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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 8d

If you need a high powered #flashlight, the #Wurkkos TS32 is a pretty good option that is on sale right now. 12,000 lumen flood channel with high CRI #Nichia519a LEDs and a center throw channel using the #SFT40. Can act as a power bank as well. wurkkos.com/products/wur...

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 9d

I can find #Victorinox #SwissArmyKnife design very frustrating. But swapping the scale from my #SAKCompact onto my #SAKExplorer adds the pen to one of my favorite models. One day I hope they let us design our own.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 12d

The coming glasses with heads up displays really are going to be a huge #accessibility benefit. So many with #hearing disabilities will now have captions. #Vision impaired can have the cameras scan environments for them and read out descriptions. I mean, just reading menus as we get older is huge!

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 12d

Am I missing a setting, or will #Teams and #Outlook always BOTH give you an #alert for the same meeting update? It is frustrating to see constant double alerts.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 14d

Very happy #Apple #iPhone #iOS26 now lets you review #voicemails without auto playing the audio. It was incredibly frustrating to be listening to music or a podcast and have the audio stopped just to check the voicemail transcript. The phone app is really buggy now, but at least this is improved.

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 15d

Well, for some reason #Chase just made paying bills on their website one of the WORST experiences I have ever encountered. I don't think they could do worse if they tried. So many accordions. All of the important info like payment is hidden. I may change banks just because of this. #UX

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 21d

Sport media, including podcasts are funded by gambling and it makes me feel gross with every ad.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 21d

Often a #UI feels more intuitive over time. #iOS26 just makes me more and more angry as I notice more and more how bloated and slow it is. So much of this design breaks basic #UX and #Design fundamentals, almost like they were trying to make it noisy and less easy to use.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 27d

This is the bubble design in a nutshell. It takes up a ton of space, makes targets worse, and then adds unhelpful glass effects to every edge. It's a very noisy design that also breaks accessibility everywhere.

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 27d

There are so many basic UX/UI and accessibility problems and it is just poorly executed on top. It really looks like a very junior team did this work. Everything is slow too.

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 27d

How would anyone know this and when did double tap become a gesture? That's is VERY confusing. Is it linked to a default, or are you really just hitting the All Tabs button before the long animation finishes and there really isn't a double tap at all?

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · 28d

At this point I think #Apple platforms now have the worst #UI #Design of any major companies. Looks bad and is ineffective and inefficient. So disappointing.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Oct 1

Reducing motion and transparency doesn’t help #iOS26 much. Everything is so slow to open, close, etc. Very frustrating #usability #UX

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Oct 1

It blows my mind that even entering my lock screen passcode in #iOS26 is completely unreadable. Bubbles and transparency EVERYWHERE taking up space and creating horrible contrast collisions. These are mistakes no designer should ever be making.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Oct 1

I honestly have never seen a company make so many bad #UX choices in an update like #iOS26. So many basics they chose to make obviously worse. And that’s not including the bugs.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 17

The updates to #YouTube make it feel much more targeted for little kids. I don't get it.

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 11

I would argue that’s more a sign of intelligence in general. But I get your point.

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 10

I think it is more nuanced. Jobs didn’t design, but kept demanding more and better and Ives could deliver. The iPhone needed a weak AT&T and Jobs pushing hard to successfully break the mold. I don’t see any push in anything they are doing now.

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 10

The lineup struggles for differentiation

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 9

They have orange, blue, and silver/white, but not black... This lineup makes no sense to me.

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think we may see more creativity and innovation from #Apple when they stop making people #present like robots whose feet are stuck in cement and arms with restricted range of motion...

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 9

I didn't see anything today from #Apple that tells me they are fighting to stay relevant, just that they are trying to keep up with #innovation of competitors. Maybe some software announcements coming soon will be exciting?

Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 9

This #iPhoneAir is a lot of compromise to get thin... not sure anyone has complained that phones are too thick. $4 more a month ($100 total) and you get a much better camera in the #iPhone17Pro or save $200 and get the #iPhone17 and get better battery life. #Apple

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Sep 6

Apparently I am the only person who bought the #Lumintop #GT4695 #flashlight based on what they have published on their site and it caught on fire during charging. Now they want ME to pay to send the thing back but without telling me what they will do. lumintoplighting.com/products/lum...

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Sloan Studio @sloanstudio.bsky.social · Aug 26

Sports have become incredibly difficult to watch. I gave up. Just using an antenna now. NBA and NFL packages have so many blackouts it just wasn't worth it either.