aws·Mar 26, 2026·2 min readCurated summary

Customize your AWS Management Console experience with visual settings including account color, region and service visibility | Amazon Web Services

AWS has expanded User Experience Customization (UXC) to let administrators tailor the Management Console by account color, visible Regions, and visible services. These settings help teams distinguish accounts and reduce clutter by showing only relevant resources. They affect console appearance only and do not restrict access through the CLI, SDKs, APIs, or Amazon Q Developer. ## Account Color Customization - Administrators can assign a color to an AWS account through **Account display settings**. - The color appears in the console navigation bar to make account purpose easier to recognize. - Teams can use colors such as: - Orange for development - Light blue for testing - Red for production ## Region Visibility - Administrators can configure which AWS Regions appear in the console’s Region selector. - They can either show all available Regions or select a specific list. - After saving, only the chosen Regions appear in the navigation bar. - This reduces unnecessary scrolling and helps users focus on approved or relevant Regions. ## Service Visibility - Administrators can select which AWS services appear in the **All services** menu and console search results. - Services can be searched for or selected by category, such as Popular services. - Hidden services are removed from the console interface but remain accessible through programmatic tools. ## Programmatic Configuration - Account customization can be managed through the `AWS::UXC::AccountCustomization` CloudFormation resource. - The resource supports: - `AccountColor` - `VisibleServices` - `VisibleRegions` - Example configurations can expose services such as `s3`, `ec2`, and `lambda`, while limiting Regions to `us-east-1` and `us-west-2`. - Templates can be deployed with the AWS CLI using `aws cloudformation deploy`. AWS administrators can use these settings to create a clearer, more focused console experience without changing permissions or underlying account access.

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discord·Mar 30, 2025·2 min readCurated summary

Revamped Overlay & Refreshed Desktop Give Game Time a Boost

Discord’s March 25, 2025 update focuses on improving PC gaming through a redesigned Game Overlay and a refreshed desktop app. The new Overlay uses movable widgets, performs better, supports more games, and avoids directly hooking into game windows. Desktop users also gain expanded themes, density controls, resizable channel lists, and clearer voice and video controls. ## Redesigned Game Overlay - Rebuilt around individual widgets rather than replicating the full Discord interface. - Adds an action bar for: - Voice and video controls - One-click game streaming - Joining voice calls - Lets users watch friends’ game streams directly within the Overlay. - Widgets can be repositioned to suit different game types, including RTS and FPS games. - Improves performance by avoiding the previous direct game-window hooking approach. - Works with more titles, including more of Discord’s most-played games, while reducing conflicts with anti-cheat systems. ## Refreshed Desktop Customization - Adds four free base themes: - Light - Ash - Dark - Onyx - Introduces three UI density settings: - Spacious - Default - Compact - Makes the channel list resizable, helping users read longer channel names. - Refreshes colors and illustrations throughout the application. - Aims to improve legibility, reduce visual clutter, and create greater consistency between desktop and mobile. ## Improved Voice and Video Controls - Consolidates more call controls into a single, centralized bar. - Uses stronger visual indicators for device status: - A more prominent red glow when the microphone is muted - A green glow when the camera is active Discord says these changes are intended to make desktop gaming more convenient before, during, and after play, particularly since more than 72% of its users regularly game on PC. Users can adjust the new appearance settings through Discord’s support options and provide feedback through the company’s forums or social media.

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