The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

Tic Tac Toe is hilarious

I liked the one where you make a noise at the level you want to set the volume.

> Should is interesting because of its subjectiveness. It’s a question that only makes sense to be asked in first person. And you have to know about much more than just design to be able to answer it — you have to understand about business, technology, culture, people. Answering the should question is a skill you only get after many, many years answering questions alike.

I wish more front-end designers would consider "should" more often.

"Oh, we can make the scrollbars in our web page auto-hide so PC users get the same experience as Mac users"

But should you?

No. Because one of the reasons I use a PC is because auto-hiding scrollbars on a desktop/laptop is a bug, not a feature, and I disabled that bug while I had a Mac because it's annoying.

"Oh, we can implement smooth scrolling in JavaScript!"

But should you?

No. Because browsers already do it. And your implementation will fail on at least one browser and cause scrolling to just be fucked up. If a user has disabled smooth scrolling, it's probably for a reason. Don't force it back on.

"We can create our own implementation of a drop-down box"

But should you?

No. You're reducing accessibility for literally zero gain. I hate when I'm entering my address, tabbing through the fields, reach the State, and pressing O then R doesn't bring me to "Oregon" or "OR", and instead brings me to Rhode Island. Side note: The order of entering an address is street address, city, state, zip code. If your form order is any different, you're a madman.

Just 1 more loud

I feel like that one’s actually pretty good, why should the ear calibrate to the device when it can be vice versa?