Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 18/09/2025yeah it's a lot of fun. especially with AI assistance now it feels like the main advantage of Origami (speed) is eroding. I like getting closer to the metal 010
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 18/09/2025this is entirely swiftui, no metal. could definitely make it better with metal tho! I just build and run with Xcode 000
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 18/09/2025a (rough) iOS Split View concept there are many reasons this form doesn't work well but the interaction was fun to prototype 7520
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 14/09/2025made a Minority Report style magnification loupe shader in Metal 3557
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 13/09/2025tried to clean up and comment the code here: github.com/gavinmn/iOSA...github.comGitHub - gavinmn/iOSAppMeshTransformContribute to gavinmn/iOSAppMeshTransform development by creating an account on GitHub. 060
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 15/04/2025in some ways it's more immersive, in others it's more distracting? I just made the demo to satisfy my curiosity 040
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 09/04/2025on email, once you've cleared the unwanted messages, then what do you do? 100
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 09/04/2025if you open up a busy inbox (email, linear, slack dms, etc.), what's the first thing you start doing? 1140
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 03/04/2025I've thought for years this should be a first party feature in social networks 390
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 03/04/2025been feeling like it was time for an avatar change. something that feels more like me. if you're thinking 'who is this?' here’s a before and after 61210
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 12/03/2025I haven't used it in years but I remember Hey email doing it well 000
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 11/03/2025What? Keep read/unread functionality, I'm just suggesting it's not the best way to solve the problem people generally use it for. 110
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 11/03/2025FWIW the way I handle this in my email is anything "done" gets archived, things that need doing are left in the inbox, and only things that are literally unread are marked unread. 010
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 11/03/2025No, it's fine to have a mark as unread option. I'd say it should be supplemented by some sort of reply to later type option. 110
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 11/03/2025Well it's definitely partially the products fault if it doesn't give you a good solution to the "save for later" problem and you're forced to use mark as unread 100
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 11/03/2025The thing you need to reply to is not "unread" (most of the time) it's read and needs to be replied to later. Mark as unread is never designed to be a good solution to this 151
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 11/03/2025Everyone wants to use it to remember to reply or revisit the thing, but it's better served by some flag/remind me/save for later type feature that doesn't auto mark as read when I open the app and the conversation is still selected 250
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 11/03/2025hot take for today: 'mark as unread' is almost never the solution to your problem (both as a consumer and designer) 5320
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 10/03/2025Yeah might need to either remove the animation or delay it a bit. Point is that customer requests lists can get very long so being able to jump right to one with the initial tap might be useful. 000
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 10/03/2025Yes, the contrast of this one doesn't come through in the video super well, but the drag handle is there. 000
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 10/03/2025I’ve been thinking about how to make Linear’s overlay sheets more familiar yet still powerful. v2: - Multiple detents for focus/multitasking - Optional gestures for added efficiency that don’t interfere with expected behaviors - Familiar transitions Feedback welcome 4300
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 08/03/2025- Exposing the message controls after each response solves the 'avatar problem' and makes these much more consumer friendly. - The shadow on the message input is much improved. - Now iOS and web are very consistent with each other. 080
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 08/03/2025- Adding the label to search in particular is very smart. - Voice and Whisper still need some clarity and Deep Research could make room possibly by moving into the chat window. 140
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 08/03/2025This deserves some follow up now that OpenAI has made a bunch of updates and my opinions have changed. - New message input gives more space to add labels to the controls which is needed for the consumer market. 2171
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 07/03/2025Yeah the background is actually much more obscured but the poor lighting when filming this video makes it stand out much more. 000
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 07/03/2025More adjustments that should help the spatial map of things bsky.app/profile/gavi... 050
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 07/03/2025This is fun—adjusted the interpolation like you suggested so you can peek at the background while still touching down and if you flick up with enough velocity, you can cancel the dismiss as if you dragged it back up. Thanks again for the detailed feedback! 250
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 06/03/2025Some other examples: - Tapping on a property itself to jump directly to the selection menu (status in this demo) - Displaying customer requests (dismiss is a bit janky here 😵💫) 020
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 06/03/2025Yeah the intention here is a universal overlay component that can accept any content to be displayed on top. Would be nice to have some sort of interpolation tho if the content that triggers it is visible on the base view too tho. 110
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 06/03/2025Fair! I already changed the swipe to go back to be 1:1 with your drag 130
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 06/03/2025Curious if this version makes the connection stronger for you? (Bluesky compression is probably going to make a lot of this hard to see...) - Interpolate background scale, blur, and opacity relative to the dismiss gesture - More vertical movement on entrance and exit - Less background blur 120
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 06/03/2025Yeah I intended to have the incoming content track your gesture on the swipe to go back, but I realized that didn't make it into my prototype! 010
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 06/03/2025Ah I think that's just a video illusion. When it animates in, I just tapped the screen I didn't drag on anything. 010
Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 06/03/2025Good feedback! Not done with this yet so will have to see how I can make it all clearer. 110
