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Life & fun · March 20, 2020

An experimental, keyboard-first user interface

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An experimental, keyboard-first user interface launched on March 20, 2020 with 263 votes, #56 of 4,417 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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An experimental keyboard-first user interface launched in March 2020. It is designed for users who prefer keyboard navigation over mouse interaction. The interface prioritizes keyboard controls as its primary input method, making it suitable for power users and those seeking faster navigation. The project remains experimental in nature, offering an alternative approach to traditional graphical interface design.

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Creating an efficient user interface is hard. Modern applications attach great importance to a beautiful and practical user interface, that can be learned in a short time and that corresponds to what users already know. The interaction with websites is becoming increasingly blurred with that of classical desktop applications. Besides, the scope is continuously growing. The complexity of Emvi's web interface is also increasing. Therefore we would like to take the opportunity to think about usability to a further extent. We see the potential for improvement in emphasizing the core features of Emvi more strongly. The last two weeks went on to discover new ways of using web applications and we…from emvi.com

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