Frustrating user-experience tactics can have real harm, “dark pattern” expert says Website and app design strategies that trick users can cost consumers time and money, Harry Brignull says.

The reliable web app pattern is one of the enterprise app patterns we created to provide you with proven prescriptive guidance and reference architecture for planning and building Azure web apps.

Basically a collection of cloud-design patterns and best practices, the new pattern leads several recent Java announcements that also concerned the company's Visual Studio Code tools for Java and its ...

In many cases, designers might just be doing what works. But being cognizant of how app design plays on human biases is key to avoid falling victim to dark patterns.

Having introduced its Modern Web Application (MWA) pattern for Java developers late last year, Microsoft is now promoting the cloud-centric concept further by highlighting the benefits of the ...

At the Google I/O 2025 developer conference, Google launched Stitch, an AI-powered tool to help design web and mobile app front ends by generating the necessary UI elements and code. Stitch can be ...

Spotify's premium, paying subscribers can download tracks onto laptops via its desktop app to have songs available later even without connectivity.

Cookie banners remain the most obvious form of dark design. You’ll notice how the “accept all” button is large and cheerfully highlighted, attracting your cursor within a split second of ...

Sharing with QR Codes If you’re importing a code from the pattern maker above or from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you’ll need the Nintendo Switch Online app for Android or iOS.