user-interface

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User interface (UI, formerly human interface / HI) refers to presentational and interactive design elements of potentially any tool, usually electronic tools, hardware and/or software, and everything a user sees or may interact with on a personal website.

Aspects of personal website UI for readers:

• URL design
• navigation
• ...

On post permalinks in particular:

• hashtags
• sequential navigation
• web actions
• citation text field for copying a permalink or citation markup to use elsewhere
• ...

A user interface may also be referred to in context as an interface, or implied when used as a compound noun with some user-level concept or object, e.g.:

• post and posting interface
• edit and editing interface
• comment and commenting interface
• admin and admin interface

See Also

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface
• design
• UX
• action button
• Possible inspirations: http://www.blindltd.com/ - lots of examples of "fake" (is it fake if it's actually used/usable?) UI created for movies
• Dark Patterns which should generally be eschewed
• Avoid using tooltips: https://twitter.com/adambsilver/status/1151797374043525121
  • "Many reasons to avoid tooltips. But the biggest one is that they are usually so unnecessary." @adambsilver July 18, 2019
• “building blocks” for UI: 2020-08 The UX of LEGO Interface Panels (actually UI not UX because for one the panels are all static)
• https://twitter.com/kringal/status/882208034617004032
  • "User interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it's not that good 😁" @kringal July 4, 2017