by Dave | Jul 20, 2010 | Improving Apps
Recently I saw a couple articles on the improved calculator that will be shipping in Ubuntu 10.10 and I thought “Really? An improved calculator?” It turns out that the major, obvious improvement is a UI change. It seems odd. I mean, calculators are...
by Dave | Jul 6, 2009 | Improving Apps
Take a look at this Youtube video- you’ll notice that many of the features Steve Jobs demos back in 1992 (according to Wikipedia) are features of Mac OS X. Certainly much has been said about Apple acquiring Next and making NextStep into the Mac OS X. But notice...
by Dave | Nov 26, 2008 | Tinker Blog
I had followed a link into the Tombuntu site and by coincidence ran into this post which completely explains what to do about a problem I ran into yesterday. Yay! Looks like this site is a keeper.
by Dave | Nov 21, 2005 | Improving Apps
Just watched a video about the UI redesign in MS Office. Although I don’t use Office and haven’t for years, I thought some of their ideas were interesting, regardless of how well they pull them off. The underlying idea is that the user understands what the...
