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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 21/09/2026

New video on Interface Studies: What does "Intuitive" actually mean? What do we mean when we call a design intuitive? Where the idea came from, and what it means for the interfaces we build today? youtu.be/6k_50y2gzWU

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What does "Intuitive" actually mean?

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 04/09/2026

Thanks for this. I couldn’t find Omar’s handle in Bluesky search for some reason 😅

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 04/09/2026

Starting a new series on Interface Studies, speaking with people who are building new kinds of interfaces and reimagining old ones. The first episode features @danielpipk.in and Omar Rizwan from folk.computer. Hope you enjoy it. youtu.be/uXHHnps4tU8?...

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Conversations 01: Omar Rizwan & Daniel Pipkin from Folk.Computer

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 28/08/2026

New video on Interface Studies: DVD menus were simple software with surprising power: they could change how a film was presented and understood. This video looks at what we lost when they gave way to templates, endless rows, personalised artwork and autoplay countdowns. youtu.be/kbpi3qD4y18?...

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What Replaced DVD Menus: Algorithms Dressed in Templates

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 19/08/2026

New video on Interface Studies: What does "Undo" Mean for AI Agents? youtu.be/vRDxelta5Pg?...

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 08/08/2026

🔔 New video on Interface Studies. It starts with a simple question: do we have too many settings? But as I explore some possible answers, a bigger question emerges: is that even the right question? youtu.be/vlsH_HbSrSE

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Do We Have Too Many Settings?

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Do We Have Too Many Settings?

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 08/08/2026

Hopefully you’ll get to watch it at some point 🙃

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 25/07/2026

Thank you Andy 🙏 Appreciate it. Your essays were always an inspiration for me. Looking forward to your feedback.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 18/07/2026

New video on Interface Studies: The Hover State: Between Noticing and Doing youtu.be/zGnj906NODM?...

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The Hover State: Between Noticing and Doing

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 14/07/2026

Sure mskayyali at me dot com :)

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 14/07/2026

Thank you 🙏 glad you enjoyed it.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 11/07/2026

Thank you 🙏 glad you enjoyed it.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 11/07/2026

No worries I know what you mean. Currently if I’m not in the mood for something I skip it and never feel guilty about it. The good news is that it will still be available for a long long time. I hope.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 11/07/2026

Oops 😬🫠🫠🫠

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 11/07/2026

New on Interface Studies: almost every app has a bookmark button. Almost none of them has a real “later.” This video traces the save-for-later pattern from a 1983 study of office desks, through browser bookmarks and hidden menus, to the Watch Later lists we rarely open. youtu.be/frjyb4_4Rlg?...

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"Save for Later" Has No Later

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 04/07/2026

I’ve always wondered who really “owns” notifications in big companies. Classifying it as a “marketing channel” is awful

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 03/07/2026

Thank you @svrnm.com 🙏 really appreciate it and glad the video was helpful.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 27/06/2026

New video on Interface Studies Our phone’s notifications are an alarm problem. Oil refineries, nuclear plants, and hospitals developed a whole discipline around it. The Lost Discipline of the Alarm: What Notification Design Forgot youtu.be/Ira28fgSF7M

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The Lost Discipline of the Alarm: What Notification Design Forgot

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 25/06/2026

Thank you! Really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed it 😊

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 25/06/2026

Thank you. Really appreciate it. The best “system” I have is a hard drive pocket with a small notebook and a pen in it on my laptop all the time and a jungle of obsidian files and folders. Seems to work so far.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 21/06/2026

New video on Interface Studies: what happens when software borrows a word from a different world and what makes an interface “social”? youtu.be/j7xidb5fK8c?...

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When Software Took the Word 'Social'

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 21/06/2026

New video on Interface Studies: what happens when software borrows a word from a different world and what makes an interface “social”? youtu.be/j7xidb5fK8c?...

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When Software Took the Word 'Social'

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 12/06/2026

Thanks @danien.bsky.social. Completley agree but I think for some reason it manifests itself clearly in productivity software.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 10/06/2026

Thank you so much for this Daniel! I’m glad it helps. I’m a big fan of Folk Computer as well! Would love to chat to learn more about it, beyond the YouTube videos I’ve watched 😊

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 10/06/2026

New Video on Interface Studies What Every Productivity App Trades Away youtu.be/OuEKdD_1F8s?... As we chase the latest productivity systems, this video takes a step back to examine the fundamental trade-offs built into every productivity app.

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What Every Productivity App Trades Away

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 01/06/2026

New Video on Interface Studies: What Makes Software a “Place”? When does software start to feel like somewhere instead of something? Some software you return to. Some you only use. The difference is not aesthetic, and it is not nostalgia. youtu.be/tBE2ZYx7MWw?...

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 22/05/2026

Thank you for the incredibly kind words. I do think that the approach can be different. Software has a lot to offer and think about than what appears on the surface.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 22/05/2026

New video on Interface Studies: The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About Skeuomorphism is usually framed as a closed chapter of consumer interface design: the leather and felt of early iOS, retired in 2013, dismissed as visual fashion. But another version never went anywhere. youtu.be/3Q-G9x315-g

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The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 15/05/2026

New video on Interface Studies: The Receding User: Designing for Absence Interface design spent sixty years closing the distance between user and action. Certain aspects of generative AI and the software built around it suggest otherwise. youtube.com/watch?v=C0aC...

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The Receding User: Designing for Absence

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 08/05/2026

New video on Interface Studies: Why Horizontal Scrolling Never Caught On This video walks through a wrong question. If mobile scrolls down, why doesn't the desktop scroll sideways? youtube.com/watch?v=5Xph...

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Why Horizontal Scrolling Never Caught On

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 24/04/2026

Thanks @prathyvsh.bsky.social really appreciate the kind words. Glad you find the videos helpful.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 23/04/2026

It should come back with vengeance :) I rarely see it recommended tbh.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 23/04/2026

Thanks Chris :) it’s surprising how old the topic is and how much of it has been relatively ignored.

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 23/04/2026

New video on Interface Studies: The Happy Path Doesn't Exist: Notes on Software Fluidity youtu.be/VzjvBYaGHgA

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The Happy Path Doesn't Exist: Notes on Software Fluidity

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 16/04/2026

New video on Interface Studies. On window manages, alternatives to traditional desktops, and how linux communities are leading the change. youtu.be/ARjisP9enZ4?...

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The Question Your Desktop Is Hiding

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 30/03/2026

updated a small experiment that I worked on a while ago. nodepad is a spatial research tool that reads what you write and enriches it. no chat. no prompts. just capture your thought and see the structure emerge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCLY... nodepad.space

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 24/03/2026

New video on Interface Studies Who’s a Designer? On roles, processes, tools, and of course AI! The design industry is undergoing a stress test, exposing long-ignored paradoxes around the profession and its labour market, many of which have existed for over a decade. youtu.be/v1WdF7BxpBc?...

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Who’s a Designer? On Roles, Processes, Tools, and of Course AI!

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Saleh @mskayyali.com · 24/03/2026

oh man thank you so much, really appreciate it :) this one is more of random thoughts and observations. hope you enjoy it.

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Who’s a Designer? On Roles, Processes, Tools, and of Course AI!

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