Maksym Bardakh6 min read
Single-Tasking Interfaces: Designing for Focus
Interfaces that present everything at once invite divided attention. Designing for single-tasking means showing one thing to do and protecting it from the rest.
Topic
attention
6 articles on attention.
Maksym Bardakh6 min read
Designing Notifications People Keep Enabled
The real measure of a notification system is how many notifications people leave on. Relevance, control, and restraint keep a channel worth attending to.
Maksym Bardakh6 min read
Reminders Without Nagging: The Ethics of Notifications
How to design notifications that genuinely help rather than exploit, respecting the user’s attention as something borrowed, not owned.
Maksym Bardakh6 min read
Designing Onboarding That Respects Attention
Why most onboarding overspends a new user’s attention, and how to design a first run that teaches through use rather than upfront instruction.
Maksym Bardakh6 min read
The Attention Cost of Notifications, Examined
Notifications are not free. They borrow attention, interrupt working memory, and accrue a cost users eventually repay by disabling them entirely.
Mykhailo Boichuk6 min read
Designing Focus Modes That Reduce Overwhelm
How to build focus modes that genuinely narrow attention rather than adding another layer of configuration and noise for the user to manage.