The hottest User Interaction Substack posts right now

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Daylight swiping

Vague Blue • 778 implied HN points • 19 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Mobile Apps User Interaction Gaming Algorithms
  1. The evolution of the swipe gesture, popularized by Apple, has changed how we interact with technology, from unlocking phones to scrolling through social media.
  2. The swipe has become ingrained in modern culture, especially through dating apps like Tinder, where it serves as a rapid filter for potential matches.
  3. Continuous swiping on apps can create a sense of infinite possibilities but can also lead to mindless behavior, trapping users in a cycle of seeking without finding.

What really makes the dating app monopoly dysfunctional

Offline: dating that works • 219 implied HN points • 21 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Dating Apps Monopoly Algorithm User Interaction
  1. Dating apps lack an optimal balance between exploration and exploitation, crucial for decision-making in relationships.
  2. The current dating app market is monopolized by a dysfunctional swiping protocol that hinders successful exploration and relationships.
  3. Dating apps prioritize superficial attraction and short-term connections over meaningful, committed relationships, shaping user behavior and limiting relationship potential.

The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes

eieio games • 2 HN points • 29 Aug 24
🕹 Technology Web Development Game design User Interaction Digital Art Programming
  1. The One Million Checkboxes website let people check or uncheck boxes that affected everyone worldwide. It became super popular, with millions of boxes checked in just a short time.
  2. Users found a creative way to send messages in binary code by checking boxes. This led to an unexpected community forming where they experimented with drawing and animations.
  3. Although some people disliked bots because they cluttered the site, the creator found inspiration in how young developers used them creatively. It was a reminder of the fun and opportunities coding can bring.

#5 - Best practices for modals in video games

A Good Interface • 19 implied HN points • 20 Sep 23
🕹 Technology UI Design Gameplay User Interaction Video Games
  1. Modal windows are design elements in video games used to highlight important information while keeping the current context for the player.
  2. Modal windows should be displayed sparingly and for specific reasons like conveying essential information, blocking progress until required input, and collecting new settings.
  3. Best practices for modal windows in video games include initiating them through user actions, providing an emergency exit, having a clear title, and including a call to action with appropriate sizing.
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AI as UX

Apperceptive (moved to buttondown) • 6 implied HN points • 02 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI User Interaction Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Computer Science
  1. Artificial intelligence is more of a metaphor for user interaction than just a system using machine learning.
  2. The term 'artificial intelligence' has evolved from a failed early definition to a marketing term, implying a human-like experience.
  3. User metaphors play a significant role in how people interact with computers, shaping their understanding and expectations.

A simple suggestion to improve search UX

Talking to Computers: The Email • 0 implied HN points • 25 Mar 24
🕹 Technology User Experience Search E-commerce User Interaction
  1. Search suggestions help users type less and avoid mistakes, which is especially important on mobile devices. Fewer keystrokes lead to faster and more successful searches.
  2. Contextual suggestions can guide users to better queries, showing them related products or searches when they type. This can help them find what they actually want more easily.
  3. E-commerce websites, especially for groceries, benefit from these smart suggestions to help shoppers buy more items at once. It’s a unique approach that supports the way people shop for multiple products.

Python Plotly Data Visuals: Dropdowns and Range Sliders For User Interaction

Data at Depth • 0 implied HN points • 23 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Data Visualization Python User Interaction
  1. Interactive data visualization can greatly improve data analysis and understanding of complex datasets.
  2. The Plotly library in Python provides tools like Range Sliders and Dropdown Menus for creating interactive graphs.
  3. Using features like Range Sliders and Dropdown Menus in Plotly can enhance the user experience and make graphs more engaging.

LLM Drift, Prompt Drift, Chaining & Cascading

Cobus Greyling on LLMs, NLU, NLP, chatbots & voicebots • 0 implied HN points • 27 Sep 23
🕹 Technology AI Language Models Automation Data Management User Interaction
  1. LLM Drift refers to the changes in the responses of language models over time, where their accuracy can significantly decline.
  2. Prompt Drift happens when the same prompt gives different responses because of changes in the model or data, even if the prompt itself hasn't changed.
  3. Cascading occurs when errors from one part of a process affect subsequent parts, making issues worse as they go along.

Measure What Matters! Our Simple Data Stack To Understand Open Source Adoption

Sonal’s Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 18 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Data Analytics User Interaction
  1. Learn how people are discovering your product, such as through direct interactions, website traffic, and testimonials.
  2. Understand how users are using your product, like the platform they run it on, scalability, and frequency of use.
  3. Utilize a simple data stack to track open source adoption and product usage, collecting data manually to understand growth and user behavior.