Some Pixels

Mail Pilot: E-mail, reimagined.

February 28th, 2012 by André Gil.

We all feel that there is something wrong with “e-mail”, as we know it today. Most people nowadays have more than one e-mail account, our use has been growing exponentially and it’s getting harder and harder to cope with so much information and problems to solve.

So here comes Mail Pilot! A product developed by 2 guys who believe they can reinvent the way we deal with e-mail today. Their Kickstarter project raised $54,205 and they are already working hard on the Beta release.


I’m really looking forward to trying it!

Clear for iPhone

February 15th, 2012 by André Gil.

Clear was finally release today for the iPhone and all I have to say is: Beautiful! I don’t know if I’m gonna use it, but it’s now part of my best designed apps list.

Bugzilla and Attached Images

October 28th, 2011 by André Gil.

I hate Bugzilla… It’s ugly, hard to use and has one of the the worst UI and UX that I know of. But the thing that annoys me most is when you have some image attached, you cannot open it. When you click at the link, it will download the image and then, you’ll be able to open it.

I know that’s configurable, and it’s for a security reason, but this is the default behavior and most admins don’t change it! So I’ve made this simple bookmarklet to solve the problem. Just create a bookmark for the link bellow and, when you open some bug, just click the link:

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javascript:(function(){var d;var c=0;while(d=document.getElementById("c"+c)){var b=d.getElementsByTagName("a");for(i=0;i<b.length;i++){var a=b[i].href;if(a.indexOf("attachment.cgi")>-1&&a.indexOf("action=edit")==-1){d.innerHTML+='<img src="'+a+'"/><br/>'}}c++}})();


And if you are interested in the simple unobfuscated code, here it is:

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(function(){
   
    var commentDiv;
    var commentId = 0;
   
    while( commentDiv = document.getElementById("c" + commentId) ) {
   
        var links = commentDiv.getElementsByTagName("a");
       
        for ( i=0; i < links.length; i++ ) {
           
            var href = links[i].href;
           
            if( href.indexOf("attachment.cgi") > -1 && href.indexOf("action=edit") == -1 ) {
               
                commentDiv.innerHTML += "<img src=\"" + href + "\"/><br/>";
            }
        }
       
        commentId++;
    }

})();

Enjoy! ;)

UX At The Pharmacy

October 27th, 2010 by André Gil.

Just a quick post to talk about UX (User eXperience). Do you still think that UX is only software-related? Do you still think UX is only usability and/or design? UX is all about what the user feels when he is using some product or service.

Pharmacy UX

Click on the photo to read it! ;]

I took this photo at some drugstore, in New York. Think about what the user (or customer) would feel when he has some problem, and he needs some medication, but doesn’t want to think or remember complex medication names.

I know that, in this particular case, there may be some problems like allergies or just hiding the real problem, instead of solving it. But I still think it’s a great idea, great design and it probably has some advices at the back, informing the medicine name and precautions.

But the message here is: UX is Everywhere! [F]

Think about it.