We all like the new feature in Safari 5, Reader, well maybe except the advertisers, it is so pristine as anything we would expect from Apple but as it turns out it is actually based on the work of NYC based design house arc90, namely Readability which is acknowledged by Apple in file:///Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Acknowledgments.html If you …
I decided to write this on the heels on the impending iPad launch, but is is just as valid for the iPhone as well, maybe just a bit less obvious. The core difference from a user interface designer’s point of view between interaction with content on a desktop and a iPhone/iPad can be summed in …
Exactly 2 years ago Seesmic purchased Twhirl and shifted from a video conversation platform to a twitter client, i will continue to make a brief overview of the process as it provides a extremely interesting and relevant case. I started following Seesmic when it was still a video site, behind it is Loic Lemeur a …
The media is awash with reviews about the iPad being underwhelming, limited and so forth but mostly missing the point save for a few notable exceptions (1, 2, 3). I am going to state in no equivocal manner that the iPad is the biggest thing since the PC was introduced by IBM in 1981 and for a …
Sparkle is the updates framework for cocoa that “just works” , yea ok it does , however the documentation for it is a bit lacking on some very important aspects that i discovered over time : 1 – the preferences for your application must have SUAutomaticallyUpdate TRUE for autoupdates to happen , just setting SUEnableAutomaticChecks …
Peering into the settings for the magic mouse i have found out what looks like support for 3 finger tap gestures for Dashboard and/or Expose control , namely : “Dashboard” – three fingers tap “Exposé All Windows” - three fingers tap to expose all window “Exposé Application Windows” - three fingers tap to expose app window “Exposé Desktop” …
Ok so this is about the dreaded jarsigner error : unable to sign jar: java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid entry compressed size 99% of the time what that means is your jar is already signed However jarsigner has no way to remove signatures from a jar , but you can do that manually since a jar file is …
Personally i think a gesture enabled mouse is a great move, and am looking forward to seeing it implemented in more mice, besides the mighty mouse i have been using a Logitech Air mouse which has a touch scroll with momentum which i miss dearly when using the mighty mouse, i am sure the same …
Wether you like to have a file manager running as root , need a file manager that can really dig into the guts of the os or are just nostalgic for the good ole 2 pane commanders , either way you got to have mc handy on your brand new 64 bit osx. There are …
With the onset of copy/paste in the 3.0 version of the Iphone OS i figured i would write some software providing a facile way of encrypting text with a password for sending via sms , email and whatnot, it is called TXTcrypt after a long struggle it is now both on the appstore and as …