December 2009
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November 2009
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The UI Cockroach →
I would like to suggest that a User Interface element that is completely unnecessary and not part of an application’s core functionality, yet can’t be gotten rid of, be called a UI Cockroach. A shining example of this is the ribbon bar in Word 2008, which is that circa-2001 Aqua-style bar right above the ruler:
You can’t get rid of this thing as long as you’re in layout...
The many sliders of Photoshop CS4
mrgan:
Preferences > Memory Usage
Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
Filters
Blur (note the rendering of the thumb arrow)
Layer Blending
Layer Style
Threshold
Color Balance
Things to keep in mind:
These can be found in just Photoshop; I can’t imagine what I’d find elsewhere in the suite. Actually, fine, here’s the first one I found in Illustrator CS5:
The most common out...