Dr. Ax Ali

UX Design Secrets: Turning Loading Moments into Brand Trust Discover the psychology behind loading animations and how strategic UX design can transform waiting moments into trust-building experiences for your digital product.

Here's the full article I wrote about designing better loading states axspoint.beehiiv.com/p/the-most-o...

At Seena Labs, we designed our loading state to show progress through motion and words. It’s not just animation. It’s communication.

Plus, Brad is actually my academic grand-advisor. This one’s personal.

Ever wonder why a progress bar feels better than a spinning circle?

Back in the ’80s, Brad Myers invented the progress bar! Turns out, when we see the system is working, we feel better.

Most apps today? Still ignoring that. Looking at you, AI dots with no context.

Ok OpenAI , I see we’re going full teenage engineering with our UI design. I’m here for it

Siiiiiggghhhhhh

Hot. Melts the butter. Case. Closed. Shut.

You can copy the  aesthetic, but you can’t make a decent device to save your life.

I want more spatial content in the Vision Pro. We have this incredible device and yet legacy bias has us stuck with “windows” floating in space

Is that the “chips and cookies” isle?

Watching the newest season of Yellowjackets. It’s such a good show!!

Wondering if @jeffreybigham.com is active on here as he was on twitter in the mid 2010s

Hey algorithm connect me with UX designers, product designers, and product managers

Hey algorithm, connect me with founders in NYC

Abdullah 'Ax' Ali Dr. Abdullah “Ax” Ali arrived in the United States as a 19-year-old war refugee and worked his way from community college to a Ph.D. in Human-Computer ...

Dr. Abdullah “Ax” Ali earned his PhD. at the UW iSchool and co-founded the startup 3rd Brain with Paige Collins. 3rd Brain is an organizer that uses generative AI to help couples work on household tasks as a team and celebrate one another.
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Well let’s all welcome Mikey!!

What a warm welcome

Hello world!