skua4d ago

Hints for the housewife

Finding it hard to attract ants into your home?

Missing Formicidae making long trails across your floors and cabinetry?

#Coles comes to your rescue with their "Australian white Sugar" 1kg bags.

Carefully designed by experts, these bags split almost invisibly, helping the modern housewife spread tiny sugar crystals throughout her home!

And, if cash is short, this product can be returned to a Coles supermarket with their money back guarantee after use.
#DesignFail

wolfkinMar 20

I think I'm finally hitting the end of my #TRAKT journey. This new website UI is just awful. It literally is reducing functionality. Previously when typing reviews, I would have 40-50% of the screen real estate to be able to type. Now I have about 10%, which is insane. And it's not as if the entry box starts out at 10% and you have to manually drag and make it bigger, it's undragable, you're fixed.

#UI #designfail

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 18
Oh, the joys of web design gimmicks! 🎨✨ Let's all give a warm welcome to "Scroll Fade," the digital equivalent of trying to read a book while someone gently but insistently shoves it away from you. 🙄 Bravo, web designers, for making sure we all get the same "truly terrible experience." 👏😆
https://dbushell.com/2026/01/09/death-to-scroll-fade/ #webdesign #gimmicks #ScrollFade #userexperience #designfail #digitaldesign #HackerNews #ngated
Death to Scroll Fade!

The one where I crowdsource an argument winner

dbushell.com
Olaf KockMar 18

Wer baut denn bitte eine aufladbare elektrische Luftpumpe mit mechanisch ungeschützten Tastern, die einfach nur dadurch gedrückt werden können, das man das Gerät in der engen Fahrradtasche verstaut?  

#designfail

Ben ☀️shineFeb 27

Alles andere ist nur fliegen. Weil swissness auch fresh sein kann.- Stuhl

Das hat bestimmt #ai gemacht.
#design #designfail

ArminFeb 27
Wow. The #mastodon app for #macOS doesn't even allow increasing font size.... #usability #accessibility #designfail
David Paul NixonJan 21
I look forward to reading about the ship/elephant/steam train race #books #designfail
13Jan 18
The Shelly 2.5 Smart Relay Design Flaw Killing Capacitors https://hackaday.com/2026/01/17/the-shelly-2-5-smart-relay-design-flaw-killing-capacitors/
#RepairHacks #Designfail #Smartrelay
The Shelly 2.5 Smart Relay Design Flaw Killing Capacitors

Part of any self-respecting Smart Home, smart relays are useful for switching and monitoring loads that do not plug into an outlet. This also makes them a lot more integrated, and thus, a long life…

Hackaday
Show threadEric LawtonJan 3

@MelissaBearTrix

Packaging has two purposes.
1. To keep the content safe until you need it.
2. To give access when you need it.

Seems like poor engineering to me; either they failed to understand the requirements, or failed to meet them. Also, insufficient testing.

Edit, 3rd purpose: reusable or at least recyclable, but you didn't say if it met that one.

#DesignFail

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 13
Ah yes, another 🦄 "groundbreaking" article on web design that tries to convince us that less is more, while simultaneously listing every design topic known to man. 🎨🌟 Because of course, nothing screams #simplicity like drowning readers in a sea of sub-menus and newsletter pop-ups. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/04/gild-just-one-lily/ #webdesign #designfail #userexperience #creativity #HackerNews #ngated
Gild Just One Lily — Smashing Magazine

“Gilding the lily” isn’t always bad. In design, a touch of metaphorical gold — a subtle animated transition, a hint of color, or added depth in a drop shadow — can help communicate a level of care and attention that builds trust. But first? You need a lily. Nail the fundamentals. Then, gild it carefully.

Smashing Magazine