Accelerators Maximize Efficiency in User Interfaces

Summary:  Alternate methods for accomplishing frequent actions in user interfaces support expert users by speeding up their interactions, without hindering novice users. Designing for expert users requires balancing learnability with efficiency. While new users need an intuitive interface to start quickly, expert users demand features that improve speed and productivity over time. Any system that… Continue reading Accelerators Maximize Efficiency in User Interfaces

Prompt Controls in GenAI Chatbots: 4 Main Uses and Best Practices

Summary:  When following good practices, prompt controls can increase the discoverability of genAI chatbots’ features, offer inspiration, and minimize manual user input. Adding UI Controls to Prompting Generative AI (genAI) chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Perplexity, rely heavily on text prompts from their users. As these interfaces continue to evolve, AI chatbot designers have started… Continue reading Prompt Controls in GenAI Chatbots: 4 Main Uses and Best Practices

Angular Component Libraries and Accessibility

Nowadays, it feels as if web development is an ever-changing landscape that moves at supersonic speeds. With the demands to keep your content up to date with the latest and greatest designs and frameworks, it can be an overwhelming task to keep up. JavaScript frameworks, such as Angular, play a large role in this with… Continue reading Angular Component Libraries and Accessibility

CSS And Javascript Animation Libraries To Create Awesome Effects

Velocity.js Velocity is an animation engine with the same API as jQuery’s animate(). It works with and without jQuery. It’s incredibly fast, and it features color animation, transforms, loops, easings, SVG support, and scrolling. It is the best of jQuery and CSS transitions combined. Vivus Vivus is a lightweight JavaScript class (with no dependencies) that… Continue reading CSS And Javascript Animation Libraries To Create Awesome Effects

OS.js – Open Source Desktop Implementation for Your Browser

OS.js is an open-source desktop implementation for a fully-fledged window manager to your browser, Application APIs, GUI toolkits and filesystem abstraction. It works in any modern browser and is implemented on any platform using Node or PHP. OS.js is completely free and open-source which means that you are able to contribute to the development or… Continue reading OS.js – Open Source Desktop Implementation for Your Browser