BizzyBee’s BizzyThoughts

Everybody has seen this mirror effect in modern webdesign. Maybe you have an overdose by now, but I want to show how simple it is to create such effect in Fireworks. In this tutorial movie I demonstrate how to create such mirror effect in approx. 1 minute.

Remember last week’s Notes Mail Database Size Indicator? Mike O’Brien and John Head referred to Notes 8.01, where this will be included. I liked my solution, but after seeing the screenshot, it looked a bit pale.

The new challenge was to give it a more graphical look. So I created another version, still very easy to implement, but with a better look. It conditionally displays an image of the total and used space:

• A green bar for used space less than 70%
  
• An orange bar for 70-89%
  
• A red bar for 90-100% (and up)
  
• A gray bar if no quotum exists.
  

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Wouldn’t it be cool to have this in your mailbox?

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Our local admin asked me if this is doable, and I thought it was a brillant idea and a very practical example on how to use this tip: A progress bar in Lotus Notes

It’s an indicator that, eh, indicates how much space you’ve used from your mail database size quotum.

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UPDATE: I adjusted the new image a little, so that it looks better in smaller sizes. I also added some new sizes in the download pack.

“What’s wrong with the logo, Martin?”

I took a risk. Perhaps I’m touching something sacred today… Don’t get me wrong: I think Show ‘n Tell Thursdays is an excellent initiative. It’s a good starting place for sharing tips and tricks in Dominoland. But the one thing that bothers me is the logo:

Not because of the suggestion of nudity, who am I kidding? It just looks so old skool to me: the typeface, the image,… But I don’t want to offend the person who created it, because I have to admit, it’s very original nevertheless.

“So what do you suggest, smart ass?”

Because criticising is easy, I thought I had to come up with something that is better than the previous one (so I hope). So, this is my suggestion:

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