Comments on: FixOutlook.org http://commadot.com/fixoutlook-org/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fixoutlook-org UX = User Experience by Glen Lipka Fri, 11 May 2012 04:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20738 By: Dan http://commadot.com/fixoutlook-org/#comment-10800 Dan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:28:27 +0000 http://commadot.com/?p=1437#comment-10800 How long will it be before you can create something artistic on the computer as quickly as you can if you actually draw it on paper. You talk about adding shadows to a box on the computer and how difficult that can be, but it's pretty easy by hand. I believe this is because you are creating code and not an actual picture. But when will that change and you can just create a picture and have the code be completely in the background. Basically, you create an image, like a jpeg, but can still add functionality. I have a somewhat similar problem. I want to email out a newsletter we created, but it was created in MS Publisher (a pretty horrible program). There is no way to copy of the Publisher file and re-create it in an email (without screwing up the picture). This is because the computer is copying the code and than rendering it again, instead of copying the image and (re)writing the code to make it look it's supposed too. I think there needs to be some kind of universal translator that takes whatever you have, analyzes it, and figures out how to exactly replicate that in whatever program it is. How long will it be before you can create something artistic on the computer as quickly as you can if you actually draw it on paper. You talk about adding shadows to a box on the computer and how difficult that can be, but it’s pretty easy by hand. I believe this is because you are creating code and not an actual picture. But when will that change and you can just create a picture and have the code be completely in the background. Basically, you create an image, like a jpeg, but can still add functionality.

I have a somewhat similar problem. I want to email out a newsletter we created, but it was created in MS Publisher (a pretty horrible program). There is no way to copy of the Publisher file and re-create it in an email (without screwing up the picture). This is because the computer is copying the code and than rendering it again, instead of copying the image and (re)writing the code to make it look it’s supposed too. I think there needs to be some kind of universal translator that takes whatever you have, analyzes it, and figures out how to exactly replicate that in whatever program it is.

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