I would like to see more support in UI/UX for people who are not neurotypical. Or, customizable interfaces to support people with disabilities. When you build for the common denominator, these people get left out.
> customizable interfaces to support people with disabilities.
Customizable interfaces are the only real solution -- not just for people with disabilities, but for everybody.
There are a number of websites and applications that I stopped using because of UX choices I am allergic to. If they were configurable, it might have been possible for me to mitigate the worst parts.
Further, UX/UI decisions have been getting worse over time, making configurability even more important as time goes on.
It's unfortunate that accessibility is usually treated as an add-on in a lot of 'UX' project. Focus is heavily on visual design.
Accessibility needs to be considered from the start when designing new apps.
Making things accessible means making it easier for all users.
Which apps / sites have you stopped using because of poor UX choices.
And what are those things that made you stop using those sites?
The biggest example for me is Firefox. FF's UX has always been horrible, but until the revamp, it was always possible to configure it to be OK without a great deal of effort. After the revamp, the UX is still horrible (although in different ways), but the ability to configure the bad parts away has been seriously reduced.
> And what are those things that made you stop using those sites?
Overreliance on Javascript, hidden functionality, and (related) the lack of discoverability top my list of peeves. Also, with websites, being too aggressive with enforcing a particular layout, color scheme, fonts, etc.
It has become HTML-rendered, if anything, shouldn’t it be more configurable?
Also, that pretty much only affects the look, it doesn't affect how the browser behaves.
I've used it for years. It can browse sites, manage tabs and so on. Even synchronization between devices works fine. There are some issues but I wouldn't call it horrible. Could you elaborate more?
You can write styles at only apply in high-contrast or reduced-motion mode.
Use relative text sizes so you the user agent can use a value for the root font size that isn’t 16px.
Use buttons for buttons, links for links, and <dialog> for dialogs etc.
I’ve thought about just making more web apps that have nearly no styling, maybe just some layout, but otherwise relying on the user agent styles. That’s a ton of user customizability for FREE! And honestly, it usually doesn’t look that bad.
I hope we won't. Why do you need this? What issue will you solve with it?
Arc Browser has Boosts which do allow for a decent amount of customization which is much appreciated.