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Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
May 13, 2025 · User Experience Design

AnduinOS 1.3: A Windows‑Lookalike Linux Distro Built by a Microsoft Engineer

AnduinOS 1.3, a Ubuntu‑based Linux distribution that mimics Windows 11’s interface, was created by a Microsoft China engineer in his spare time, offering GNOME 48, built‑in software store, clipboard shortcuts, HDR support, and a seamless transition for Windows users seeking a familiar desktop experience.

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AnduinOS 1.3: A Windows‑Lookalike Linux Distro Built by a Microsoft Engineer
Java Tech Enthusiast
Java Tech Enthusiast
Apr 25, 2025 · User Experience Design

How to Unlock and Use Windows 11’s New Start Menu Grid Layout

This guide explains Microsoft’s redesigned Windows 11 start menu that removes the secondary All‑apps list in favor of a grid view, compares it with the list view, shows how to enable the feature via ViveTool, and discusses its usability pros and cons.

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How to Unlock and Use Windows 11’s New Start Menu Grid Layout
Eric Tech Circle
Eric Tech Circle
Mar 24, 2025 · User Experience Design

How to Connect Cursor AI with Figma via MCP for Automatic UI Design

This guide walks through setting up the MCP protocol on macOS, configuring a server, installing Bun, linking Cursor 0.47+ with Figma, importing the plugin manifest, enabling MCP in Cursor, and using prompt templates to automatically generate high‑quality iOS fitness app designs, complete with screenshots and practical tips.

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How to Connect Cursor AI with Figma via MCP for Automatic UI Design
DaTaobao Tech
DaTaobao Tech
Jan 13, 2025 · User Experience Design

How We Streamlined Taobao’s Marketing Venues: A Design Overhaul for 2025

The article details a three‑phase redesign of Taobao’s marketing venues—convergence to simplify content, unification to ensure consistent experience, and efficiency to accelerate iteration—covering design principles, componentization, navigation overhaul, dynamic headers, and visual diversity that together improve user comprehension and conversion during major sales events.

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How We Streamlined Taobao’s Marketing Venues: A Design Overhaul for 2025
Network Intelligence Research Center (NIRC)
Network Intelligence Research Center (NIRC)
Jan 9, 2025 · User Experience Design

Introducing a Bare-Hand VR Whiteboard for Natural Handwriting

The article presents a VR bare‑hand whiteboard system that replaces controllers with natural hand gestures, detailing its evolution, technical challenges, error‑filtering and smoothing algorithms, multi‑board synchronization, required Unity SDKs, and its validation through a CSCW research paper and user studies.

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Introducing a Bare-Hand VR Whiteboard for Natural Handwriting
JavaEdge
JavaEdge
Aug 4, 2024 · User Experience Design

How to Create a Professional Logo on a Tight Budget Using Free Vector Tools

This guide explains why you should design your own logo, walks through using vector software, highlights free open‑source illustration sites, discusses paid royalty‑free assets, and shows practical ways to customize and combine resources to produce a unique brand identity without hiring a designer.

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How to Create a Professional Logo on a Tight Budget Using Free Vector Tools
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Jun 10, 2024 · User Experience Design

Which Programming Font Improves Code Readability? A Curated Guide

Choosing a clear, aesthetically pleasing programming font is essential for developers, and this guide reviews popular monospaced fonts—Monaco, Consolas, Source Code Pro, JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, Cascadia Code, Inconsolata, and Ubuntu Mono—highlighting their readability features and providing download links.

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Which Programming Font Improves Code Readability? A Curated Guide
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
May 9, 2023 · User Experience Design

12 Free Productivity Tools Every Developer and Designer Should Know

This article introduces twelve completely free online tools—from image placeholders and background removers to CSS gradient generators and code screenshot services—that can dramatically boost the efficiency of programmers, designers, students, and office workers by simplifying common visual and development tasks.

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12 Free Productivity Tools Every Developer and Designer Should Know
FunTester
FunTester
Mar 2, 2023 · User Experience Design

How to Conduct Effective Web Accessibility Testing: A Practical Guide

This article explains what web accessibility is, outlines relevant laws and WCAG guidelines, reviews both manual and automated testing methods, debunks common myths, lists useful tools, and provides a detailed checklist to help developers create inclusive, compliant web experiences for all users.

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How to Conduct Effective Web Accessibility Testing: A Practical Guide
Taobao Design
Taobao Design
Jan 9, 2023 · User Experience Design

How Variable Fonts Are Revolutionizing Design and User Experience

This article traces the history of variable fonts, explains their technical axes, and showcases a range of real‑world case studies—from dynamic brand identities and Olympic logos to climate‑awareness typefaces—demonstrating how variable fonts enhance readability, branding flexibility, and interactive user experiences across web, mobile, and physical media.

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How Variable Fonts Are Revolutionizing Design and User Experience
Aotu Lab
Aotu Lab
Nov 17, 2022 · User Experience Design

How Design Engineering Bridges Design Systems and Front‑End Development

This article examines how design engineering—rooted in atomic design theory and design tokens—addresses modularity, scalability, and collaboration challenges between designers and front‑end engineers, offering practical workflows, tooling insights, and future directions for consistent, efficient UI production.

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How Design Engineering Bridges Design Systems and Front‑End Development
Taobao Design
Taobao Design
Oct 31, 2022 · User Experience Design

Smart Home UI Design: 3 Real‑World Scenarios to Inspire Your Next App

This article showcases three typical smart‑home user scenarios—pet owners, family caregivers, and professionals—detailing the UI design concepts of apps such as automatic feeders, smart litter boxes, robot vacuums, intelligent lighting, family smart screens, smart toilets, switches, fitness mirrors, and artistic speakers, while highlighting visual and interaction patterns that improve usability and user delight.

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Smart Home UI Design: 3 Real‑World Scenarios to Inspire Your Next App
Taobao Design
Taobao Design
Aug 29, 2022 · User Experience Design

How Typography Shapes User Experience: History, Types, and Design Best Practices

This article explores the role of typography in design, tracing its historical roots from ancient alphabets to modern digital fonts, categorizing serif, sans‑serif, and decorative typefaces, and detailing how font choice, weight, line width, spacing, and color contrast together enhance readability and guide user attention.

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How Typography Shapes User Experience: History, Types, and Design Best Practices
Airbnb Technology Team
Airbnb Technology Team
Aug 12, 2022 · User Experience Design

How to Design Effective Entry Points and UI for Intelligent Customer Service

This article examines the design of intelligent customer service interfaces, detailing dynamic and static entry modes, trigger mechanisms, queue systems, and the composition of system information, personalized features, chat operation, and input areas, while offering practical UI patterns and considerations for effective user interaction.

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How to Design Effective Entry Points and UI for Intelligent Customer Service
Taobao Design
Taobao Design
Jul 26, 2022 · User Experience Design

Turning User Feedback into Measurable Design Improvements: A Taobao Case Study

This article outlines how the Taobao design team systematically collects, analyzes, and acts on user feedback—building a feedback platform, clustering design‑related sentiment, managing issues, running micro‑surveys, and quantifying impact through processing rates, reduction rates, and satisfaction uplift—turning qualitative voices into concrete UX metrics.

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Turning User Feedback into Measurable Design Improvements: A Taobao Case Study