From the Lab: Invisible Characters or Now You See Me, Now You Don't As we have stressed so many times, one of our main goals for Ulysses 3 was (and still is, mind you) to strip its UI of any unnecessary fluff and do as much …
From the Lab: A note on notes, pt.2 Back in May (rhymes with delay) I wrote that we will completely revamp the concept of document notes. I called the new approach an “optional, distinctive and on-the-fly affair”. So here’s how …
On Window Chrome This is the first part of a series of posts on the final Ulysses 3 user interface. We hope that these will get you over the next couple of weeks. ;) The above shot …
Happy 2013! Hey, we missed our holiday target. Who would have thought, he? ;) I won’t bore you with stories of how this delay came to be, just know that we hit some blocks and …
Final Editor Beta Now Ready to Download Quick heads up: There’s a new editor beta available now via in-app update. Just launch the beta and, uhm… check for updates or, like, update along, once the prompt appears. You can …
Ten things to do in Ulysses 3 Beta before you die 1. Copy a URL from Safari into the editor. 2. Drag and drop an image from the Finder into the editor. 3. Drag and drop an.mp4 video file from the Finder into …
Beta Access Just a quick reminder that the current round of beta testing is limited to the *EDITOR* portion of Ulysses 3. What we’re looking for is thorough feedback on how the editor performs: …
From the Lab: Simplexity Here’s a story: When we set out to reboot Ulysses, we wanted to make it “easier”. You know, like in “de-complicate things”. We felt that we had created this very sophisticated piece …
From the Lab: Call for Colors Please forgive me if this might get a bit technical, I’ll try and keep it as clear as possible. As any version before, Ulysses 3 will feature multiple color “themes”: colors that …
More WWDC Preparation We’ll be handing out some exclusive beta access codes at WWDC and thought it would be nice to do so with a personal touch. Hopefully there’ll be better lighting conditions. …
From the Lab: On Color Modes, Screen Modes, Editor Modes and Environments or We put the full in fullscreen With Ulysses 1, we pioneered a feature called fullscreen mode. Essentially, fullscreen mode took just the editor content of standard mode, and then offered a completely different user interface, namely one without any …
From the Lab: A note on notes, pt. 1 In Ulysses 3, we will completely revamp the concept of document notes. Instead of an always-present note/scratchpad to the right of every document, notes will become an optional, distinctive and on-the-fly affair. …
3Q Session: Versions and Features Welcome to this week’s round of the 3Q sessions, where we’ll try to address concerns, requests and general feedback. As before, the magic number is three, attention spans are short, and …
Calculating perfect font highlights Ingredients: 2x Space width, 2x descender height, 1x caps height, one extra pixel. Bon appétit! …
