If you’re still using Quicksilver or even (gasp) Google Quick Search Box for your trigger-happy computing, take note: It’s time to move to Alfred.
It’s also worth noting that Quicksilver development has, once again, started back up. I’m still sold on the switch to Alfred, though, and happy with the current momentum.
“Web apps like Google Docs and Gmail don’t somehow obviate the need for client-side software. They just change where the client-side software runs, and what APIs it is written against.”
Tweetie 2 Twitter for Mac, is now available on the new Mac App store. Congrats to Loren and all the fine folks at Twitter for making this happen. It has a good number of improvements over the previous Tweetie for Mac, including:
One of the smaller changes which I love is the larger avatar on the compose screen — this should make mis-posts (for users with multiple accounts) a little less frequent.
Oh, and if you don’t already, follow me on Twitter!
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My biggest complaint on the iPad so far is just the lack of apps. Sure, there are a ton of great ports already available, but I could see the device being exponentially more useful with some others. For my own reference, here’s what I’d like to see:
Tweetie, Facebook, Ego, Tumblr, DropBox, iTeleport, Mint.com, Byline.
What current iPhone apps would help you do more with the iPad?
“Yes, you did a ton of things wrong on this project. But you also did a ton of things wrong that you don’t know about yet. And there’s no other way to find out what those things are until you ship this version and get it in front of users and customers.”
I’d be remiss not to mention the release of Windows Phone 7 Series last week. Microsoft has taken a leap of faith here—completely reworking their mobile offering from the ground up. There is a newfound focus on touch and gestures, UI design, and social networking integration.
I think Microsoft has a success here. In addition to a generally pleasant looking user interface (though Tufte disagrees), the software is also hardware independent like Google’s Android—in contrast with Apple’s closed iPhone OS. Unfortunately, there are no actual devices yet which run Windows Phone 7 Series, though I’m sure we’ll see some very soon. All in all, the release may not be enough to save the failing mobile platform (primarily from the burden of IE), but it looks a great last stand.
I know I posted a similar set earlier, but Flickr user, Designing Web Interfaces, has created a stunning collection of photos detailing iPad interactions.
David & Rachel by Pasquale
Greatest vday present ever!!
Sometimes I dream about world domination. Not in a militaristic sense, but in more of a everybody bends to my will kinda thing....
