Ilya Ryzhenkov's dashboard

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on November 01, 2009 21:19 to the idea "Accelerators in text with ampersand" in Balsamiq:

Since this is mockup, we do not need to mimic exact menu behavior. I would vote for generic underline markup, which works everywhere. For example, I wanted one day to create text label like this "Welcome, Ilya Ryzhenkov". That was link, you can guess. I had to do two adjacent controls, instead of a simple one.

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on November 01, 2009 21:16 to the idea "Accelerators in text with ampersand" in Balsamiq:

No, capitals only won't work. It is normal to have "Save A&ll" for example.

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on November 01, 2009 17:26 to the idea "Accelerators in text with ampersand" in Balsamiq:

Why would I try italic, when I need underline? :)

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on November 01, 2009 17:15 to the idea "Accelerators in text with ampersand" in Balsamiq:

No, for buttons, toolbars, labels, checkboxes as well.

Ilya Ryzhenkov reported a problem in Balsamiq on September 04, 2009 07:51:

"Bold" button state in properties misbehaves

"Bold" button state in properties doesn't correctly initialize, it is always enabled when I click on boldable control, regardless of actuall boldness state.

Ilya Ryzhenkov reported a problem in Balsamiq on September 04, 2009 07:48:

"New clone of current mockup" should make the tab next to original.

Ilya Ryzhenkov shared an idea in Balsamiq on September 04, 2009 07:45:

Button icon alignment

I'd like to be able to put button icon to the right side of the button. Actually I need a button with a down-pointing arrow on the right side, like toolbar button with more choices or advanced actions on regular button.

Ilya Ryzhenkov started following the idea "Paste images/screenshots directly into Mockups" in Balsamiq.

Ilya Ryzhenkov shared an idea in Balsamiq on September 04, 2009 07:40:

Accelerators in text with ampersand

It would be nice if text markup could recognize ampersand before letter to show accelerators, e.g. "&Add..." would render A underlined.

Ilya Ryzhenkov reported a problem in Balsamiq on April 12, 2009 19:30:

Crashes when going fullscreen while working via Remote Desktop (WinXP)

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on February 20, 2009 10:29 to the idea "Can you create a tree using plus and minus signs?" in Balsamiq:

I still can't (easily) make my hierarchical task view... Space for icon is nice, but a bit complex to mock what I need. Complexity destroys desire to mock the feel of control.

Ilya Ryzhenkov shared an idea in Balsamiq on February 14, 2009 16:08:

Select image for icon faster

After I put icon to the mockup, I want instantly select an image. Right now it involves lots of mouse movements. One approach would be open Image Library with double click. Better one would be inline icon search. Like, when you put other widgets to canvas, text editing is immediately opened inline. For icons, it could immediately open icon search, like this:

Same happens on F2.

Ilya Ryzhenkov shared an idea in Balsamiq on February 14, 2009 15:51:

Rename mockups

While I work on mockups, I find that I sometimes need to revise the name. Currently, I have to do "Save as..." and then delete old file. I'd like to right-click on mockup tab at the bottom, choose "Rename" and it would rename file for me.

Ilya Ryzhenkov asked a question in Balsamiq on February 14, 2009 15:47:

Vertical text?

Is it possible to put vertical text to the mock? I need to mock vertical tabs:

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on February 14, 2009 15:44 to the idea "Can you create a tree using plus and minus signs?" in Balsamiq:

This could be just default style for tree pane, if one were able to customize icons.

A comment on the idea "Notes on editing usability and design" in Balsamiq:

After a little bit more thinking about it, I think the cloud should be on the right side. Actually, on the same side where properties window would be. Like, right side to control, left side to draw. – Ilya Ryzhenkov, on February 14, 2009 15:43

A comment on the idea "Custom icons in tree pane" in Balsamiq:

Same screenshot, I mean I drop tree pane to the surface, enter mock content, then go to properties and add some style do emphasize that those entities in the tree are something special – Ilya Ryzhenkov, on February 14, 2009 15:41

A comment on the idea "Custom icons in tree pane" in Balsamiq:

Tasks, emails, builds, projects, site map, any other hierarchical control which is not folders/files. – Ilya Ryzhenkov, on February 14, 2009 15:40

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on February 14, 2009 15:34 to the idea "Custom icons in tree pane" in Balsamiq:

E.g. when I'm trying to present hierarchical tasks view, I want icons to be something about tasks and groups, not about files and folders.

Ilya Ryzhenkov replied on February 14, 2009 15:34 to the idea "Custom icons in tree pane" in Balsamiq:

On the properties window, add "Icon for open folder", "Icon for closed folder" and "Icon for file". I don't mean I want to customize them per node, I want to attach "style" to tree to make it feel like I want.