#user-interface

#user-interface

Apple just lost a top design talent. Meta has hired Alan Dye, who was the head of Apple's human interface design team. The company is filling his position with Stephen Lemay, who CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg "has played a key role in the design of every major Apple interface since 1999." Before being poached by Meta to become its chief design officer, Dye worked at Apple since 2006, where he oversaw projects including Liquid Glass and Vision Pro.

Maybe there's an extension to that dream where you sell it for millions, or where you build a company that allows you to retire. But the core of the dream is this: you have a thing that you think needs to be built, you build it, and then people come and give you money for it because they actually need it.

Speaking to Mashable in a video interview, Bond addressed rumors that the next Xbox will function similarly to a gaming PC, saying that "the next-gen console is gonna be a very premium, very high-end curated experience." Bond added that with the recently released handheld ROG Xbox Ally, we're "starting to see some of the thinking that [the Xbox team has], but I don't want to give it all away."

For just $24, you can get a Roku Streaming Stick Plus to upgrade your television to the Roku smart TV platform, widely recognized as one of the most user-friendly interfaces available. This is a deal I'd jump on without a second thought if I didn't already have one of these devices at home. This Roku was released just this year, and it's one of the best streaming sticks I've ever used.

On Thursday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now branch conversations into multiple parallel threads, serving as a useful reminder that AI chatbots aren't people with fixed viewpoints but rather malleable tools you can rewind and redirect. The company released the feature for all logged-in web users following years of user requests for the capability. The feature works by letting users hover over any message in a ChatGPT conversation, click "More actions," and select "Branch in new chat."

CEO Sam Altman describes GPT-5 as a significant advancement over previous models, akin to the first iPhone with a Retina display, emphasizing its intelligence.

Firefox Focus is a mobile-only browser that aims to be a simple and private web browser. It delivers on that promise, effectively focusing on privacy.

The new beta also updates the icons for external drives, network shares, and removable disk images, replacing the previous HDD icons with new SSD-esque designs.

The "Add Update" button has been replaced with a new management screen where you can easily see and manage all your posts in one place.

The app was orange on black, which was kind of dog-themed, I guess. I didn't like the way the date picker worked, so I told it to fix it.

Vertical tabs are a highly requested feature that Chrome is finally adding, aligning with similar offerings in browsers like Firefox, Edge, and Brave.

Animations and transitions in CSS not only add fun but also help users understand changes in user interfaces, such as reordering list items.

The Google Photos app has been updated to make it easier to navigate your gallery and view image information. The photo view has been redesigned to provide a simpler, more modern, and more intuitive UI.