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Googleās openness isnāt enough apparently (#antitrust #security #cybersecurity)
Wow, that one is close to being hilarious. Big tech companies are the target of hate these days. Google was hit by another antitrust lawsuit by no less than 36 states about their handling of applications side loading on Android. In summary, it is so cumbersome to side load an app on Android, thanks to security measures, that it makes it hard for competing App Store to compete. Google makes the sideloading process unnecessarily cumbersome and impractical by adding superfluous, misleading, and discouraging security warnings and by deterring users by requiring them to grant permission multiple times for a single app installation (discussed in more detail in Sections I. Continue reading ā
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Bye Bye Skylum - I barely knew you
In preparing to move off my 2017 Intel iMac (and put if for sale), I must make sure to re-install remaining applications on my M1 Mac mini. Photography-related apps were the last to be updated for the M1 chip. Lightroom CC is now fully optimized, but none of the Skylum apps I was (rarely) using: Luminar 4 and Aurora 2019 HDR. After spending some time on their support forums, I found out that none of their apps are optimized for the M1 chip. Continue reading ā
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What comes before the right to repair? (#apple #righttorepair)
The next step for Apple is to design for repairability which goes beyond recycling. AirPods are the worst example of this. When the battery life on these is reached, there is no practical way to replace them without throwing it to the trash and buying a new one. So for me, the right to repair goes way beyond having a choice of where Iām going to take a device for repair. Continue reading ā
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Going to spaceā¦ to watch a burning planet.
So Richard Branson went to space. Next, Jeff Bezos. And then, what? Is there any scientific purposes in these flights to space? Nope, not directly at least. Is this a publicity stunt? Yes and no. Iām not at ease seeing billionnaires spending their pretty money on something that donāt bring value to a community except for themselve. Oh, they want to start a new commercial flight in space business apparently, for billionaires: Continue reading ā
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A few thoughts on cleaning up my Twitter accounts following list
Since last year, Iāve been making a major cleanup of my Twitter account. I came from following more than 2000 people down to less than 300ā¦ and my goal is to drop below 100. Iām slowly getting there. Here are a few take outs from this major cleanup of my accounts following list. First, there are a lot of stale accounts on Twitter, which tends to artificially increase āfollowshipā. It looks like people stopped tweeting a while ago ā they left the building. Continue reading ā
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The Touch Bar is a great example of a divisive feature. I love the Touch Bar. Poll: Do you think Apple should kill the MacBook’s Touch Bar? - 9to5Mac
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Iāve been experimenting with time tracking. I’ve been doing it as an experiment at first, but now it’s part of my workflow. I’m using Toggl and Timery. Ask me anything.
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The more we wait for beta 4, the more chance we will get a step back for Safari redesign. Thatās my guess.
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If you depend on automation shortcuts and use shortcuts in general on iOS 15 & iPadOS 15, youāll quickly realize that any advance Apple made in Notifications are ruined by Shortcuts generated notifications. Those notifications should be treated separately.
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Maybe Apple should sell iPhone without any operating system, that way, everyone is equal. Iād love to build my own kernel because I think it would be the best but since Apple is bundling one, Iām seriously disadvantaged. How is this even allowed?
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The power of iPadOS 15: setting up a workspace made of four apps with a simple shortcut from the home screen. So cool. šØš»āš»š¤
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The return of the Touch ID?
A recent poll ran by 9To5Mac gives surprising results about what people would like to see if Touch Id is to return to the iPhone. Touch ID under the screen wins popular favour… personally, I would prefer Touch ID to go on the power button, just like the iPad Air because it is easily accessible while holding the phone. Continue reading ā
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Here is some relief for Safari 15 users who hate the new designā¦ (#ios15beta2 #apple)
For those like me who despise Safari redesign in iPadOS 15 & iOS 15: here is simple trick to better cope with Safari redesign: keep the number of open tab to ONE. Why do you think Apple thought it was a good idea to include a āClose Other Tabsā in the popup menu while pressing the address bar? With on,y one tab open, this is close to what we had before. Continue reading ā
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Every few days, I go on the Apple Store app to configure a 12.9ā 2021 iPad Pro with 512 GB just to confirm delivery date estimates. Iām crazy.
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Apple in a weakness positionā¦
I keep thinking of this phrase from Phil Schiller who once said: “whenever we make a change we do it from a position of strength rather than weakness.”. The window has closed a long time ago for Apple and they find themselves in a weakness position. I thought Mr. Schiller was still partly involved in the App Store related decisions. Continue reading ā
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Letās pretend there is side-loading of apps on the iPhone, then what?
InitialCharge: The only one that stands to lose anything in this scenario is Apple and thatās why theyāre doing everything they can to convince us that side-loading is inherently bad. But theyāre wrong.Source: Appleās Head of Privacy Doubles Down on Anti-Sideloading Stance - Initial Charge I’m a bit late on this one but, let say Apple does go ahead and allow for side loading of apps. Besides the proliferation of App Stores, what will we get in this scenario that we donāt get today? Continue reading ā
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Pleaseā¦ stopā¦ usingā¦ ellipsisā¦ for gods sake (#apple #ux #design #iosdev)
In the following screenshot taken this morning on my iPad screen, how many ellipsis signs to you catch? I highlighted them for you to make it easier. To all developers, to all designers, to Apple: please, stop this shit NOW and find a better way, use your imagination, stop being lazy at design. Thank you. Continue reading ā
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Iām starting a new trend: open writing.
If youāve been paying attention in recent months, did you know that you can have a peek at my upcoming blog posts that Iām working on? Thanks to Craft, You can peak at a selection of drafts, ideas, reference lists, etc. I give a name to this: open writing. Think of this as being this observer looking at a painter while he or she is painting a new artwork.šØš»āš» What would be super cool is if someone interacted with this by posting commentsā¦ which is something Craft makes possible. Continue reading ā
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Instagram Plans to Take on TikTok With Full-Screen Video Content
Ridiculous. Facebook: the Instagram destructor. www.macrumors.com
