Archive for October, 2007
Guiding the user to Preferences import/export: You can help
The Eclipse SDK is feature rich. So much so, that its not uncommon for us to see bugs requesting a feature when in fact the feature is there, just difficult to find. This pains me, because knowing how much work has gone into implementing a feature, its a shame that still we fail the user [...]
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The Joy of Color (and the Despair of Computing Them)
I have a confession to make: I love color. I marvel at combinations as my pulse quickens. I’m fascinated how different colors come in and out of vogue, and remember olive green kitchen appliances with a combination of sentimentality and horror. When nobody is watching, I sneak onto the Color Lovers website [...]
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Ellipsis for Eclipses
Here’s a brain teaser for you: when do you put ellipsis (ellipses? I always get confused) at the end of a menu/button label? Seems simple enough: you use them when it results in some kind of prompter for more information.
But Jared Burns’ bug #205521 saying that “Reset Perspective” should be “Reset Perspective…” made [...]
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