Full FeedAppletell previews “Lounge” Twitter client for Mac OS X
Twitter desktop clients: the field is overwhelmingly filled with Adobe AIR applications. These applications don’t usually look all too graceful, and worse (and far less subjective), have huge memory leaks. There are a few other apps that don’t rely on AIR; Twitterrific (my personal favorite) comes to mind. However, there are no Twitter apps on the Market that fit in with the Mac OS X look and feel, and more importantly run natively. Enter “Lounge.”
MacHeist Software Bundle is on sale: $900 of software for $39
As I am writing this, the MacHeist 3 Bundle is about to be revealed. Last year, many were disappointed with the MacHeist bundle, as it had many apps that had been seen in the previous year, and no really spectacular app. This year, that was acknowledged, and a much better bundle has been promised. We’ll see…
How Twitter changed my opinion about consistent UI design
One of the many reasons I’m not a Windows fan is the fact that applications can all look very different and behave in very different ways. On the Mac, most applications behave in much the same way when it comes to standard functions. Apps that don’t follow these rules are ones I don’t use. Well, that is, until I tried Twitterrific. When I first downloaded it, I felt it stuck out like a sore thumb; an odd, translucent black window in a sea of chrome. I resolved to stay with it for a couple of days, though, and fell in love with the application regardless of what it looked like.
Safari used to hack MacBook…sort of
It happened last year, and it happened again this year. The tech sector of the internet is seeing a fair share of headlines to the tune of “Safari hacked in 10 Seconds!” At the Pwn2Own conference this year, Charlie Miller, who hacked Safari last year to much the same media explosion, used Safari to gain control of a MacBook in under ten seconds. Sounds like we should be worried, right?
Four overlooked gems in iPhone 3.0
Sure there are the big, huge features in iPhone 3.0—like Copy and Paste—but what about the little stuff that was too trivial for Scott Forstall to do any more than mention? This is usually the stuff that really makes a release. Here are my favorite little things about iPhone 3.0 so far. I’m sure there will be many additions as more information leaks out.
iPod shuffle chip not DRM-related
The hot topic in the Apple portion of the internet this weekend has been the discovery of a chip in the iPod shuffle headphones. It seemed the intent was to lock in users even more by only allowing playback with this chip. The concern was that headphone manufacturers would need to pay Apple for use of the chip, thus passing the cost down to consumers. On top of that, consumers would have a smaller selection of headphones to choose from, as not just any headphone set would have the appropriate chip.
iPhone 3.0: All the stuff that should have been there from the start?
Apple is not letting up on the surprises this March, bringing the new shuffles out of nowhere after a desktop refresh, and now announcing a sneak peek of iPhone 3.0. But what will iPhone 3.0 be? I’m sure there will be a couple new features, but I think most 3.0 enhancements will be under the hood, and the addition of features that have been notably missing for quite a while.
Apple grasps at gimmicky straws for the new iPod shuffle, improves little
The iPod shuffle update surprised everyone yesterday. It was completely unexpected—probably because it was unneeded. What has Apple done in this “update”? Let’s take a look…
Wishful thinking: customizable contextual menus
One really powerful feature in Mac OS X that many users don’t know about or know how to use is Automator and its easy integration with the Finder. In the Automator, you can create custom workflows that you can then add to the Finder’s contextual menu. The flaw with this integration is that these commands are hidden within a submenu of a submenu in the contextual menu.
Save as Web Application still a planned feature for Safari 4 (Mac)
Though the Safari 4 beta added a lot, at least in looks, when compared to earlier developer betas, one notable thing it lost was the “Save as Web Application…” command in the File menu. Using this command, Safari would make an application in your Applications folder that basically ran just that one website, something introduced to the masses with a piece of freeware called Fluid. However, this feature is not gone, nor have plans for it stalled. It seems to just been have removed from the public.
It looks like all that’s been removed is the menu command. Looking inside Safari’s package contents (right click, “Show Package Contents”) all the files for the web application icons are intact, as is “WebApplicationCore.bundle” with the web application’s core files. What does this tell us? It seems to me that Apple doesn’t want this to be in the Public Beta, because it will come with Safari 4 for Mac when it is released along with Snow Leopard. This feature won’t be in the Windows version, because it’s creating applications, which will likely be Mac OS X only (though, if they put the work into making it make Windows web apps, too, that would be pretty cool.)
Other files found while poking around the Resources indicate that Apple may be planning to make tabs on top an option, that if you visit a suspected phishing site, Safari will display a warning page beforehand, and (exciting news for themers and tweakers like myself) almost all of the new interface elements are files in the Resources that are simple PNG files. I’m planning to start changing the tabs to my liking as soon as I’m done writing here.
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