UI

Don't throw it all away: Caching an immediate-mode UI

How Blick's UI Painter keeps pixels it has already rendered, combines shapes and opacity groups, and saves work behind an immediate-mode UI, with measurements of CPU, GPU, and battery impact.

Blog post · Rendering · Performance · UI · Programming

No More Icons In Every Menu By Default

Jim Nielsen welcomes Apple removing default icons from every menu item in macOS Golden Gate, notes the new Human Interface Guidelines now cite Tahoe's menus as what not to do, and reflects on how choosing not to do something you've done is experience.

Blog post · Design · UI · Apple