-star rating. The maximum safety rating will only be given to vehicles with physical buttons, dials, or stalks for hazard warning lights, indicators, windscreen wipers, SOS calls, and horns. Despite increasing complaints, manufacturers like Tesla and Volkswagen keep pushing touch-sensitive interfaces for basic vehicle controls, mainly because they're more cost-efficient.

theverge.com · 2 min

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COMPETITION IN AI VIDEO GENERATION HEATS UP AS DEEPMIND ALUMS UNVEIL HAIPER

Two DeepMind alumni, Yishu Miao and Ziyu Wang, have released a video-generation tool called Haiper. Apart from generating video from text prompts, Haiper lets users animate images and repaint videos. The tool will soon offer video extensions. Haiper has raised $13.8 million in a seed round led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from 5Y Capital.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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LAYER DESIGN AND DEUTSCHE TELEKOM UNVEIL THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES

Deutsche Telekom recently unveiled its Concept T project, which shows consumers what the future of communications may look like using advanced technology. Concept View lets users make video calls and interact with other digital activities using a holographic virtual assistant, Emma. With Concept Level, users can re-configure their routers using a variety of interchangeable modular elements designed in geometric shapes to look more like a sculpture than a router. Concept Buddy is an AI-based digital assistant companion that provides reminders, assists with calls, makes online purchases, and helps with other tasks.

yankodesign.com · 2 min

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ON NIELSEN'S IDEAS ABOUT GENERATIVE UI FOR RESOLVING ACCESSIBILITY

Jakob Nielsen thinks that accessibility is too expensive and claims that the accessibility movement has been a miserable failure. His ideas are causing further harm: he’s telling companies they’re right not to invest in accessibility, failing to mention that a lack of training or understanding of digital accessibility contributes to perceived failure.

axbom.com · 4 min

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BEST PRACTICES FOR INCLUSIVE DESIGN – PART 2

Inclusive design makes digital content accessible and usable by as many people as possible, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. Designers should keep layouts simple to help screen readers read in the correct order, use built-in heading styles and plain language, include captions for videos, provide descriptions for images, and support text resizing up to 200%.

uxmag.com · 7 min

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DESIGN SYSTEM GENERATIONS

Design systems are stable and sufficient core libraries of assets, docs, tools, and practices for designers and developers. A system and its adopters may live with it for years, so everyone must understand what it is, why it was made, and the scale of the effort and reward that went into each generation of the system.

medium.com · 9 min

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MAGICIAN (FIGMA PLUGIN)

AI-powered image, icon, and copy generator plugin for Figma.

figma.com

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WEB TECH TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2024 AND BEYOND

Dark mode has evolved into an essential aspect of web design. AI empowers designers to focus on more creative and strategic aspects of design. AR has the potential to increase user engagement and conversion rates dramatically. Minimalism and maximalism capture users’ attention in different ways, and both are here to stay.

webdesignerdepot.com · 5 min

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DESIGN ENGINEERING

Design Engineers are naturals at design infrastructure — the underlying tools and systems that scale design. We are navigating what seems to be a tech paradigm shift with LLMs, AI applications, and multi-device experiences. Design Engineers will be this decade’s Data Scientists.

proofofconcept.pub · 4 min

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F. C. VARIABLE: ROB EN ROBIN CREATE CUSTOMISABLE ILLUSTRATIONS INSPIRED BY VARIABLE FONTS

In F.C. Variable, Rob en Robin combined illustration and variable fonts to allow users to tweak the shape and size of a goalpost via sliders. Using a program intended to create fonts, the pair designed illustrations instead, keeping the same amount of control variable fonts offer. You can see the result on the project's page and manipulate it live.

creativeboom.com · 4 min

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SLIDERS DEGRADE UX

The reason sliders are bad UX isn't just that your finger covers up the values. Controlling them is hard - their values can't be clearly labeled, they're hard to squeeze on small screens, and they have an upper limit.

adamsilver.io · 2 min

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AMAZING DIGITAL CANVAS ILLUSTRATIONS BY DENIS GONCHAR

In his work, Ukrainian artist Denis Gonchar weaves a tapestry of visual storytelling inspired by his homeland's folklore, mythology, and history. A cultural ambassador for Ukraine, Gonchar represents creativity, innovation, and pride in culture.

graphicdesignjunction.com · 5 min

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“AI” AND ACCESSIBLE FRONT-END COMPONENTS: IS THE NUANCE GENERATABLE?

Relying solely on generative AI for accessible front-end design is impractical and undesirable due to AI's lack of human nuance, potential for incorrect or inaccessible code, false authority, and hindrance to innovation in accessible design.

hidde.blog · 7 min