Job: UI simplification and beautification
  • January 1970 Edit

    Hi All,

    another job available in Simple Invoices

    Job: Simplify the UI and also make it look nicer

    Problem: the current Simple Invoices UI is as simple as i can make it but i believe Simple Invoices can still be alot simpler

    Requirement: Simplicity and beauty. Post design mock ups / ideas etc of what can be done to make Simple Invoices simpler and/or more beautiful

    Notes: I believe that by making the UI simpler it will make Simple Invoices a better looking application but i also welcome any suggestions on how to make Simple Invoices look nicer without any dramatic simplification

    Why are we doing this? couple of reasons
    1: the current UI is a total rip-off of 37signals.com's basecamp etc and i want to move away from that
    2: we need to create our own 'visual identity' so Simple Invoices standout from the crowd as a unique application
    3: re simplification: anything to help make Simple Invoices simpler will help the user in the end - i want Simple Invoices to be an application that actually helps people do invoicing better and simpler than anything else available

    Note:
    - if you look at the latest code in svn - we've changed the UI slightly - but more work is required
    - if you can try and use System 7 on an old Mac - then you'll see the beauty in simplicity

    Cheers

    Justin

  • littledreamerlittledreamer September 2007

    I'm in!

  • justinjustin September 2007

    cool, thanks LittleDreamer,

    look forward to seeing some nice designs

    Cheers

    Justin

    SmarterInvoices.com :: Simple Invoices hosting | Kelly.org.au :: Simple Invoices custom development | justin.kelly.org.au
  • justinjustin September 2007

    Hi All

    for those interested in this you may also want to check out extjs's UI stuff

    http://extjs.com/playpen/ext-2.0-dev5/examples/
    http://extjs.com/playpen/ext-2.0-dev5/examples/window/desktop.html
    http://extjs.com/deploy/ext/docs/index.html
    http://extjs.com/playpen/ext-2.0-dev5/examples/feed-viewer/view.html

    some really great stuff coming out of extjs - but not sure how or if their UI stuff fits with us - as even though their stuff is great - is it simple and easy to use??

    Cheers

    Justin

    SmarterInvoices.com :: Simple Invoices hosting | Kelly.org.au :: Simple Invoices custom development | justin.kelly.org.au

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