There’s a fun conflict with the idea of user interfaces: a good one tends to go unnoticed, well thought out design decisions are too subtle to notice; a bad UX or UI is one that makes you want to scream. It’s a tension that designers have to think about every time they envision a new website, app, or device.
In this special series of the edge, we explore the small design decisions that have had a big impact on our lives. From simple card game browser user interfaces to deliberately complicated video game setups, all-too-forgotten accessibility options for colorblind people, and curious incentive-driven stories of the shuffle and logout buttons, these stories delve into the ways in which interfaces of users have propelled us forward. He either failed, or found a whole new way of life.