A couple of weeks ago I woke up from a dream where I had found out the ultimate design for the next generation of Projectplace. It was so amazingly simple and awesome. At least I felt so. I told my self that I should sketch it down the very next day at office and laid my head back down, snuggled closer to my wife – and slowly returned back to deep sleep. The morning came and… Well. I did remember that I had some great ideas. But, I couldn’t remember the ideas. And that wasn’t the first time. For some strange reasons my brain always have a fight with me when it’s time to go to bed. I say to my self that I really need to sleep, but it won’t let me. Instead it always continues in an even higher speed – solving problems, remembering those small meetings I have to attend tomorrow...

At UxD, our Design Team that is, we’re looking into taking Projectplace into the next generation regarding look and feel. This includes a brand new visual design and interaction changes to simplify the user experience. We want to make it easier for the user to focus - and in the product today we have a lot of features and visual elements that does not always need to be presented to the user. We want to make the product as powerful as today but the experience should be much simplified and more delightful. Our thoughts are to only show the information or actions that are relevant for the current action you’re doing. No unnecessary clutter on your screen, no distracting elements that really doesn’t need to be there. Why should you see edit buttons when you can’t edit? Why show a zero in a column when there are no comments on your documents?...