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Interuserface.net
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Interuserface.net is a personal blog at interuserface.net about design and culture. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 41 times, most often “Own a shape”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite this post on the squircle shape, arguing Nokia's MeeGo/Harmattan design language used it before iOS 7. Comments link it as a source and do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Own a shape4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-07-01
- /2011/06/own-a-shape/2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-09-28
- Flat is not the opposite of skeuomorphic (2013)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-11-29
- Improving the QR code experience2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-16
- Interuserface | 10.7/GUI2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-08-01
What Hacker News says?
I've always avoided the term "flat design" as I would call it an oversimplification of several different concepts and tools designers use. You might find this thing I wrote back in 2013, just before iOS 7 was unveiled, interesting: http://interuserface.net/2013/05/flat-is-not-the-opposite-of...
Comment linking /2013/05/flat-is-not-the-opposite-of-skeuomorphic/
on “Google’s look, evolved”Submitted Don't press any key to continue as a story · 68 points
HN discussionHere are a bunch of blogs from my RSS reader that I think are worth reading. Some of them haven't updated in a while, but the archives may be worth a look anyway. * Blogs with a math focus: http://blog.sigfpe.com http://bit-player.org http://mathr.co.uk/blog/ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/ * Blogs with a programming languages focus: https://existentialtype.wordpress.com https://bluishcoder.co.nz http://blog.ezyang.…
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on “Ask HN: What programming blogs do you follow?”Submitted Why the iPad is not for web browsing (yet) as a story · 18 points
HN discussionI agree wholeheartedly. If they can build a solid platform, though, that can set the stage for a genuine breakthrough. I'd say the most important thing is to deal with the social flatland problem (which I explain here: http://interuserface.net/2010/02/buzz-facebook-and-social-fl... ), and then pretty much follow every suggestion Joey Tyson makes in this post: http://theharmonyguy.com/2010/05/10/dont-simply-build-a-m…
Comment linking /2010/02/buzz-facebook-and-social-flatland/
on “Distributed Facebook replacement Diaspora pledged 2x the funding it requested”Submitted The Disc as Dongle as a story · 8 points
HN discussionYes! It shouldn't be too hard for them to find some good UX people in the middle of SF and still flush with Kickstarter funds; they'll just need to know what to look for. Of course, there's still the issue of actually countering Facebook with a more organic social structure. If you will excuse my carting out of this fine dead horse once again: http://interuserface.net/2010/05/how-diaspora-can-succeed-mo...
Comment linking /2010/05/how-diaspora-can-succeed-model-real-life/
on “Diaspora: One Month In”Submitted Flat is not the opposite of skeuomorphic (2013) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI was expecting something more along the lines of this post that I wrote a few months ago: http://interuserface.net/2013/05/flat-is-not-the-opposite-of... One of my draft titles for it was "moving beyond flat and skeuomorphic."
Comment linking /2013/05/flat-is-not-the-opposite-of-skeuomorphic/
on “Beyond Flat”Submitted The Regressive Design of the Playstation 5 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSquircles were actually part of the visual language of Nokia years before iOS 7 added G2+ continuity. https://interuserface.net/2011/06/own-a-shape/
Comment linking /2011/06/own-a-shape/
on “Procedurally generating a rounded box mesh”Submitted Improving the QR code experience as a story · 3 points
HN discussion"Rectangles with rounded corners are everywhere! Just look around this room! And look outside, there's even more, practically everywhere you look!" —Steve Jobs, 1981 http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_E... Also: http://interuserface.net/2011/06/own-a-shape/
Comment linking /2011/06/own-a-shape/
on “Improve [iOS] Usability with a Black Status Bar and Rounded Corners ”Submitted Own a shape as a story · 3 points
HN discussionUnfortunately, the hard truth is that windowed applications in OS X aren't a well-behaved enough bunch for anything like this to work anytime soon. In 2010, I collaborated on a project to bring some of the features of my 2009 10/GUI concept to MacOS. We got it to a point where the likes of Safari, Finder, and TextEdit worked great and could have made a nice demo video, but the moment you threw in something like Phot…
Comment linking /2011/07/10-7gui/
on “TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX”Submitted Reinventing the remote for iTV as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI thought Nokia 'owned' the squircle http://interuserface.net/2011/06/own-a-shape/
Comment linking /2011/06/own-a-shape/
on “Making iOS 7 squircles using CSS3”Submitted Diaspora's opportunity: Model real life instead of SQL tables as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI actually wrote about this three years ago (has it really been that long that we've been anticipating an Apple TV SDK?) with some thoughts about what a remote-slash-game-controller for iOS TV apps might look like: http://interuserface.net/2010/08/rethinking-the-remote/
Comment linking /2010/08/rethinking-the-remote/
on “Apple TV graduates from hobby/accessory to product line ahead of major changes”Submitted I think I figured out Apple's e-reader strategy. as a story · 3 points
HN discussion"Neumorphism" came and went because it was a clumsily unnecessary neologism tacked onto a loosely-defined trend. Adding more shading and depth cues to user interfaces is a broader trend that has continued since the popular repudiation of those tools in the early-mid 2010s, but the attempt to package this up and shoehorn it into a neat label alongside "skeuomorphic" and "flat design" was never a particularly useful e…
Comment linking /2013/05/flat-is-not-the-opposite-of-skeuomorphic/
on “The Rise and Fall of Neumorphism”Submitted The year of the smart-enough phone (2011) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHi, Matt- Good to see you guys are taking a pragmatic approach with regard to your audience. My concern isn't even so much with the look or theme of the system as its social model and the UI for exposing that model. I've written about this somewhat: http://interuserface.net/2010/05/ http://interuserface.net/2010/02/buzz-facebook-and-social-fl... and there's an excellent if long-winded slide deck by Paul Adams here t…
Comment linking /2010/02/buzz-facebook-and-social-flatland/
on “GNU Social - diaspora already has a clone that's usable and free software”Submitted QR UX as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThat's a great idea, but the Facebook app will always be the weak point, because everything you share (to specific users) through it will still be open for Facebook to use however it sees fit. Ultimately, I'd say this is the problem of social flatland: http://interuserface.net/2010/02/buzz-facebook-and-social-fl... Disclaimer: That's my blog.
Comment linking /2010/02/buzz-facebook-and-social-flatland/
on “The new Facebook API exposes the events you attend to anyone on the Internet”Submitted Interuserface | 10.7/GUI as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> Nokia, despite its late entry with MeeGo’s Harmattan UI, found the squircle unclaimed and ran with it beautifully. ― https://interuserface.net/2011/06/own-a-shape/
Comment linking /2011/06/own-a-shape/
on “Desperately Seeking Squircles (2018)”Submitted The smart-enough phone as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe squircle was actually Nokia's design language they used for Meego[1]. Back then Apple just used basic squares with rounded edges, the "unique" curverture mentioned here happened later. [1] https://interuserface.net/2011/06/own-a-shape/
Comment linking /2011/06/own-a-shape/
on “Apple's Unique Device Curvature”Submitted Dead for doing one thing well as a story · 2 points
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