AI systems are demanding new interaction models. Are designers ready?

👤 Arin Bhowmick
📅 2026-07-15

For decades, most software interactions have worked the same way. You open applications, close them, drag files into folders, click through menus, move between windows…That’s the desktop metaphor, software designed to feel like a physical workspace. Mobile touch and the web brought their own interaction models, but the desktop set much of the grammar, and it still defines how people move … Full Product UX article at UX Collective »

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