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10 weeks ago by fjordaan
Graphing Calculator Story
Pacific Tech's Graphing Calculator has a long history. I began the work in 1985 while in school. That became Milo, and later became part of FrameMaker. Over the last twenty years, many people have contributed to it. Graphing Calculator 1.0, which Apple bundled with the original PowerPC computers, originated under unique circumstances. [...] I was frustrated by all the wasted effort, so I decided to uncancel my small part of the project. I had been paid to do a job, and I wanted to finish it. My electronic badge still opened Apple's doors, so I just kept showing up.
graphic  calculator  apple  fired  programming 
10 weeks ago by fjordaan
Stealing Your Address Book by Dustin Curtis
I can't think of a rational reason for why Apple has not placed any protections on Address Book in iOS. It makes no sense. It is a breach of my privacy, and it has allowed every app I've installed to steal my address book.
apple  ios  iphone  privacy  security  dustin  curtis  address  book  contacts  path  from twitter_favs
february 2012 by fjordaan
Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it (by @baekdal) #opinion
Samsung is saying that there is no other way to design a tablet, and they are right. They could have used different materials, but the overall shape is not Apple's design. As I demonstrated in this article, the shape of an iPad is the logic progression of simplicity itself.
apple  design  samsung  patents  baekdal  stupid 
december 2011 by fjordaan
New Web Order - The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in the iPad design
I believe that the Crunchpad is evidence that the Samsung argument is valid, that an independent observer would come up with what looks like the iPad as a natural evolution of tablet computing
apple  samsung  patents  crunchpad  Nik  Cubrilovic  stupid 
december 2011 by fjordaan
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
In some situations, you may need to reset your computer's SMC. Learn how to identify these conditions and reset the SMC.
apple  mac  macbook  smc  power  sleep 
november 2011 by fjordaan
An explanation of the CSS animation on Apple's iPhone 4S webpage -- John B. Hall
The "phone stage" (blue-bordered box) contains all 6 "slides" of the animation sequence and has a transition css property with a duration and timing function (a cubic bezier curve). For the phone stage to cycle from one slide to the next, its css transform property is updated with new translate and rotate values. At the end of the cycle, the phone stage's transition duration is temporarily set to 0ms while slide 6 resets to slide 1.
iphone  apple  animation  CSS  explanation  4s 
november 2011 by fjordaan
How Apple won the ebook pricing war by strong-arming Amazon - The Next Web
Jobs thought that Amazon had “screwed up” in that it was paying wholesale price for some books from publishers but selling them below cost. The publishers hated this and had started to hold some books back from the ebook model because of it.

Jobs solution was ruthless and brilliant. He told the publishers that Apple would “go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30%, and yes, the customer pays a little more, but that’s what you want anyway.”
apple  steve  jobs  ebook  pricing  amazon  war 
october 2011 by fjordaan
iPhone 4S: What can you say to Siri? | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
TUAW tracked down a set of example phrases that the new Siri voice assistant is capable of understanding. Without further ado, here they are, ordered by interaction category, along with Apple-supplied examples of using each category.
siri  apple  iphone  voice  commands  understands  phrases  words  vocabulary 
october 2011 by fjordaan
A conversation with Siri | Phones | Macworld Video | Macworld
In writing my review of the iPhone 4S I got to spend some time playing with the Siri voice-recognition engine. And so I made a video, so you could see it in person. It's embedded in the review itself, but I've also added it below as well as putting it in our (soon to be revived) Macworld Video podcast stream.
apple  iphone  siri  video  watchlater 
october 2011 by fjordaan
Steve Jobs: Arab-American, Buddhist, Psychedelic Drug User, and Capitalist World-Changer | Informed Comment
Multiculturalism and cultural and religious experimentation, not fundamentalism and racism, are what make America great. Jobs showed that they are not incompatible with that other American icon, business success.
apple  politics  liberal  eulogy  arab  psychedelic  capitalism 
october 2011 by fjordaan
The Complete Guide to iPod, Apple TV and iPhone Video Formats | iLounge Article
it’s important to start with a discussion of the video formats that are actually supported by each device so that those looking to convert their own video content can make informed decisions about the options available and the best resolution and format to use before starting the lengthy encoding process.
iphone  ipod  video  apple  formats  resolution  bitrate  conversion  letterboxing 
september 2011 by fjordaan
Apple Campus 2 – The Size of a Town but Doesn’t Work as One « Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Its dysfunctional as a town, which is what something of this scale should be judged as. Over four thousand parking spaces would be several hundred metres from the main building. Once you get to the main building its several hundred metres to walk to the other side if you work there. And you can’t even walk in the desired line, you have to walk around a big circle. If you work opposite the cafeteria you lose 20 minutes of your lunch hour walking there and back, and the rest queuing.
apple  campus  problems  dysfunctional  architecture 
august 2011 by fjordaan
“Apple's… Exclusive Supply Chain Of Advanced Technology [Is] Literally Years Ahead Of Anyone Else On The Planet”
An amazing take by an anonymous user on Quora on why Apple products sometimes seem so superior. Because they are. Because they get them before anyone else.
apple  supply  chain  quora  technology 
july 2011 by fjordaan
Jobs To Cupertino: We Want A Spaceship-Shaped, 12K Capacity Building As Our New Apple Campus
After having a banner WWDC start yesterday, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs humbly presented his idea for a new Apple campus at the Cupertino City Council today. I’m still watching this, but what I’ve seen so far is amazing.
apple  hq  watchlater  building  architecture 
june 2011 by fjordaan
Your company? There's an app for that.
Few technology and device-making companies probably realize it, but they are in direct competition with Apple (or soon will be). How did this happen? Well, the iPhone1 does a lot of useful things pretty well, well enough that it is replacing several specialized devices that do one or two things really well. Space in backpacks, pockets, and purses is a finite resource, as is money (obviously). As a result, many are opting to carry only the iPhone with them when they might have toted several devices around. Here is a short list of devices with capabilities duplicated to some degree by the iPhone:
apple  iphone  mobile  app  replace  competition 
april 2011 by fjordaan
The Marble of Doom
It goes by many names: The Spinning Beachball of Death. The Marble of Doom. The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse.
marble  doom  beachball  death  crash  apple  humor  mac  osx  humour  funny 
february 2011 by fjordaan
iOS Human Interface Guidelines: Introduction
iOS Human Interface Guidelines describes the guidelines and principles that help you design a superlative user interface and user experience for your iOS app.
apple  design  guidelines  ios  iphone  hig 
january 2011 by fjordaan
Liquifile 1.7 | the new liquid browsing for your desktop
Liquifile is a file management alternative for Mac OS X. It is designed for visual thinkers who want to get a bigger picture of their files and feel them more directly. But not only for them ;-). Did you ever wonder why searching and browsing is so separated in today's interfaces? Ever wished you had a bigger screen when finding or organizing your files? Ever lost files in deep hierarchical structures? Ever wondered what the next big thing in file browsing might be...? Well, maybe you should have a look at this:
apple  mac  osx  software  visualisation  visualization  file  browser  finder  alternative  explorer  liquifile  german  management 
november 2010 by fjordaan
AppleJack readme.rtf
APPLEJACK README
AppleJack is a shell script intended to assist you in trouble-shooting startup problems in Mac OS X. In many situations it can help resurrect an apparently dead system by cleaning up...
applejack  apple  troubleshooting  documentation  from notes
july 2010 by fjordaan
What Apple needs to do now « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
I’m talking about the persistent skeuomorphic design cues that spoor applications like Calendar, Compass, iBooks and the truly awful Notes. The iPhone and iPad, as I argued on the launch of the original in 2007, are history’s first full-fledged everyware devices — post-PC interface devices of enormous power and grace — and here somebody in Apple’s UX shop has saddled them with the most awful and mawkish and flat-out tacky visual cues. You can credibly accuse Cupertino of any number of sins over the course of the last thirty years, but tackiness has not ordinarily numbered among them.
adamgreenfield  apple  usability  skeuomorphic  hig  realism  trompeloeil  francois  comment  interface 
june 2010 by fjordaan
Where Microsoft beats Apple  ¶  Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
My esteemed, not-always-annoying colleague Stephen Coles is correct: Apple typography has been half-assed at best through the entire reign of OS X. Typography on the iPhone/iTouch and now iPad also isn’t good enough.
apple  design  fonts  microsoft  typography  joeclark 
june 2010 by fjordaan
Why I always disable "Wake On Lid Open" on my MacBooks - ihnatko's SuperTwitter!
This disables the MacBook's "Wake from sleep when lid is opened" behavior. "Why the bloody hell would _anybody_ want to disable that?" you might ask. "What, you often open your MacBook just to check your makeup in the glossy screen?"
apple  macbook  wake  sleep  andyihnatko  hack 
june 2010 by fjordaan
iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Jakob Nielsen does the . Good critique. (Only 7 participants?) Available as a free 93-page download. /via
iPad  apple  interface  usability  nngroup  jakobnielsen  nielsen  inconsistency  from twitter
may 2010 by fjordaan
The Best Designed iPhone Apps | app.itize.us
app.itize.us is a painstakingly curated presentation of the best produced and designed iPhone and iPad applications available for download via the App Store.
apple  apps  blog  iphone  appitize  curated 
may 2010 by fjordaan
Coding Horror: Double-Click Must Die
I don't blame the user here. Double-click has always been a bad idea. It was basically forced on the industry by Apple Computer when they elected to use a single button mouse on the original Mac in 1984. Technically, double-click is an optional shortcut for clicking an object and then clicking the File, Open menu; it's how you distinguish between selection (pick this one) and action (launch this one). I have some problems with double-click:
usability  codinghorror  jeffatwood  mouse  doubleclick  double-click  buttons  apple  raskin 
april 2010 by fjordaan
File Sharing with an iPad: Ugh! | Ted Landau's User Friendly View | The Mac Observer
Unfortunately, file sharing via iWork apps on the iPad is a major kludge. The feature works, but not with the sort of user interface that we have come to expect from Apple.
apple  ipad  import  iwork  sync  kludge  bad  docs  usability 
april 2010 by fjordaan
What brand of freedom would you like? - O'Reilly Radar
What brand of freedom do you prefer? I find myself undecided. I don't like either brand, since neither really seems free to me. I'm sure, though, that saying Apple is an overly restrictive platform and Google/Android is a free and clear platform is a false dichotomy.
apple  google  freedom  oreilly  android  dichotomy 
april 2010 by fjordaan
What the iPad is Missing (No, it’s not a Camera) | The FontFeed
Disappointing, but not surprising. Apple has made some puzzling decisions over the last few years that leave one wondering if they really care about typography as much as they did in the 1980s when the Mac launched the desktop publishing revolution.
ipad  apple  fonts  typography  justification 
april 2010 by fjordaan
Marco.org - I made a life-size cardboard iPad and some paper...
I made a life-size cardboard iPad and some paper sketch templates for Instapaper interface design.
marcoarment  apple  ipad  paper  prototype 
march 2010 by fjordaan
iPad User Experience Guidelines | UX Magazine
Apple's Human Interface Guidelines for the iPad outline how to create user interfaces optimized for the iPad device. According to Apple, the best iPad applications: downplay application UI so that the focus is on content; present content in beautiful, often realistic ways; and take full advantage of device capabilities to enable enhanced interaction.
apple  ui  guidelines  gui  ux  iPad  design  patterns 
february 2010 by fjordaan
iPad UI Conventions - a set on Flickr
Notes on iPad UI conventions culled from public sources (mostly Apple promotional videos).
iPad  UI  Conventions  pattern  interface  guidelines  usability  flickr  apple  gui  design 
february 2010 by fjordaan
Daring Fireball: Apple, Adobe, and Flash
I’ve been writing about this saga for two years. My fascination with the subject is fueled by the fact that it’s so polarizing, and that it encompasses both technical and political issues.
gruber  daringfireball  apple  adobe  flash 
january 2010 by fjordaan
Mark Bernstein: App Store Doubts
Instapaper’s Marco Arment recites a litany of iPhone app developer woes, and sums them up with an important observation: "Apple thinks this is good enough." It’s not just a business model problem; it’s a potential disaster for mobile software innovation.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  app  apple  appstore  business  doubts  instapaper  iphone  problems  store 
july 2009 by fjordaan
The Appstore is weird. (also, "a potential disaster for mobil... on Twitpic
- The Appstore is weird. (also, "a potential disaster for mobile software innovation" )
apple  from twitter
july 2009 by fjordaan
The cathedral plus the bazaar: Open source and Apple (design) envy | The Open Road - CNET News
Walk the halls of any open-source conference and you'll see a large percentage of attendees with ironically un-open-source Apple laptops and iPhones. I've commented on the reasons for this before, but a new thought sprung to mind while reading Matthew Thomas' excellent (and old) "Why free software usability tends to suck."
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  asay  control  design  envy  firefox  matt  mozilla  open-source  opensource  suck  ubuntu  ux 
june 2009 by fjordaan
Whither Eucalyptus? - Jamie’s Web Log
If you’re wondering why Eucalyptus is not yet available, it’s currently in the state of being ‘rejected’ for distribution on the iPhone App Store. This is due to the fact that it’s possible, after explicitly searching for them, to find, download from the Internet, and then read texts that Apple deems ‘objectionable’. The example they have given me is a Victorian text-only translation of the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. For the full background, a log of my communications with Apple is below.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  app  apple  blog  books  censorship  eucalyptus  gutenberg  iphone  reader  stupid 
may 2009 by fjordaan
Apple Human Interface Guidelines: Windows
An item that provides click-through is one that a user can activate on an inactive window with one click, instead of clicking first to make the window active and then clicking the item. Click-through provides greater efficiency in performing such tasks as closing or resizing inactive windows, and copying or moving files. In many cases, however, click-through could confuse a user who clicks an item unintentionally.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  click-through  clickthrough  guidelines  human  interface  ui  windows 
may 2009 by fjordaan
Apple - Support - Discussions - Why has my Mac mini become so slow? ...
In a word, it comes down to lag. Every operation which used to be instant when the Mac was new, now has a delay of anything from half a second to over 10 seconds. It feels like walking in mud. And it's always the first time I do something I haven't done for a few minutes -- if I repeat the same operation immediately afterwards, it's instant. Long delays are often (but not always) accompanied by the beachball -- which I see a lot.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  comment  forum  francois  mac  mini  slow  support 
january 2009 by fjordaan
Apple Human Interface Guidelines: Dialogs
A dialog is a window designed to elicit a response from the user. Many dialogs-the Print dialog, for example-permit the user to provide many responses at one time.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  button  cancel  dialogs  guidelines  hci  human  interface  ok  standards 
november 2008 by fjordaan
Macworld | Mac OS X Hints | Installing Xcode
Apple’s tool suite and integrated development environment (IDE) for creating Mac OS X Universal Binaries that run natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macintosh computers.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  developers  tools  xcode 
june 2008 by fjordaan
How to Clean Apple Mac Mighty Mouse
Here are a collection of tips to effectively clean your Apple mouse…
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  cleaning  mac  mouse  tips 
december 2007 by fjordaan
Online Service Assistant
Provide your serial number and the country in which you are located, and we'll give you warranty information and repair options for your product and location.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  diy  number  serial  service 
december 2007 by fjordaan
How do I escalate my AppleCare problem? | Ask MetaFilter
I'm disappointed with the service I'm getting from an Apple authorised repair centre. Where do I go from here?
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  applecare  askmefi  comment  francois  mac  metafilter  mini  remote 
december 2007 by fjordaan
Apple Remote malfunctioning
Without warning, my Apple IR Remote has started malfunctioning. Every button acts like it's being held down.
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  askmefi  comment  francois  remote 
october 2007 by fjordaan
Apple
Support - Discussions - Strange Apple Remote & Frontrow ...
netvouzimported  netvouzpublic  apple  comment  francois  problem  remote 
october 2007 by fjordaan
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