

Daniel Roeven
392 posts

@danielroeven
Designer and developer. 🇳🇱 living in 🇸🇪. Writes at https://t.co/3poRIouZ5w @[email protected]





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@jaketran8302 @jsngr @NotionHQ @randyjhunt No we don’t have a design system at Notion. But we hire designers who are pixel perfect or can code.


If you could pick anything, what would you love to (re)design? Here's my list: - Zoom - Steam - Browser - FaceTime - Email client - Calendar app - Code editor - Mobile OS - Desktop OS

While complexity isn't the enemy, learning new skills is an enjoyable experience etc... there's a flipside. Namely: it becomes very hard to uproot a local maximum in interaction. E.g. the QWERTY keyboard. Much better layouts exist, but most ppl just can't invest a couple months





Working out a taxonomy of intuitive interaction... One aspect is whether it builds on skills learned by living in the natural world, vs designed in such a way that an originally unnatural interaction allows intuitiveness to emerge through practice. twitter.com/danielroeven/s…


A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.





There are two platonic ideals for software. Drawing apps and writing apps