Fool's design
2013-03-06 18:34
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Office 2013 - Mysterious invisible moving handles in Outlook
Replies: 2

Office 2013 - Mysterious invisible moving handles in Outlook

Fool's design. Office 2013 - Mysterious invisible moving handles in Outlook. You can move the Outlook window by grabbing the handles marked in green but not the section marked in red. To confuse the users even further, the red section has not a fixed size. If you resize the Outlook window, the red s...
Fool's design
2013-03-04 12:50
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Office 2013 - the rich variety of colorful themes
Replies: 2

Office 2013 - the rich variety of colorful themes

Fool's design.

Office 2013 - the rich variety of colorful themes.

We got you there by that title, didn't we?

Be hold, the office 2013 themes:
  • White
  • Light gray
  • Dark gray
Colors, who needs them anyway?
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Fool's design
2013-03-01 18:51
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Shipping built-in Flash with an operating system, Windows 8
Replies: 1

Shipping built-in Flash with an operating system, Windows 8

Fool's design. Shipping built in Flash with an operating system, Windows 8. Microsoft's Windows 8 is vulnerable to attack by exploits that hackers have been aiming at PCs for several weeks, Adobe confirmed Friday. Microsoft said it will not patch the bug in Flash Player until what it called "GA...
Fool's design
2013-03-01 18:43
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Bad button placement leads to drone crashes
Replies: 1

Bad button placement leads to drone crashes

Fool's design. Bad button placement leads to drone crashes. Unmanned aircraft crash. In fact, they crash a lotÔÇöthough there's no recent specific data, the Congressional Research Service reported last year that despite improvements, "the accident rate for unmanned aircraft is still far above t...
Fool's design
2013-02-27 14:14
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: The case of disappearing controls - Office 2013 - Outlook
Replies: 1

The case of disappearing controls - Office 2013 - Outlook

Fool's design. The case of disappearing controls - Office 2013 - Outlook. If you feel that you do not have enough gray and white space, geniuses at Microsoft have given you the option to get some more of that gray and white space we all want and need. Changing your mind is not an option. At first gl...
Fool's design
2013-02-27 12:05
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: The butchering of Office 2013 - Visual clues are gone
Replies: 1

The butchering of Office 2013 - Visual clues are gone

Fool's design. The butchering of Office 2013 - Visual clues are gone. Appearantly, visual clues are not desirable anymore. Perhaps due to lack of enough white and gray space in Outlook. They need to save all that white and gray space as much as they can. How else would you burn the users' eyes? How ...
Fool's design
2013-02-26 15:30
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Super tiny buttons of Internet Explorer
Replies: 1

Super tiny buttons of Internet Explorer

Fool's design.

Super tiny buttons of Internet Explorer.

These things are so tiny, you can barely hit them with the mouse these days when 90% of the computer users have big flat screens. These buttons are foolishly designed, of course.
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Fool's design
2013-02-25 18:50
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Spotify minimize and maximize buttons
Replies: 1

Spotify minimize and maximize buttons

Fool's design.

Spotify minimize and maximize buttons.

Inactive:
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Mouse hover active:
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That's right, the change is almost invisible to the eye.
Another light gray on light gray marvelous design choice.
Fool's design
2013-02-25 18:13
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Operating costs ( foolsdesign.org )
Replies: 4

Operating costs ( foolsdesign.org )

Fool's design. Technical and copyright information » ⋅ Our forums are powered by phpBB ® Forum Software © phpBB Group. ⋅ Current style is designed by Artodia , with minor alterations. ⋅ Two virtual private servers, hosted on a 1 Gbps line. Each of them is in a separate ...
Fool's design
2013-02-25 11:39
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: The case of insane scrollbars in Windows 8
Replies: 24

The case of insane scrollbars in Windows 8

Fool's design. The case of insane scrollbars in Windows 8. Invisible scrollbar handles and disabled looking scrollbar arrows. Not only the scrollbars in Windows 8 look disabled and grayed out (specially the arrows), in order to trick the users' eyes even more, they made the scrollbar handle almost i...