UX & UI Design Videos Hacker News Recommends

talk#61

Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle

Rui Oliveira

“My mind was blown when I saw this video 2 years ago”

12 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

talk#190

Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me

CreativeMornings HQ

“I watched this video from Mike Monteiro and I always refer to it since.”

12 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

commentary#226

Music Software & Bad Interface Design: Avid’s Sibelius

Tantacrul

“might be the most entertaining serious critique of a software user interface ever posted to YouTube.”

8 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

talk#459

!!Con 2016 - How I Code and Use a Computer at 1,000 WPM!! By Sina Bahram

Confreaks

“There's an amazing 10min !!Con 2016 talk by Sina Bahram”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

documentary#549

Notation Must Die: The Battle For How We Read Music

Tantacrul

“excellent deep-ish dive into music notation by the inimitable Tantacrul”

6 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

demo#576

A New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should work

Matthaeus Krenn

“I feel compelled to share a video, now 9 years old, that shows how touch screens could be accommodated with sensible design in cars.”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

talk#579

Bret Victor - The Humane Representation of Thought

Colin McDonnell

“have had a huge impact on the way I think about software”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

talk#723

Mike Monteiro - "Fuck you pay me" (PT Br)

Montalvo Machado

“1 of my favorite videos on the internet about this is [1].”

6 HN recommenders · 2013–2017

lecture#927

Immediate-Mode Graphical User Interfaces - 2005

Casey Muratori

“Check out this lecture/demo from nearly 20 years ago”

5 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

talk#981

Dasher: information-efficient text entry

Google TechTalks

“Dasher is fantastic, because it's based on rock solid information theory, designed by the late David MacKay.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

talk#1139

Deskbound | Kelly Starrett | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“my first recommended steps for you would be: 1. Watch the "Deskbound" Google Talk by Kelly Starett”

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2021

commentary#1208

Music Software & Interface Design: MuseScore

Tantacrul

“I find it very entertaining yet still informative”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

talk#1223

Mark DiMarco: User Interface Algorithms [JSConf2014]

JSConf

“Algorithms do play an important role as you can see in this great presentation”

4 HN recommenders · 2014–2018

commentary#1324

Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation

blogphilofilms

“I think this video explains most of the problems with Windows 8”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2015

commentary#1346

What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games

Razbuten

“The video has a bunch of other interesting observations.”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

demo#1441

Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009

Google

“their demo exhibits a wow factor that is undeniable”

4 HN recommenders · 2009–2025

tutorial#1530

iPhone Magnifier and Voice over

Kristy Viers

“It describes the scene, tells you how many faces are visible, whether or not the image is focused, lighting conditions.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

commentary#1544

The GUI should be better. A lot better.

Accursed Farms

“this video cursed me to pay far more attention on how shitty modern GUI is in my everyday interaction with the computer and phone”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#1620

So... the minute hand shows progression — apparently we think of time in wildly different ways

Technology Connextras

“Technology Connections has a very good video on this, and completely changed thinking”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

documentary#1643

How We Made MuseScore 4 - Music App Design is Challenging!

Tantacrul

“the whole video is worth watching as well”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

explainer#1741

Why Do Reversing Trucks Not Beep Any More?

Tom Scott

“Tom Scott has a fascinating video that describes how this is changing”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

talk#1816

The User is Drunk

squareweave

“There's a great short talk called "the user is drunk”

4 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

talk#1929

Meaningful Play: Getting Gamification Right

Google TechTalks

“getting it right can make really powerful games”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2014

demo#1943

How A Blind Developer Uses Visual Studio

Coding Tech

“I think it is a good demonstration of an expert doing typical developer activities.”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

talk#2011

"Building a Toolkit for Design" by Matthew Griffith

elm-conf

“For those who want a fresh perspective on CSS, layout and styling, check out this talk by Matthew Griffith”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

demo#2040

Avi Bryant demos Dabble db

Tavis Rudd

“The UI was very intuitive, and it did a better job with things like table relations than it's competitors.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

explainer#2093

Why this British crossroads was so dangerous

Tom Scott

“Tom Scott has a good video for anyone looking for a visual of this phenomenon”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

demo#2279

Lotus Improv for NeXT 1990

Thierry Hubert

“for anyone who hasn't seen Lotus Improv before and is both curious about what it did differently”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

demo#2310

Applied Sciences Group: High Performance Touch

Microsoft Research

“It shows the difference between from >100ms to ~1ms. It's mind baffling.”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2024

commentary#2395

Why Doing Taxes Is So Hard | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix

Netflix Is A Joke

“There's a very good Patriot Act episode [1] regarding devious patterns in the US tax industry.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

demo#2527

Microsoft "Courier" secret tablet

Neowin

“It has also been my personal gold standard of a superb video demo.”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2021

demo#2644

The 8pen

8pen

“It was absolutely, hands down without question, the most accurate way to quickly enter text into a phone using only a screen.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

interview#2689

Susan Kare explains Macintosh UI ergonomics on the Computer Chronicles (1984)

erg0steur

“I think some of us (me included) would do well to keep this video in mind when explaining technology to non-technical people.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

commentary#2718

Humans can't read URLs. How can we fix it? - HTTP 203

Chrome for Developers

“I think they make a compelling argument for hiding most of the url in part to prevent phishing”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

talk#2868

MIX08 Microsoft Office 2007: The Story of the Ribbon

zoobean

“some guys from MS actually talk through the design process and everything that went into it with a lot of depth”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

comedy#2881

Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product

Brad Fitzpatrick

“on an artistic level it is really well done, it is an epic battle between human and machine.”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2025

explainer#2887

Why Western Designs Fail in Developing Countries

Design Theory

“explains a general problem (that of trying to solve problems that are more prevalent elsewhere in the world, from within your own cultural context)”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

demo#2907

Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects

DisneyResearchHub

“Basically the idea is to make devices aware of the physical context of user interactions.”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2025

talk#2920

Don't Make Me Click

Google TechTalks

“Read Don't Make Me Think! by Steve Krug. Also watch this talk titled”

2 HN recommenders · 2008–2020

commentary#3098

Music Software & Interface Design: Steinberg's Dorico

Tantacrul

“In another video on Dorico [0], he did user testing. So he's not just pulling things out his ass.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

other#3381

What is a Browser?

Ji Lee

“there is this great video of Google employees asking people in Times Square what the difference is between a browser and a search engine”

2 HN recommenders · 2009–2025

explainer#3520

It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere.

Vox

“The Vox vodcast(?) in [1] goes a lot further into the problem, starting from a very similar door.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

demo#3633

2Advanced Studios v2 flash website in 2001

Web Design Museum

“They built crazy futuristic flash GUIs like this. Here's one from 2001”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

talk#3704

Morten Rand-Hendriksen: CSS Grid Changes Everything (About Web Layouts)

WordPress

“it has convinced me to stop using other layouts/frameworks and just embrace grid”

1 HN recommenders · 2018

talk#3771

Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10

Canonical Ubuntu

“It's time for open source projects to embrace experimentation and take the mantle of cutting edge UX”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#3845

Andrew Price - Improving Blender's UI

Blender

“Andrew Price explains better in his talk about Blender redesing than I could”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2017

commentary#4186

The Story Behind Audacity

Tantacrul

“The levity and the pragmatic focus make a great combination.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

talk#4220

MIX08 Microsoft Office 2007: The Story of the Ribbon (1 of 10)

creativecrewchannel

“he certainly made a good case for how the older interface had accumulated way too much cruft”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2020