David Zerbe 👋

Tech guy, Design Manager and CEO of @uxactly_family. Sharing 25+ years of UX, UI & dev wisdom. No AI fluff—just original thoughts on design, code & concepts.

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@XenoPanther Yeah, I think they underestimate how much “normal” people watch Build hoping to see new exciting features. I mean, literally every company has those events, and Microsoft had them with the Surface or the old Windows events

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@tomwarren Looks a bit like the top of the Xbox Series X. Maybe more info about Helix? Or a custom PC in the same form factor?

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@bdsams True. I’d expect the price to land around 3 to 4k up

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@RudyHuyn Same. Still would love to see a more boundary‑pushing design like the Surface Studio, Surface Book, or even a bigger Pro

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@MarcTechStream Yeah, this would empower the original Surface aspiration of pushing boundaries, instead of just putting a super chip into a default, uninspired notebook body

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

Mhhh, cool ... Would love to see a Surface Studio 3 or a 14‑inch Surface Pro instead :/

[Microsoft Surface @surface]

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[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@DetvanS @Cartidise True, fingers crossed

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

Okay, now it's safe, new Windows ARM chips directly from Nvidia 😎

[Arm @Arm]

A new era of PC.

25.0528, 121.5990

[Raiken @RaikenStudio]

Figma just launched “Check Designs in Figma” for Org and Enterprise.

Not on those plans?
The Color Extractly plugin gives you the same checks, except component alignment for external (plugins can’t access external libraries). Auto‑match by proximity + PAS accessibility colors.

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

We've redesigned Copilot to be simpler, faster, and more intuitive, to help keep you in the flow of your work.

Try it out: https://t.co/iBuMPZ6L4b

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@edandersen Feels not secure, restart, just in case

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@netangelyuri Finally, Longhorn is back

[Marcus Ash @marcusash]

One of my favorite (new) features we have designed into the Windows shell. How should Windows "feel" so various operations like snapping windows feel fluid? Coming to more PCs and peripherals soon!

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@pavandavuluri @mtholfsen Feels uninspired in contrast to the latest Xbox and Windows 11 movements, which feels a bit off.

Hope we see more when the consumer devices and the K2 public release follow at the end of the year?

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@JenMsft @machaia6386 Nice catch xD

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

Yeah, Windows users are a special breed. Microsoft makes it better and faster in every possible way, and they complain. Best example: the new Modern Run dialog and other speed boosts

[Windows Latest @WindowsLatest]

Microsoft VP fires back at Windows 11's new speed trick critics: "Apple does this and you love it."

Windows 11’s hidden Low Latency Profile is getting dragged online, but the criticism misses the point.

Windows Latest has tested the Low Latency Profile, and it truly works. When you open the Start menu, a menu, or an app, Windows briefly boosts the CPU for 1–3 seconds so the task finishes faster. On budget PCs, that can make the whole OS feel much snappier.

Some users called it a “band-aid,” but Microsoft's Scott Hanselman pushed back and explained that macOS and Linux already do similar things.

Modern systems boost CPU speed for interactive tasks because responsiveness matters.

"Let Windows cook," Microsoft's legendary dev Scott Hanselman argues in defense of Windows 11's upcoming feature.

Of course, Windows 11 needs to be optimized at the code level, but the answer is not “don’t boost the CPU.”

Microsoft needs to do the best of both worlds. That means it needs to optimize the code, reduce bloat, and use modern scheduling tricks to make Windows feel fast again.

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

Quite helpful – this means you don’t need to hit the title bar when you’re in a rush :D

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

Did you see PowerToys has a new utility to make it easier to move windows?

You just need to hold ALT or the Windows key and you can drag anywhere on the window to move it

https://t.co/6DyI1TCR3g

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

Interesting to see Microsoft reshaping Windows to be more in the background and less noisy. Curious how it plays out. The last two months brought some solid improvements – and all it took was Linux doubling its user base (+/– a few inconveniences since last year)

[The Verge @verge]

Microsoft is finally ditching the junk MSN feed in Windows widgets https://t.co/I8oiryxz4V

[David Zerbe 👋 @Dave_UX]

@SoyITPro It's faster than the old one, people ...