September 30, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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But it’s not a link! I am rather tired of Read Me and help files under OS X that have Web and e-mail address links colored with the default browser link colors, but do not function as actual links. If …
September 30, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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A friend was having trouble installing the OS X version of Mozilla Firebird. This process is usually extremely simple: double-click the compressed file (assuming your browser or compression utility doesn’t handle such things automatically), mount the disk image, then drag …
September 29, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Apple is not going to expend valuable resources adding support for OGG Vorbis (I know it is a good codec) or incorporating the LAME encoder in iTunes.
There is already a Vorbis QuickTime plug-in and there are numerous free LAME …
September 27, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Here’s a somewhat amusing quote from Robert Scoble (while he was still at UserLand):
every PC today is really a macintosh | Acts of Volition
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Virginia Howlett at Microsoft told me she designed Windows using a Macintosh (she …
September 27, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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An interface for Internet audio streams more like the Library and Music Store browsing interfaces is one of the few things I would change about iTunes.
Two panes spanning the full height of the window – genre in the left, …
September 27, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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This idea came to me as I was both using iTunes’s Smart Playlists and managing my bookmarks in Safari. Since both Safari and Camino‘s bookmarks are stored in an XML format, I’m sure it is possible to add …
September 26, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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I would like to be able to drag the address bar link/icon from Safari to the Mail Dock icon to open a new message with that URL in the body. This sounds reasonable to me. Some of my other ideas …
September 26, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Apple is giving away a registered copy of iBlog to all .Mac subscribers, but I don’t think most MovableType users will find it of much use. While the interface is nice and it integrates decently with several of Apple’s iApps…
September 25, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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One of AtStake‘s executives, Daniel E. Geer Jr., was canned shortly after the release of a report he contributed to that was critical of Microsoft’s software security. AtStake supposedly works closely with Microsoft, who say they had nothing to …
September 25, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Safari has a real usability problem: trying to drag an address bar link from one tab to another that is open to your Bookmarks library is impossible. This is rather irritating.
I have no idea if this is possible, but …
September 23, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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While I think Firebird is a great browser, there are several things that could improve initial user reactions to it.
My biggest question is why are the much-touted tabs hidden away from the user? The “New Tab” button isn’t on …
September 20, 2003
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Rather than use the status bar display dependent method currently implemented in OS X, how about using some of the Quartz engine’s compositing features to display an overlay graphic of the number of items currently selected in a window?
My …