#usability — Public Fediverse posts

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

From the archives:

Usability Conventions: Basics and Examples:

https://meiert.com/blog/usability-conventions/

#usability #conventions #examples

#Design #Guidelines
Session timeouts · The overlooked accessibility barrier in authentication design https://ilo.im/16cbg2

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#Authentication #Sessions #Accessibility #WCAG #Security #Usability #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Guidelines
Session timeouts · The overlooked accessibility barrier in authentication design https://ilo.im/16cbg2

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#Authentication #Sessions #Accessibility #WCAG #Security #Usability #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Guidelines
Session timeouts · The overlooked accessibility barrier in authentication design https://ilo.im/16cbg2

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#Authentication #Sessions #Accessibility #WCAG #Security #Usability #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Guidelines
Session timeouts · The overlooked accessibility barrier in authentication design https://ilo.im/16cbg2

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#Authentication #Sessions #Accessibility #WCAG #Security #Usability #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Heute ist wieder #DIDay.

Und dazu passt ausgerechnet ein TikTok Trend: #Cyberdecks

Junge Frauen bauen DIY-Mini-Computer: Repair, Freedom Tech, Feminismus, digitale Souveränität. Eigentlich alles #Bündnisgrüne Themen.

Warum passiert das kaum im #Fediverse ? Fehlen hier junge Tech-Feministinnen – oder scheitert es an #usability ?

Podcast dazu:
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/diy-laptop-digital-aber-autonom-100.html

#BündnisOst #DIDay #Cyberfeminismus #FreedomTech #RightToRepair #OpenSource @netzbegruenung

Erfahrungsbericht: Einer der einfachsten Umstiege, aber einer bei dem ich lange recherchiert und getestet habe war der Passwortmanager. #1Password ist super, aber eben nicht #OpenSource. #KeePass war in der sehr engen Wahl - Lösung für die ganze Familie - und eine komplette Schule? #usability und Geräteübergreifender sync ohne eigene Server betreiben zu müssen, war sehr wichtig. #Bitwarden erfüllt das

https://harald-schirmer.de/2025/10/20/umstieg-in-4-schritten-auf-sichere-passwort-manager/

#didit #dutgemacht #diday #digitalerunabhangigkeitstag

@jools schau mal, bei Loma wird wenn ich ein Bild einfüge das draus. Wäre evtl. auch für hier interessant da sehr viel übersichtlicher:

Hier sieht das ganze dann so aus:

#Friendica #Bilder #Usability

#Design #Fun
Wicked websites · A gallery of modern web design villains https://ilo.im/16cjvx

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#Business #Marketing #Websites #Usability #Accessibility #DeceptiveDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #WebPerf

#Design #Approaches
The perfect file upload pattern · When users don’t need to press the upload button https://ilo.im/16c9sl

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#Convenience #Uploads #Files #Forms #Usability #DesignPatterns #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Approaches
The perfect file upload pattern · When users don’t need to press the upload button https://ilo.im/16c9sl

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#Convenience #Uploads #Files #Forms #Usability #DesignPatterns #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Approaches
The perfect file upload pattern · When users don’t need to press the upload button https://ilo.im/16c9sl

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#Convenience #Uploads #Files #Forms #Usability #DesignPatterns #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Approaches
The perfect file upload pattern · When users don’t need to press the upload button https://ilo.im/16c9sl

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#Convenience #Uploads #Files #Forms #Usability #DesignPatterns #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?

The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing

#Design #Proposals
Good designers, bad websites · Using personas to spot accessibility gaps early https://ilo.im/16cee3

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#Websites #Personas #Accessibility #Usability #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Why is phpMyAdmin the worst DB manager?

Well, that's easy. It's a mess of server and Ajax functionality that does not respect standard browser navigation like Back and Forward, forgetting searches etc.

Their change to AJAX fetch just plainly fucked up good app. I don't understand how 10 years later it still is the same unusable shit.

(Yes, I use adminer when available, but some hosters offer only phpMyAdmin and no remote connections)
#usability #UX #UI #phpmyadmin #mariadb #mysql

It's been quite a while since I've used the stupid goddamn shitty useless asinine idiotic trumpy Zoom app.

IT ISN'T ANY BETTER

In fact. IT'S WORSE.

Give me a break - I can't minimize it. I can't move it to a different workspace. I can't go to a different workspace while it's open, because it shrinky-dinks and FOLLOWS me!

That, on top of NO READABLE FONT SIZE OPTIONS, makes it a prime contender for worst app I know of.

#uxfail
#usability
#accessibility
#stupid
#FuckZoom

RE: https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation/116376576205179553

How the Foundation’s Laptop Support & Usability Project Came Together

#FreeBSD #Foundation <https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/goodkin.pdf> (PDF) | <https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/laptop-desktop/how-the-foundations-laptop-support-usability-project-came-together/> (HTML) @FreeBSDFoundation

＂… The Laptop Support & Usability Project is not just about laptops. It is about making FreeBSD more usable, more approachable, and more practical for the kinds of day-to-day use cases that help bring people into the community and keep them there. …＂

@dgoodkin wow. Thank you. I haven't seen as good an overview of a complex project, and its context, in a long time. Years.

#desktop #laptop #usability #LSU

Dutch news agency NOS reports the new #Rabobank online #banking app can't be used by #blind people anymore:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2608941-android-app-van-rabobank-werkt-niet-meer-voor-slechtzienden-bank-bezig-met-oplossing

This is why it's imperative to test your products for
#accessibility and #usability . Come on now people, we didn't start this trend yesterday. What are you, new?

🐰 SECUSO Wishes You a Happy Easter! 🐣
This year, the Easter Bunny paid #SECUSO a visit and left behind eggs for us to paint—the creative results of our painting activity now adorn our hallway. In addition to traditional designs, we’ve also incorporated our research into our Easter decorations.
💪 After Easter, we’ll be kicking off the summer #semester. This semester, SECUSO will be offering the Applied Computer#Science – #Cybersecurity lecture for the Bachelor’s program as well as the #Security, #Usability, Society lab course (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and will be represented in the Economy and Hashtag#Technology team project. Additionally, some of us will present their work at the #Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (#CHI) in Barcelona the week after Easter. But first, we wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Зачем нужны нефункциональные требования к ПО и откуда их взять

Всем привет! Меня зовут Наталья, я ведущий системный аналитик в MWS. В ИТ полно примеров того, как попытки решить задачу приводят к появлению совершенно непригодных инструментов. Формально они работают, но пользоваться ими либо крайне неудобно, либо невозможно. Кнопку вроде сделали, но кривую и не там. Сайт работает, но падает под нагрузкой. Парковку предусмотрели, но только для 10% клиентов. Проблема в том, что в центре внимания чаще оказывается то, что именно должна делать система. А вот тому, как она это делает, уделяют гораздо меньше времени. В этой статье разберём, что такое нефункциональные требования, как их грамотно формулировать и какие подходы помогают выявлять их на практике.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ru_mts/articles/1015866/

#аналитика #нефункциональные_требования #NFR #FURPS+ #ISO_25010 #Usability #Reliability #Performance #Supportability #нфт

Зачем нужны нефункциональные требования к ПО и откуда их взять

Всем привет! Меня зовут Наталья, я ведущий системный аналитик в MWS. В ИТ полно примеров того, как попытки решить задачу приводят к появлению совершенно непригодных инструментов. Формально они работают, но пользоваться ими либо крайне неудобно, либо невозможно. Кнопку вроде сделали, но кривую и не там. Сайт работает, но падает под нагрузкой. Парковку предусмотрели, но только для 10% клиентов. Проблема в том, что в центре внимания чаще оказывается то, что именно должна делать система. А вот тому, как она это делает, уделяют гораздо меньше времени. В этой статье разберём, что такое нефункциональные требования, как их грамотно формулировать и какие подходы помогают выявлять их на практике.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ru_mts/articles/1015866/

#аналитика #нефункциональные_требования #NFR #FURPS+ #ISO_25010 #Usability #Reliability #Performance #Supportability #нфт

Зачем нужны нефункциональные требования к ПО и откуда их взять

Всем привет! Меня зовут Наталья, я ведущий системный аналитик в MWS. В ИТ полно примеров того, как попытки решить задачу приводят к появлению совершенно непригодных инструментов. Формально они работают, но пользоваться ими либо крайне неудобно, либо невозможно. Кнопку вроде сделали, но кривую и не там. Сайт работает, но падает под нагрузкой. Парковку предусмотрели, но только для 10% клиентов. Проблема в том, что в центре внимания чаще оказывается то, что именно должна делать система. А вот тому, как она это делает, уделяют гораздо меньше времени. В этой статье разберём, что такое нефункциональные требования, как их грамотно формулировать и какие подходы помогают выявлять их на практике.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ru_mts/articles/1015866/

#аналитика #нефункциональные_требования #NFR #FURPS+ #ISO_25010 #Usability #Reliability #Performance #Supportability #нфт

Зачем нужны нефункциональные требования к ПО и откуда их взять

Всем привет! Меня зовут Наталья, я ведущий системный аналитик в MWS. В ИТ полно примеров того, как попытки решить задачу приводят к появлению совершенно непригодных инструментов. Формально они работают, но пользоваться ими либо крайне неудобно, либо невозможно. Кнопку вроде сделали, но кривую и не там. Сайт работает, но падает под нагрузкой. Парковку предусмотрели, но только для 10% клиентов. Проблема в том, что в центре внимания чаще оказывается то, что именно должна делать система. А вот тому, как она это делает, уделяют гораздо меньше времени. В этой статье разберём, что такое нефункциональные требования, как их грамотно формулировать и какие подходы помогают выявлять их на практике.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ru_mts/articles/1015866/

#аналитика #нефункциональные_требования #NFR #FURPS+ #ISO_25010 #Usability #Reliability #Performance #Supportability #нфт

Dr. #Rogalla und A. Bode haben es bei ihrem Vortrag auf den Punkt gebracht:

"#Barrierefreiheit ist kein Feature. Es ist #Usability für alle."

Das ist genau da, wo wir mit Luna LMS andocken. 🚀

#LunaLMS #Chemnitz #clt2026 #ChemnitzerLinuxTage #OpenSource

Dr. #Rogalla und A. Bode haben es bei ihrem Vortrag auf den Punkt gebracht:

"#Barrierefreiheit ist kein Feature. Es ist #Usability für alle."

Das ist genau da, wo wir mit Luna LMS andocken. 🚀

#LunaLMS #Chemnitz #clt2026 #ChemnitzerLinuxTage #OpenSource

Dr. #Rogalla und A. Bode haben es bei ihrem Vortrag auf den Punkt gebracht:

"#Barrierefreiheit ist kein Feature. Es ist #Usability für alle."

Das ist genau da, wo wir mit Luna LMS andocken. 🚀

#LunaLMS #Chemnitz #clt2026 #ChemnitzerLinuxTage #OpenSource

Dr. #Rogalla und A. Bode haben es bei ihrem Vortrag auf den Punkt gebracht:

"#Barrierefreiheit ist kein Feature. Es ist #Usability für alle."

Das ist genau da, wo wir mit Luna LMS andocken. 🚀

#LunaLMS #Chemnitz #clt2026 #ChemnitzerLinuxTage #OpenSource

Dr. #Rogalla und A. Bode haben es bei ihrem Vortrag auf den Punkt gebracht:

"#Barrierefreiheit ist kein Feature. Es ist #Usability für alle."

Das ist genau da, wo wir mit Luna LMS andocken. 🚀

#LunaLMS #Chemnitz #clt2026 #ChemnitzerLinuxTage #OpenSource

#GUI #usability #ux #protip If your app requires user to choose from options but there is only one option, it should already have preselected that one existing option. Especially if a choice is needed to complete an action.

Looking at you, app developers for #dunkindonuts

#Design #Analyses
The high cost of low usability · How Balsamiq’s redesign broke rapid wireframing https://ilo.im/16bhik

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#Balsamiq #Wireframes #Productivity #Usability #InteractionCost #DesignTools #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Another newcomer-friendly UX papercut enhancement idea for GNOME's "Document Scanner" (Simple Scan) app: providing the page cropping aspect ratio presets directly as a split menubutton for the cropping action in the toolbar: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan/-/issues/553

#UX #usability #GNOME #SimpleScan #scanning #paperwork

Finally realized what has been bugging me for years with the GNOME "Document Scanner" (Simple Scan) app's cropping feature: it doesn't set the mouse cursors to indicate where and how you can interact to adjust the cropping rectangle.

I filed this issue with some hints, so that any newcomer can contribute a fix for it: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan/-/issues/552

(BTW, there's a similar papercut in GNOME Calendar: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/963)

#UX #usability #GNOME #SimpleScan #SANE #scanning #paperwork #GNOMECalendar

#Design #Analyses
Claude is an Electron app · How native software lost its edge to web apps https://ilo.im/16b39q

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#Claude #Electron #Software #WebTechnology #OSes #Usability #Design #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Analyses
Claude is an Electron app · How native software lost its edge to web apps https://ilo.im/16b39q

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#Claude #Electron #Software #WebTechnology #OSes #Usability #Design #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Analyses
Claude is an Electron app · How native software lost its edge to web apps https://ilo.im/16b39q

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#Claude #Electron #Software #WebTechnology #OSes #Usability #Design #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Analyses
Claude is an Electron app · How native software lost its edge to web apps https://ilo.im/16b39q

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#Claude #Electron #Software #WebTechnology #OSes #Usability #Design #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign

Just realized one thing I like about my color #Kobo device:
The sparing use of color reminds me a lot of the way color was used in early OSes, like Macintosh System 6.

Color is used for a splash, but the core interface is stark black and white for maximum contrast and readability (although with apropos use of antialiasing for font rendering when possible).

Modern desktop OSes really, really need to rediscover the wisdom of using color sparingly.

#Readability #Usability #Contrast

"The #userinterfaces of the late ’90s were the last ones designed by people who actually cared, by people who approached the whole process with the end user in mind, rooted in scientific data collected by simply looking at people use their ideas. They were optimised for the user as best they could, instead of being optimised for the company’s bottom line.
It’s been downhill ever since."

From:
The #Windows 95 user interface: a case study in #usability engineering
https://www.osnews.com/story/144509/the-windows-95-user-interface-a-case-study-in-usability-engineering/

#Win95 #Microsoft #Apple #macOS #UI #UX

The Windows 95 User Interface: A Case Study in Usability Engineering

https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/238386.238611

#HackerNews #Windows95 #Usability #Engineering #CaseStudy #UserInterface #TechHistory

Wow. The #mastodon app for #macOS doesn't even allow increasing font size.... #usability #accessibility #designfail

#Design #Guides
The unique challenge of reading on mobile · How simple should mobile content be? https://ilo.im/16avmr

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#Readability #Usability #Content #Mobile #Website #ClozeTests #ProductDesign #UxDesign #WebDesign

How “Liquid Design” Broke the iPhone and Forced Apple’s Great Reset, by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:

https://webdesignerdepot.com/how-liquid-design-broke-the-iphone-and-forced-apples-great-reset/

#design #usability #readability #liquidglass #apple

Floating Action Buttons Are Bad, and What to Do Instead, by @erikKroes:

https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/floating-action-buttons-are-bad-and-what-to-do-instead/

#buttons #usability #materialdesign #google

Bonner UX Meetup – UXBN

Deutsche Telekom AG, Mittwoch, 11. Februar um 18:30 MEZ

Hallo liebe UXBN-Freunde,
Kleiner Reminder: Am Mittwoch ist Bonner UX Meetup! 

Wo und Wann?

• 11.02.2026 um 18:30 Uhr (Start Programm um 19:00)

• bei Deutsche Telekom AG in der Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140,
  direkt an der Hauptstraße zwischen Bonn und Bad Godesberg.

Unser Programm

18:30 – Get together
19:00 – Begrüßung + Impuls
19:30 – Vortrag "Digitalisierung mit Versicherten gestalten: Die 10 Gebote, wie Du mit Nutzern trotz stark reguliertem Umfeld und schmalem Budget in regelmäßigen Kontakt kommst" – Dustin Hesse (BIG direkt gesund)
20:15 – Pause
20:30 – Vortrag "Konzern vs. Startup: Warum sich Designsystem-Challenges ähneln – und wie man sie lösen kann" – Benjamin Lenz (ClubShare GmbH)
21:15 – Networking
21:45 – Ende der Veranstaltung

Die Telekom sponsert netterweise Getränke und Knabberzeug. Aber bitte erwartet kein Buffet. :)
Bitte beachtet: Wir müssen bis 22:00 das Gebäude verlassen haben.

Weitere Infos

Details zu den Vorträgen und den ReferentInnen gibt es auf unserer Website uxbn.de

Sichert euch jetzt euer Ticket. Wir freuen uns sehr auf das Wiedersehen!
Reserviert euch euren Platz: https://www.meetup.com/uxbn-der-user-experience-meetup-fur-bonn/events/312992563/

Und falls Ihr feststellt, dass Ihr doch nicht kommen könnt, bitte seid so fair und gebt Euer Ticket rechtzeitig zurück!

Wir freuen uns auf euch! 

Quelle: https://uxbn.de , https://www.meetup.com/uxbn-der-user-experience-meetup-fur-bonn/events/312992563/

https://bonn.jetzt/event/bonner-ux-meetup-uxbn