-
On the lack of Flash support on the iPhone
I remember arguing with a guy on supporting flash challenges like transposing Ā«Ā hoveringĀ Ā» events with the mouse pointer. How on earth someone could Ā«Ā hoverĀ Ā» with their fingers on the screen for content to change accordingly? That wasnāt possible obviously.
Now, look at the iPad with the just introduced pointer support. Itās exactly that, hovering on buttons make the pointer morph into the buttonās shape. Fascinating.
Vintage 2007 Claim Chowder: Josh Quittner Returned His iPhone daringfireball.net/linked/20…
-
Apple Books for Authors - what about iBooks Author?
You know what I'd like to see from Apple? An update to their aging iBooks Author application on macOS. This is what I'd like to see. Last update was in 2018.... come on.
-
New: Apple Store Online
One of the thing that I like about Apple: web design. Clean. Simple. This store front is new and only in the US, for now.
-
Day #4 of my Ghost experiment
Ghost.org has been under attack in the last few days, prompting them to force a password reset. It leaves a sour taste. I'm currently writing down my thoughts and findings. Expect a blog post in the coming days. Spoiler alert: it's not good.
-
'X-ray teardown' of iPad Pro Magic Keyboard illustrates complex engineering
iPad Pro Magic Keyboard: This piece of equipment, simple on the outside, a marvel of engineering on the inside. So cool.
'X-ray teardown' of iPad Pro Magic Keyboard illustrates complex engineering:
-
When macOS behave like Windows
I had to reboot my iMac this morning to fix weird issues (no sound in FaceTime calls, iCloud sync not going anywhere, etc.) And now this, after reboot. WTF. iCloud-based services can be scary. How am I supposed to fix this now. Don't tell me I have to turn off iCloud Photo Library and turn it back on. Please.
-
Finally.
A well deserved **finally**. Bye bye butterfly keyboard.
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/04/rip-butterfly-keyboard/
-
Remember those waiting lines in the seventies?
When I go for a walk my mostly empty city, thanks to the long lasting confinement, I see many lines in front of different grocery stores. These are unfamiliar scenes for us.
It reminds me of when I was a young child. It was at the height of the cold war. At that time, medias were portraying communism as the bad guys. I cannot count how many times I saw in the news, scenes from USSR of people waiting in front of grocery stores to get a few vegetables and bread. It was in the seventies. And we were kind of laughing at them and their failed society. And here we are. Different cause for sure but mostly same effects.
-
You don't have to love the iPad
Thought of the day, from Francisco Tolmasky on Twitter:Ā
The frustrating thing about the iPad is that I constantly feel that I need to be buying into a philosophy
Well said. For me, it doesnāt represent an issue. I love to buy into this philosophy because it is different, delightful. His tweet, one is a series is interesting. But, one the following ones, things get just wrong:
Propping iPad up at a *good* angle? Pay $350 for a cover that prevents you from using it like a book anymore.
I donāt get it. Remove the iPad from its keyboard and voilĆ ! Simple. And this:
the iPad is now a worse tablet with the Magic Keyboard. It kind of sucks for typing in bed compared to the software keyboard, and itās unusable for reading since it doesnāt flip around like a true cover.
What? Can someone explain him that he can remove the iPad from the keyboard when he goes to bed at night? This thread just feel ātrolly". The iPad is obviously not for him but he doesnāt know it yet.Ā
-
Is Apple doomed now?
Well, at first glance, Appleās financial numbers are pretty solid, considering the current situation. Services and wearables are shining. The future is uncertain. Apple didnāt provide any guidance which is expected I guess. It could have been much worst as experts and pundits were expecting lower numbers.Ā
-
Let's try this again!
Well, cross-posting from MB to WP with IFTTT is a no go. Now, testing a much cleaner solution, a WP plugin which allow a better control over what is imported and how it is inserted into WP. Iām currently testing the whole process as I write this. Posts are inserted in Draft mode so I can release them as I wish.Ā
If it works as expected, Iāll be able to keep my main blog in sync with very specific content that I put here with minimal efforts.
-
Starting a small experiment
Up until now, I didnāt want to have my posts on **Micro.blog** to show up on my main blog on **WordPress**. But since Iām posting ten times more here than on my main blog, I have a feeling my readers are missing a lot. So, starting today, Iās starting a small experiment. Some of my posts here will be cross-posted to my main blog with the help of IFTTT. Iāll see where this goes.
Iām sill undecided on the cross-post format: full content replication or just linked-post.
(xpost)
-
Still far from fully recovered from Google's search algorithm changes of last November
Last day of April. Time to look back at this month's stats. It was a great month for Ā my main blog visitors but still far away of full recovery of the big Google search crash of last November. I wonder if I will every recover from it, despite all my efforts to write fewer but longer and higher quality posts. On a brighter side, Iām faring much much better on Medium. (xpost)
-
Just Made an Unexpected Discovery
Oh. My. God. š³š How on earth I wasnāt aware about this great utility for macOS: CleanShot X? Fully featured, cleanly designed, with a lot of use cases for me. A cross between Appleās builtin screen capture and Screencast. Instant buy.
Side note: I never bought that many apps since the beginning of the great confinement. Second side note: it isnāt an ad. š¤·š»āāļø CleanShot X for Mac
-
iPadOS 14 + Xcode + ARM-Base MacBook 12" coming?
First, this: twitter.com/jon_pross…
Xcode is rumored to be coming to iPad via iPadOS 14.
Then, this: twitter.com/l0vetodre…
The latter tweet explicitly mentions an ARM-based MacBook 12" is coming.
Are you getting it?
-
On iPhone 12 Pro Max Design Leaks - woah #iphone12 #leaks
Major design mockup of the iPhone 12 Pro Max. All based on CAD files in the wild. These guys 3D printed it so they could get a feeling of the device in their hands. The boxy design seems to be really nice to handle. Looking forward for more details. And the bezels will be much smaller too, making it a real full screen device. youtu.be/ZUXwDpGyl…
-
Apple, you are playing with words. #iphoneSE
Thanks Apple but this is not an iPhone SE. Ask every previous iPhone SE owners and they will confirm. To call it an iPhone SE, you have to change one thing: its size. You are playing with words here. it is an iPhone 9 (looking at this is enough to be convinced). My guess is that we will never see the return of the previous iPhone SE screen size.
BTW, I never ever liked this iPhone SE naming. It is utterly ugly. I cannot come over this one.
-
How to switch to āSign in with Appleā with an existing account?
Here is something that bugs me with āSign in with Appleā or with services that are supporting this feature.
The easy and fun part is when you sign up as a new user of a service supporting āSign in with Appleā. But what if Iām an already signed up user for many years then I want to switch to āSign in with Appleā without creating a new account? Some service are providing a way to link an Apple ID in order to enable āSign in with Appleā. But it is the minority. WordPress.com is such an example.
Am I missing something?
-
A game changer Apple Watch app: Watchsmith.
Very promising new Apple Watch app: Watchsmith. I can see this coming to watchOS in some form or another in the future. There is a lot of potential here while waiting for custom watch faces from Apple. Subscription-based price a bit steep but I understand it must ensure sustainable development. We’ll see where it goes from here.
-
Another potential iPadOS game changer: introducing the iPad Main Menu.
I think I just saw the future of iPadOS. Please, if you are an avid iPad user, take a moment to take a look at a potential feature that could be the next big game changer after the mouse support introduced with iPadOS 13.4. The following website perfectly illustrates a potential new system wide feature: iPad Main Menu. Dear Apple, please, oh please, consider this for iPadOS 14. šš»š„ŗ
