When I was a kid, I didn’t know what the icon with the scissors did. I didn’t know what the icon with the two papers did. Even after I learned what copying and pasting is, even after I knew the common “Ctrl+C”, “Ctrl+X”, and “Ctrl+V” shortcuts, I still didn’t know what those scissor and paper … Continue reading »
Posted in February 2012 …
Notice Google Docs’ New Style Management?
I’ve just noticed a revamped style drop-down in Google Docs. Apparently, it’s been there since February 7th. It makes customizing styles simple, plus it gives a preview of the style (font, bold, italic, underline, and size up to a certain limit). It’s probably the best style gallery that’s out there to date. If only it … Continue reading »
Looking for an icon designer
The LibreOffice design team is looking for an experienced icon designer to oversee an effort to create a flat icon set for LibreOffice. The designer wouldn’t have to create any icons (although he would be more than welcome to), he would simply help craft guidelines and act as a mentor and a guide for inexperienced … Continue reading »
Making styling easy as π
When talking about UI reform, the thing I hear most is that hard formatting needs to die and everyone needs to be forced to use styles. While I don’t think hard formatting should be abandoned completely, I do think that styles are an underused feature. And it’s underused because it’s a hassle to use. Creating … Continue reading »
Why we still need Wave
Observing how people have been slowly abandoning e-mail and moving to closed communication systems that merge the features of chat and e-mail — Facebook’s Messages, Apple’s iMessage, and even social network posts (though these were designed for a different purpose). I really hope that an open-source alternative that seeks to define a single message standard … Continue reading »
Rulers
You might have noticed that my tablet UI proposal is missing rulers. That’s because I wanted to make rulers contextual: if a user inserts a tab or taps within the empty space where a tab is, a tab handle and a horizontal ruler should appear, allowing the user to adjust the tab width. Or if … Continue reading »
