Category Archives: Design and UX

PowerBI Power Query / M lookups

I’m building a dynamic bucketing system with filtering based on process and program. I’m facing several interesting challenges. First- bucket sizes are based on the program, so I need dynamic buckets, and bucket labels. Second- max number of buckets is … Continue reading

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GIMP and blur…

I don’t like GIMP. I’m not very familiar with it, and I only open it when I have relatively complex requirements for an image. It invariably takes me quite a while to learn how to use the software to do … Continue reading

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Selector button colors

Application designers – When you’re using the background color of a “button” to indicate that a user has something selected, please make it OBVIOUS whether they have selected or de-selected their choice. For example: when you’re using “radio buttons” that … Continue reading

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Open a file via command shell in a friendly fashion

Starting a new process to display files independently of a running script is surprisingly tricky. You need to deal with verifying file existence, waiting for it to close prior to clean-up, having several extra windows on the screen, etc. Here’s … Continue reading

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Tips for adjusting TableLayoutPanel

UI adjustments feel clumsy until you struggle through several, but there are some techniques that can help. It’s obviously better to see these in use, but a list is at least something to start with. TableLayoutPanel displays a flyout menu … Continue reading

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