The Paint Experience
I use Microsoft Paint occasionally. Its features are limited and functionality is basic. But for regular people, Paint seems to be the tool of choice for a random doodle or running an office captioning contest. Readily availability can’t be the only reason. Hear goes my two cents on the matter. More »
EverNote Takes Over OneNote
I used to be a OneNote fan. From a short ‘to do’ list to a lengthy ‘how to’ article was captured on OneNote. Those days are gone. Surfaced again is EverNote; the product Microsoft (almost) killed with their vivid note taking tool. This time however it has bubbled with all the timely features. You can write a note once and access it from anywhere in the world. But if you prefer not to put your sensitive data out in the cloud, you can simply choose not to do so. The facility of syncing notes with a portable USB drive is also part of the package. Long live the notes war! More »
The Redesign
Note: this post is no longer relevant as the theme has changed since.
nStation has a new theme from today onwards (July 16, 2008). This theme is a fresh design I came up with a couple of days back. It took me about a week to complete the design and another week to develop it to a WordPress Theme.
This theme is more modern looking than the previous two. There is adequate white space surrounding objects and consistency has been preserved across pages. I have also made every attempt to make it look good on all browsers. Different sections of the theme (header, main menu, content area, etc.) have different appeals to it so that they do not conflict with each other in appearance. More »
The Left Handed Icon Design in Google Android
Google showcased their Android prototype and its UI to the public at the IO conference. I noticed an interesting design pattern on Android UI icons: they are left hand oriented. Usually in a right hand dominated society icons are designed in the same orientation. An exception to this is the Apple Mac OS where most icons are neutral oriented. Left hand oriented icons are rare; especially when they are done by professional. So this is something new to the design community from Google. More »