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• design, user interface

  Helvetimail is here

  09.13.09 | Permalink | 73 Comments

  So you can finally grab the Helvetimail at josefrichter.com/helvetimail. This took a lot of time, because Gmail html, css and js are extremely messy. Does anyone know why?
  If you like Helvetimail, please see also my Helvetwitter.
  Please use discussion under this blogpost to submit comments, report problems, etc. I am aware that Helvetimail is far from [...]

• design, user interface

  Helvetwitter to accompany Helvetireader and Helvetical

  09.07.09 | Permalink | 37 Comments

  Probably everyone, including me, likes Helvetireader and the new kid on the block, Helvetical. My despair with Twitter website as well as standalone clients, made me create a minimalist twitter client, using custom CSS and Fluid.
  Please click the icon to go to special Helvetwitter subpage.

  This blogpost is mainly a support for Helvetwitter. If you are [...]

• user interface

  Helvetireader 512px mac dock icon

  08.23.09 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  UPDATE: Helvetwitter is out! check www.josefrichter.com/helvetwitter
  If you are using Helvetireader, maybe incorporated into Fluid or Mozilla Prism, you might have been looking for a nice 512px icon. As I didn’t find any nice one, I decided to make one myself. So here is the result. Feel free to donwnload and share it (please include link [...]

• jQuery, user interface

  Clear and re-fill form fields using jQuery

  06.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  This piece of code makes form fields more intelligent and usable. It clears the field on focus and if nothing is filled-in, it puts back the default value. There is a single line function MooTools
  for this, but I used jQuery elsewhere on the web, so I needed jQuery solution. But couldn’t find any good one, [...]

• apple, google, user interface

  Offline Gmail, Google Docs, Helvetireader, etc. using Fluid

  05.27.09 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  UPDATE: Helvetwitter is out! See www.josefrichter.com/helvetwitter
  In a previous post, I was explaining how to enable Google Gears within Mozilla Prism to turn Gmail, Google Docs and other Google Applications into stand-alone offline applications, that may come useful e.g. when you are in plane or train.
  You may know, that specifically for Mac, there is an alternative [...]

• apple, user interface

  One more wallpaper with The Hit List to-dos

  05.26.09 | Permalink | 28 Comments

  My friend Vojto from http://www.infinite.sk/(check his portfolio, talented guy!) sent me his variation on my wallpaper, which displays to-dos from The Hit List. The Hit List is a really very nice alternative to Things. I used it before Things, but I was missing the iPhone version. I beleive they will be adding iPhone version sooner [...]

• apple, user interface

  Dynamic GTD wallpaper with Things to dos

  05.24.09 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  I’ve made myself a simple wallpaper with categorized sections, which helps me be more organized. I am also recently using great Things by CulturedCode to do manager. I made use of Things scripting capabilities to display Today’s to-dos on the wallpaper.
  Here is what the result looks like:

  So here is how to do that:
  1. Grab my [...]

• apple, google, user interface

  Gmail as a stand-alone offline application using Gears and Prism

  05.17.09 | Permalink | 16 Comments

  This guide explains how to combine the wonderful new techonologies Mozilla Prism and Google Gears with Gmail to create a fully fledged desktop application that works also in offline mode. It is tested on Mac OS X Leopard, but it should be done the same way under Windows and Linux. In the same way you [...]

• apple, user interface

  Google Analytics icon 512×512 PNG

  05.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have made myself a simple Google Analytics icon for a Mozilla Prism application. I though maybe someone will like it so I decided to share it under Creative Commons Attribution license. Feel free to use it anyhow you wish. If you would like to make it available at your website, it would be nice [...]

• user interface

  Usability glitch even on A List Apart ?

  05.10.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Maybe it’s my fault, but I spent like 5 minutes to find out how to actually subscribe to RSS feed at a list apart. Just look at the screenshot and tell me if it’s obvious…

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