Posts Tagged ‘Mac OS X’

Apple Wireless Keyboard

Just a quick note about the new Apple Wireless Keyboard: It is notably more compact than its wired counterpart. More “laptop-like.” More “couch-top” like. This clearly was thought out as “hey, if we’re going to do a wireless keyboard, then what are people going to want to do with it?”

Clearly they’re going to want to sit on their couch and operate their Apple HDTV with it…

Ah, well that’s what I want to do anyway. With the addition of a trackpad, this would be a no-brainer.

TextMate buggy?

It may be just me, but TextMate appears to be the crashy-est program in my arsenal of web development tools. It seems to regularly occur when bringing up dialog boxes, such as a find/replace box. This is starting to bum me out at close to 1 AM as I try to finish my homework…

Just in time…

For f’s sake, just when I was getting ready to plan upgrades this summer for my home array of computers, Apple delays release of their OS. Why do I care so much? Because I want to wipe a couple of badly-behaving machines clean, and I can’t find my 10.4 DVD install disc… :-( I was hoping to just wait until the new OS was released and use the opportunity to do a mass upgrade. Ah well…

Expos√ in Slow Motion

Mac OS X tip: I noticed that if you hold the Shift key down while pressing F11 or similar Expos√ features, the transitions appear in slow-mo. Just in case you want it to feel like pulling taffy.

End of the WebKit

Happy April Fool’s Day everyone!

Many have suggested over the years that WebKit should be abandoned in favor of Gecko, the browser engine with second-place market share according to studies like the Net Applications Survey. But why go with number two when you can go straight to the top? Thats why I am pleased to announce that WebKit will be discontinued in favor of Trident, the engine inside Windows Internet Explorer. Like OpenDarwin before us, we will be shutting down.

:D :D :D :D

OK if you’re not a Mac web geek, you probably are saying WTF right about now. Apologies…