If we talk about user experience, it was the first thing I took seriously when building OOI.
I kept asking myself: When a user presses a shortcut, is the popup really fast enough? Are the entry and exit animations helping the flow, or are they becoming friction disguised as decoration? That question became the basis of my design philosophy.
From there, every decision came from reducing friction – giving users the freedom to choose between glassy or flat backgrounds, adding search directly to the stack so retrieval felt instant, and keeping it always on top on the Z-axis so it would be accessible in every window without breaking context.
But beyond shipping it, I wanted to make sure it was actually useful and not painful in actual use. I myself used it for 15-16 days, shared it with friends, and asked them to be completely honest. A lot of tuning came from that. Even small things, like the corner radius being too curved, mattered – some people hated it, so I adjusted it.
Because in the end, UI and UX should never become friction.
And the part you asked about really hits the core of what I was trying to solve, so thanks for asking.
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