“We’re all in, baby. Go big or get the hell out.”
Rudy Pedraza, founding partner of Mac-clone developers, Psystar
November 16th 2009
“The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I dont want one of these new fangled devices.”
John C. Dvorak, Feb. 19 1984
The Apple Tablet OS & User Experience »
Mike Rundle covers a variety of the usability concerns revolving around Apple’s rumored tablet device. The article includes a comprehensive summary of different OS approaches the device could take, as well as some of the general user experience questions it raises, like keyboard input and viewing angle.
“The real problem is how Apple’s portfolio of expensive gear — particularly notebooks — will fare as the recession starts to bite.”
Brian Caulfield, Forbes Apple’s Real Problem: Netbooks (via Daring Fireball: Apple Netbook Claim Chowder)
Steve Ballmer unveils Windows 7 on NBC’s Today Show with a Macbook Pro in the background.
Disassembled Magic Mouse (via mxvltr) — just ordered mine (assembled…) this morning.
The Apple Magic Mouse is the world’s first Multi-Touch mouse—meaning, in addition to detecting left and right clicks, the device also accepts an array of finger gestures on it’s surface, for features like 360° scrolling, zooming, and page navigation. The new mouse works wirelessly with any Bluetooth-enabled computer and features a powerful laser-tracking engine. I personally found the previous wireless Mighty Mouse a disappointment—in tracking response and weight—here’s hoping this one delivers.
Rock star mac/iPhone developer Atebits has finally released information on the forthcoming Tweetie 2 for both iPhone and Mac. Tweetie 2 contains a ton of new features, including full data persistence and offline mode, drafts manager, contact integration, MapKit integration, a completely revamped draft screen, native integration for a ton of external services, the ability to post video and add multiple attachments to a tweet, improved gesture shortcuts, and much more. Whew.
Tweetie 1 is already far and away my favorite Twitter client for both platforms — needless to say, I’ll be downloading both of these updates as soon as they’re available.
Update: Screenshots available on Mashable, TechCrunch, and iPTIB.
Make your Dock list view look like this with this quick terminal command (via usingmac.com):
defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -bool YES && killall DockAlso noted:
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