I am Ad Taylor

userstyle

• Helvetical

  Posted on : Tuesday, 1 September, 2009

  SMALL Helvetical update.

  Hi all. The new UI refresh of Google Cal is great, they have really done a brilliant job. Yet it hasn’t been too kind on Helvetical, making it unbearable to use. I set about trying to patch up the holes but the nature of a userstyle has made this an ugly and unproductive task. So I feel it is best to start from scratch again and build in some of the feature requests.

  In the mean time, I have created a patched up version that makes the userstyle usable yet far from pretty. Download from http://userstyles.org/styles/20669. Obviously the alternative is to disable it for a while.

  It would be great if we could use this time to build up a feature list for Helvetical 2. So leave a comment or mail me. BTW, this isn’t some excuse to put the project on the back-burner — I have penciled in the end of the month to complete.

  Cheers, Ad

  

  Helvetical pimping up Google Calendar.

  I know I am not alone in my love/hate relationship for Google’s apps, the functionality is brilliant but the UI is ugly. Google Calendar is most definitely not the exception to the rule, it hurts my eyes.

  Helvetical extends the work done by Jon Hicks on Helvetireader, turning the mayhem of the Google interface into something that doesn’t offend. It was created for use with Fluid.app but I’m sure you can hack the CSS to work for your needs.

  Please note that this is an on-going project so things are a bit rough around the edges. I hope to update soon.

  Usage

  Thanks to the help of David DeSandro, Helvetical now works in Greasemonkey, Stylish, Fluid and others.

  First of all you either need to have Greasemonkey, Stand, Fluid or Stylish installed. Relevant instructions can be found if you follow the links, the easiest option seems to be Greasemonkey for either Safari 4 or Firefox.

  • Install the user script here.
  • Install the user style from userstyles.org.

  New icon

  I love using the icon that Joshua Brewermade for Helvetireader, it’s clean, Swiss and still sits nicely in the, oh so glossy, dock. I knocked up a quick version for you Fluid.app and Prism users out there so that HelvetiCal and Helvetireader can sit better on your dock. Find it here.

  

  Updates

  I shall post all updates here but if you want to know about them as they happen follow @HelveticalNews

  • Version 1.1 – Now with coloured ‘Other Calendars’ and support for https:// hosted calendars.
  • Version 1.2 – Cleaned up for use with Google Gears [Help from Martijn van der Ven].
  • Version 1.3 – Fixed Firefox specific bugs (tasks, labs items,hover states etc)
  • Version 1.4 — Events are now colour coded in the ‘Months’ section.
  • Version 1.5 — Maintenance. Moving elements back to their original position and filling in the new found blanks. Recommended.
  • Version 1.6 — Added RSVP colouring and line-throughs. Thanks to Chris Barth for his help.

  Useful links

  • Fluid
  • Offline Gmail, Google Docs, Helvetireader, etc. using Fluid by Josef Richter
  • Fluid Icons – Though I do plan to have one for Helvetical soon.
  • Helvetireader

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