# Rethinking The Experience Of System Tools

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rethinking-the-experience-of-system-tools/681178>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rethinking-the-experience-of-system-tools/681178 "2026-05-06T02:00:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rethinking-the-experience-of-system-tools/681178/1 "2026-05-06T02:00:14Z")

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Design always starts with function - function shapes form.

> **[Rethinking The Experience Of System Tools — Smashing Magazine](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/05/rethinking-experience-system-tools/)**
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> Design always starts with function — function shapes form. But if that function can’t be made completely invisible and people still have to interact with it, it inevitably becomes part of their experience. In this article, Kyrylo Levashov shares four...

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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rethinking-the-experience-of-system-tools/681178/2 "2026-05-06T03:21:10Z")

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Fair enough