User interface design expert Billy Hollis is annoyed when he spots even tiny application tweaks that could improve the intuitive experience for users. He finds them everywhere, even in our favorite ...

One way to clean up an existing API is to provide a fluent interface to it. The goal of a fluent interface is to simplify the consumption of your API by making it more readable and discoverable. If ...

In “Designing visual user interfaces for mobile applications,” Luca Chittaro of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab University of Udine, describes a project in which participants are introduced to the ...

Microsoft has released a preview of Visual Studio 2026, the first major version update since 2021, promising deeper AI integration and a new look and feel.… Visual Studio is the second most popular ...