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💻 Zoom

First 1000 • 1513 implied HN points • 13 Jul 23
🕹 Technology UX UI Product Management
  1. In UX design, smart defaults can be very powerful.
  2. Sometimes, a design that looks slick and communicates well may not perform as well as another in tests.
  3. Don't underestimate the impact of smart defaults in design choices.

🤖 I Built a Customizable Chat-GPT Bot. Here’s How to Build Your Own (with screenshots)

Michael’s Newsletter • 216 implied HN points • 16 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Chatbot Development Deployment UI
  1. The AI chatbot can be customized by uploading PDF documents with custom context for different use-cases
  2. The process involves copying OpenAI API key, uploading PDF files, and inputting questions
  3. The app uses Python Flask server, Heroku for deployment, and Bubble as a no-code UI for building the chatbot

AI Is First New UI Paradigm in 60 Years

Jakob Nielsen on UX • 7 implied HN points • 22 Jun 23
🕹 Technology AI UI Computing Generative AI Artificial Intelligence
  1. AI is introducing the third user-interface paradigm in computing history, shifting from command-based interaction to intent-based outcome specification.
  2. The first UI paradigm was batch processing, where users submitted complete workflows and got results much later, usually with issues in usability.
  3. Command-based interaction, the second UI paradigm, allowed users to assess and modify commands one at a time, with GUIs dominating for about 40 years; AI's intent-based paradigm reverses user control, representing a new era in UI design.

Server Driven UI, Personalization, Runtime Bundling

Microfrontends, Architecture and Trade-offs • 0 implied HN points • 14 Mar 23
🕹 Technology UI Personalization Mobile Web Optimization Architecture
  1. Server Driven UI involves having the server instruct on how to render the UI for consistency across platforms.
  2. Server Driven UI can enable faster change cycles for mobile apps by separating rendering into a generic container.
  3. Runtime Bundling in a dynamic web page can be explored to optimize performance by creating bundles on the fly.

The Remote Rendering Pattern

Microfrontends, Architecture and Trade-offs • 0 implied HN points • 29 Sep 23
🕹 Technology UI Security Framework
  1. Remote rendering allows third-party code to define UI in a secure sandbox and render it in the host application.
  2. Benefits of remote rendering include ensuring consistent user experience, avoiding bundle explosion, and maintaining host performance.
  3. Secure implementation of remote rendering involves running third-party code in a sandboxed environment with restricted access to the host.
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How to seed systems

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🕹 Technology UI AI Systems Computing AR/VR
  1. New systems are born from the discovery of the right user interface for a technology, which lowers accessibility costs and incentivizes new applications.
  2. Apple has a history of seeding ecosystems by creating the right user interface - such as with graphical computing and mobile computing.
  3. The Vision Pro by Apple exemplifies the importance of UI innovation, especially for technologies like spatial computing, which has the potential for transformative impacts.