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Less

Notes 8.5 will have fewer icons in the Notes Mail template:

So, in Notes 8.5 you will see an Inbox that’s easier to scan, with 10 improved icons for mail message types. The biggest changes are removing the icon for read mail and using a blue star for unread mail. We also adjusted meeting workflow items so that the most time-dependent ones (e.g., new invitation, reschedules, cancellations) stand out and those that are not so time-dependant (e.g., an invitee has accepted your meeting) are subtler. No other changes were made to the icon grid.

This is something I want to see a lot more: manufacturers removing things from their product instead of adding.

Goodbye Wizard of POS

Exactly three years after starting the Wizard Of POS weblog, I leave it. Followers of the Wizard probably already noticed that it has been very quiet ultimately, with the last posts in February 2008 and October 2007!

The past three years The Wizard of POS had established itself as the leading weblog about Point Of Sale software and hardware, but I simple lacked the time and focus to continue working on it. When I got pinged about the possibilities of selling the Wizard I did not have to think a lot. Today I moved the Wizard over to its new home, and will leave it up to the new owner to further develop the weblog.

Goodbye Wizard of POS, farewell!

No more TwitterFeed

For a while I have been using TwitterFeed to automatically annouce new blog posts on Twitter, but I stopped using their services and am considdering to stop following others who are announcing every single post on Twitter.

I love Twitter to follow what people are doing, and what they are thinking, but in most cases I am not interested in every blog post. And if I am, I simply add their blog to my feedreader. It is OK with me if you point out some of your excellent blog post in Twitter, but, please don’t make it automatic. In my opinion, TwitterFeed only adds noise to Twitter.

By the way, if you are also on Twitter, my ID is JeroenSangers. I am also on FriendFeed, with he same ID.