Hello, dear readers! 👋
In this issue, among other things:
When animations in interfaces are really useful
How to recognize AI generated text
Podcast with Benedict Evans about the future of AI
Detailed Star Wars space map
Impressive surreal paintings by Chema Mendez
Interactive article explaining how Bezier curves work
…and much more!
Enjoy reading!
🗞 News and articles
Dark Mode: How Users Think About It and Issues to Avoid
The Nielsen Norman Group has studied why people choose a dark theme and what its real effect is.
They write that the dark mode is popular, but not necessary. When users like dark mode, they still maintain the same behavior without it. They think about it at the system level, not at the application level.
The authors also collected tips on implementation and pointed out the most potentially problematic places.
Bézier Curves — and the logic behind them
A great interactive article by Richard Equonnier explaining how Bezier curves work and how they work.
Emil Koval explained when animations in interfaces are really useful and when it’s better not to use them at all. In the article, he analyzed the basic principles of choosing animations and added interactive examples.
The main thoughts:
Animations can create a sense of lightness and responsiveness, or they can make the interface unpredictable, slow, and annoying.
It is necessary to determine what the animation is for. For example, for clarity, spatial consistency, or feedback.
It is advisable to animate the elements only to enhance the experience, not for aesthetics.
Animations for the sake of decoration should be applied only to those elements that are rarely used.
It is important to consider how often the animation will be played. With a large number of repetitions, even the most beautiful effect will begin to irritate.
Animations should be fast so as not to create a feeling of hanging. Ideally, 300 milliseconds or shorter
The tooltips should appear with a slight delay to prevent accidental tapping.
Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You). An hour—long podcast about artificial intelligence with Benedict Evans, a British analyst and technology specialist.
About why the development of AI is an important revolution, whether AI fever can be considered a “bubble”, how AI affects the competition of large companies and what their strategy is, what the future will be, and much more.
Evans’ view is valuable for sobriety. Analyzing a new technology, he avoids excessive enthusiasm, but also does not slip into alarmism.
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