Notices by Lickability (lickability@mastodon.social)

🧵📐 Let’s talk about optical centering and visual balance in UI design. This post has been making the rounds about iOS 18’s flashlight Live Activity, and it’s probably time we have The Talk.

About precision vs perception in interface design, that is.

🧵🎙️ Yesterday, Apple released the transcripts feature for Apple Podcasts. This reminded us to revisit the UI of the Podcasts app, and we’d love to share some of our findings. We’re just focusing on the player since there’s a ton to cover.

live every day with the level of delusion apple had when they set the iOS 7 beta 1 system font to helvetica neue ultra light

🛡️ In our latest blog post, @samhenrigold walked through a few iterations of the designs we worked on for @Mastodon’s new safety features.

Here’s what we learned from creating thoughtful prompts to improve conversations: https://lickability.com/blog/designing-mastodons-reply-safety-features/

Thanks for coming to the final Design Friends meetup of the year! It’s always great to gather & talk craft with this community. ❤️

We hope your holidays are pixel perfect! Stay cozy. ☃️

Happy Friday! 👋

Let’s share lock screens—we’ll go first 👇

We’re super excited to see @samhenrigold’s vision for the redesigned @Mastodon Android app out in the world. Check out this awesome @TechCrunch coverage from @Sarahp about the update—and give it a download! 🐘📲

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/03/as-twitter-flounders-mastodon-refreshes-its-official-app-for-android-users/?utm_content=buffer662b4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

📱 Lickability is an app studio that’s been shipping since 2009.

⭐️ We help create 5 star apps for companies like The Atlantic, Tumblr, The New Yorker, Stripe, @Mastodon, & more.

💌 We want to partner with your company to make your product great!

https://lickability.com