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GOOGLE BRINGS A VARIATION ON ‘CIRCLE TO SEARCH' TO IPHONE USERS

Google has introduced a shortcut for iPhone 15 Pro users to perform visual searches using Google Lens by pressing the Action Button, circumventing iOS limitations on gesture-based interactions. To utilize this feature, users must install the Google app and assign the visual search shortcut to their iPhone's Action Button.

2024.05.09
techcrunch.com1 min readTLDR Design

APPLE LAUNCHES FINAL CUT CAMERA APP TO SUPPORT MULTICAM PRODUCTIONS

Apple has released Final Cut Camera for iPhone and iPad, allowing filmmakers to take video and stream it live back to an iPad for a multicam shoot. The updated Final Cut 2 app allows users to can control each Final Cut Camera-running device connected to it with a multiscreen view. Users can switch between production and editing anytime to live-cut their projects in the new version.

2024.05.09
theverge.com1 min readTLDR Design

THE NEW SONOS APP IS MISSING A LOT OF FEATURES, AND PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY

Sonos released a redesigned mobile app that promised a more personalized and modern experience with a customizable home screen, but the update removed several features, prompting mixed reactions from users. While some praise the improved responsiveness and intuitive design, others, especially those relying on local music libraries and sleep timers, are frustrated with the app's regression in functionality and accessibility.

2024.05.09
theverge.com1 min readTLDR Design

CASE STUDY: SERRA. IDENTITY AND PRODUCT DESIGN FOR FINANCIAL APP

Serra is an iOS/Android app that aims to solve locals' real-life challenges by building a culturally aware financial application from the ground up in Montserrat (the Caribbean region). The brand logo, a bold wordmark mixing typographic and calligraphic elements, strives for legibility and emotional connection through handwriting association. Its color palette, predominantly green with contrastive orange, evokes trust and friendliness, and is complemented by the neat and readable Mabry Pro typography.

2024.05.09
blog.tubikstudio.com4 min readTLDR Design

GOING FROM DESIGNER TO DESIGN MANAGER IN AN ORGANIZATION WITH A LOW DESIGN MATURITY

Transitioning from a designer to a design manager in organizations needing more design maturity presents challenges. Designers often defend their decisions, while managers must justify the team's fundamental value. These struggles are observed in organizations categorized at lower levels of design maturity, suggesting underlying cultural issues rather than solely communication or strategic shortcomings.

2024.05.09
medium.com5 min readTLDR Design

WHY & HOW ETHICS MATTER IN DESIGN

While design's visual appeal often takes the spotlight with its trendy aesthetics and flashy packaging, the essence of design as a problem-solving process is overlooked in pursuit of profit. This piece emphasizes the need for ethical considerations in design. It encourages designers to contribute positively to pressing global issues and outlines resources for those seeking to make an impact through their work.

2024.05.09
mathijssterrenburg.medium.com9 min readTLDR Design

EXTEND YOUR TAILWIND COLORS

fullwindcss is a Tailwind CSS plugin that lets you unlock 1,001 shades for every tailwind color instead of being limited to the default 11 shades.

2024.05.09
fullwindcss.comToolTLDR Design

DECLARATIVE DESIGN

Design tools are typically imperative, allowing us to create pixel-perfect interfaces. In contrast, CSS is a declarative language that sets boundary conditions and lets the browser handle the details. Some designers avoid CSS at all costs, while others jump into designing in the browser. However, an exciting alternative is to use the browser to make design decisions instead of creating on it.

2024.05.09
adactio.com31 min readTLDR Design

KEEP IT TOGETHER: 5 ESSENTIAL DESIGN PATTERNS FOR DEV TOOL UIS

Tabs must be distinct, flexible, and intuitive for multitasking, while toolbars should prioritize common actions without overcrowding or inconsistency. Navigation sidebars should be well-organized, collapsible, searchable, and customizable. Properties panels need to be clear, concise, and easily accessible for attribute editing.

2024.05.09
evilmartians.com10 min readTLDR Design

TRANSPARENT BORDERS

Removing borders with CSS can pose accessibility issues, especially in high contrast mode. Setting border color: transparency enables changing border color without affecting the box model. It is helpful for hover effects without layout alterations. This approach also aids in themeable design systems by offering flexibility for various brands and themes, reducing misalignment and unexpected behavior caused by different border widths, and minimizing QA efforts.

2024.05.09
bradfrost.com2 min readTLDR Design

CICADAS RISING

This spring, two broods of cicadas — one that lives on a 13-year cycle and the other that lives on a 17-year cycle — will emerge simultaneously from underground in a rare, synchronized event that last occurred in 1803.

2024.05.09
edition.cnn.comToolTLDR Design

THE NEW APPLE PENCIL PRO IS HARDER TO LOSE AND BETTER TO DRAW WITH

The Apple Pencil Pro, introduced during Apple's "Let Loose" iPad event, is a significant update to the stylus line, with new features like the "Barrel Roll" gyroscope for adjusting brushes, a squeeze gesture for tool switching, and Find My support to prevent loss. This third-generation stylus, priced at $129, maintains the advanced functionalities of its predecessor and adds enhancements like haptic feedback for a more intuitive creative process.

2024.05.08
theverge.com2 min readTLDR Design

PHOTO EDITING APP VSCO LAUNCHES MARKETPLACE TO CONNECT PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH BRANDS

VSCO has launched a marketplace called VSCO Hub to connect photographers with brands. It offers a LinkedIn-like platform with its $59.99 Pro plan and allows businesses to search for talent using specific filters. CEO Eric Wittman says the hub aids discovery amidst challenging social network algorithms. VSCO plans to integrate AI to enhance search capabilities.

2024.05.08
techcrunch.com1 min readTLDR Design

NIKE DEVELOPING AI MODEL AS PART OF DESIGN "STEP CHANGE"

Nike is developing a generative AI model to design products using its vast bank of athlete data. Athlete Imagined Revolution (AIR) is a project that saw the design team create prototype shoes for 13 of Nike's top athletes based on their requests. Their preferences were translated to prompts for the generative AI models, which made hundreds of images that Nike designers then rapidly honed into single concepts using other digital fabrication techniques.

2024.05.08
dezeen.com4 min readTLDR Design

DESIGNING DESIGN SYSTEMS: HOW TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK THAT DRIVES DECISION MAKING

Adobe's Spectrum design system is shaped by thousands of designers, engineers, and product managers who work on one of the most complex software portfolios on the planet. Comprehensively changing it requires a lot of effort and coordination. In this article, Adobe's team shares its framework for defining its evolution. The framework includes building a community of advisors to give feedback, writing documents to explain decisions and communicate where the design is going, and developing principles to guide decisions.

2024.05.08
adobe.design14 min readTLDR Design

WHY GOOD UX IS NO UX

Invisible UX allows users to concentrate on what's beyond the interface and how technology makes their lives easier. Designers should strive for this attribute because it represents the best user experience design and is crucial to enduring products. Create tools that integrate seamlessly with your customers' lives by understanding how your interface aligns with their existing behavior and knowledge, designing maintenance-free solutions, and ensuring the product does more work than your users.

2024.05.08
links.tldrnewsletter.com4 min readTLDR Design

USING AI TO PREDICT DESIGN TRENDS

Predictive analytics is a machine learning method for tracing patterns in datasets and anticipating future pattern changes. The maturation of AI will allow these processes to be automated, improving the accuracy and actionability of trend forecasts in the design industry. This article gives you a glimpse of how predictive analytics will be used shortly, explaining how it works, its main strengths, and how it will impact the design practice.

2024.05.08
webdesignerdepot.com5 min readTLDR Design

AIR TRAVEL DESIGN GUIDE

This guidebook describes the design of artifacts, spaces, and systems that impact the passenger air travel experience.

2024.05.08
airtraveldesign.guideToolTLDR Design

WEB ACCESSIBILITY IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS

A close inspection of the accessibility of the 2024 US presidential campaign sites reveals that the sites for both Biden and Trump are better than average pages found in the WebAIM Million. Still, both could improve significantly with simple changes that would not require throwing out an entire widget or design. Biden's site scored 7.2 while Trump's was rated a 6.6.

2024.05.08
webaim.org5 min readTLDR Design

THE AGENTIC ERA OF UX

The future of AI UX should prioritize holistic transformation of user experience over addressing individual user needs, while AI agents embedded in large language models facilitate complex tasks autonomously. Agentic workflows, epitomized by AI models, dissect intricate tasks into manageable steps, enhance reasoning capabilities, and have capabilities for vastly improving the user experience.

2024.05.08
uxdesign.cc8 min readTLDR Design

ERRORS AREN'T ALL BAD

Rather than preventing errors altogether, it's sometimes better to allow users to make mistakes, give them the space to fix them, and allow them to learn from the error.

2024.05.08
blog.jim-nielsen.com1 min readTLDR Design

YOUTUBE APPEARS TO REVERSE CONTROVERSIAL UI REDESIGN AFTER BACKLASH

YouTube may have decided not to roll out its most recent UI redesign after backlash on Reddit and X, where users questioned the practicality of the overly cluttered new look. The redesigned UI places video recommendations and the Shorts shelf below the video player, taking up space generally used for video details and comments. While most people now see the traditional layout, some have reported still seeing the trial layout.

2024.05.07
creativebloq.com2 min readTLDR Design

INSTAGRAM INTRODUCES NEW INTERACTIVE STICKERS FOR STORIES

Music, photos, and videos can now be shared more interactively on Instagram. A new feature called Reveal blurs the contents of a story post, preventing viewers from seeing it unless they DM the person who shared it. Another feature, Frames, overlays Polaroid images on grayscale images that turn into pictures when you shake the phone. Instagram will add a music template feature that lets users post songs directly to their stories using prompts.

2024.05.07
theverge.com2 min readTLDR Design

BETTER SIRI IS COMING: WHAT APPLE'S RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT ITS AI PLANS

Apple's AI approach focuses on practical uses and improving user experiences rather than just showcasing technological prowess. A group of Apple researchers has been working on a way to use Siri without needing to use a wake word. Instead of listening for “Hey Siri,” the device might be able to intuit whether the user is talking to it. It will also know whether the user is asking a follow-up or new question.

2024.05.07
theverge.com9 min readTLDR Design

HOW I INTERVIEW PRODUCT DESIGNERS

This interviewer focuses on fostering a conducive environment for candidates while assessing their portfolios for skills and aesthetic appeal. Their evaluation encompasses a blend of subjective and objective measures, favoring a showcase of a few robust projects over exhaustive case studies. Throughout the process, attention is drawn to candidates who exhibit problem-solving prowess and have the potential to impact the team dynamic positively.

2024.05.07
uxdesign.cc6 min readTLDR Design

HOW TO RUN UX RESEARCH WITHOUT ACCESS TO USERS

Sometimes, you can't access users because of legal restrictions, high costs, or because they still need to be created. Still, there are a few workarounds that help us better understand users' pain points and issues. These strategies include connecting with people in your organization who regularly communicate with customers, accessing analytics, CRM reports, and call center logs and reading reviews, discussions, and comments about your product and its competitors.

2024.05.07
linkedin.com5 min readTLDR Design

DESIGNING WITH THE BRAIN IN MIND: THE ROLE OF COLOUR AND SHAPE IN UX

Many studies have consistently shown that color and shape can influence user behavior and create feelings. The findings of a new study shed light on how our brains may respond to digital stimuli differently based on evolutionary psychology and neuroimaging. As a result of its insights, designers are advised to use color judiciously and align with brand identity, choose rounded shapes, and minimize cognitive strain by implementing calming colors, clear and concise content, intuitive navigation, and clutter-free layouts.

2024.05.07
uxpsychology.substack.com4 min readTLDR Design

TOOLS FOR BETTER THINKING

Untools is a collection of thinking tools and frameworks to help you solve problems, make decisions, and understand systems.

2024.05.07
untools.coToolTLDR Design

APPLE HOMEPAGE ADDS INTERACTIVE ‘ERASER' TEASER AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S IPAD EVENT

The Apple.com homepage has been updated with a last-minute teaser to celebrate the upcoming Apple event, where the company will announce a new lineup of iPad Pros and iPad Airs. The new teaser at the top of the page cycles between the various illustrations of the Apple logo, with a twist that users can erase the art with their mouse pointer.

2024.05.07
9to5mac.com2 min readTLDR Design

UNDERPROMISING AND OVERDELIVERING IN THE AGE OF THE SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLE

Car companies like Tesla, GM, and Volkswagen have recently released unfinished or ill-conceived products, possibly risking their reputations or even customers' safety, while asking people to trust completely new technologies. Automobile quality and safety standards are slipping due to a fascination with Silicon Valley's stock valuations and product culture, a need for clarity between intelligent and valuable, and simple overpromising and underdelivering.

2024.05.07
cardesignnews.com5 min readTLDR Design

DESIGNSHIFTS: A BETTER FUTURE FOR AND THROUGH DESIGN

The applications that designers build are contributing to an expanding mental health crisis, and the messages they craft are making people buy more while feeling less and less satisfied. Through an intentional shift, designers can move design from a tool contributing to division, destruction, and isolation to a practice that unites, rebuilds, and reconnects.

2024.05.07
uxdesign.cc3 min readTLDR Design

EVERYBODY READS

People prefer concise, engaging writing due to shorter attention spans.

2024.05.07
pjonori.blog4 min readTLDR Design

WHATSAPP ON WINDOWS 11 GETS A NEW ADAPTIVE UI, MULTI-WINDOW, AND NAVIGATION MENU

WhatsApp for Windows 11 has received a significant update that introduces an adaptive UI that optimizes screen space, multi-window support akin to Telegram, and a new hamburger menu for streamlined navigation. The adaptive interface now prioritizes chat readability by separating the contacts list from the chat window. The multi-window feature allows users to open chats in separate windows, enhancing multitasking. The new menu potentially sets the stage for Meta AI integration, streamlining access to features like chats, statuses, and settings.

2024.05.06
windowslatest.com1 min readTLDR Design

TIGER WOODS IS READY TO RUIN HIS NEW LOGO DESIGN

In a recent press tour for his brand Sun Day Red, Tiger Woods expressed his intention to 'ruin' the logo, which pays homage to his name and achievements, including his fifteen major championship wins. Despite the strong language, Woods sees this as an opportunity for the logo's evolution, hinting at potential modifications with future victories. His departure from Nike and the launch of his independent brand signal a new era for Woods, where he takes control of his branding and image.

2024.05.06
creativebloq.com1 min readTLDR Design

ARTISTS ACCUSE GOOGLE OF “MASSIVE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT” WITH IMAGEN AI

Several artists are suing Google for its Imagen AI image generators, which they claim were trained on their work without their permission. According to the lawsuit, Google has committed "massive copyright infringement" by using the open-source corpus LAION-400M to train Imagen. The artists have asked for the destruction of all copies of their work and compensation for legal costs.

2024.05.06
creativebloq.com1 min readTLDR Design