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From Best to Worst
Daring Fireball: The Tragedy of Safari 15 for Mac’s ‘Tabs’
Apple has thrown away Safari’s tab design — a tab design that was not just best-of-platform, but arguably best-in-the-whole-damn-world — and replaced it with a design that is both inferior in the abstract, and utterly inconsistent with the
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If You Dislike Chrome, You Should Hope for a More Aggressive Safari Team
Safari is behind other web browsers in a few key ways, but that doesn’t mean that it’s the new IE, nor does it mean that all of those things are due to security.
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A Four Day Work Week? Yes, Please!
Japan gov't backs 4-day workweek, but experts split - The Mainichi
Japan's government plans to encourage firms to let their employees choose to work four days a week instead of five, aiming to improve the balance between work and life for people who have family care responsibilities or need more time
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Having Our Advertising Cake
Bloomberg: Three-Quarters of iOS Users Opt Out of Tracking — Pixel Envy
The online advertising industry has been telling us for years that consumers overwhelmingly prefer personalized ads and are only too happy to give up private information. What a crock of lies. The ad tech industry has been relying on a lack of transparency
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All Your Digital Eggs in One Basket
How Do I Know if the Grass Is Greener?
By being fully immersed in the Apple ecosystem, I’m saying to myself that I want every decision regarding my personal computing, whether it be the mobile computer, laptop computer, or the computer on my wrist, to be dependant on the ideals and decisions of one
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What We’ll Remember from the iPhone 12
Comment: After nearly a year of use, MagSafe is the defining feature of the iPhone 12 - 9to5Mac
In recent years, there have been two “takes” I’ve made on a quick judgment. They were that the AirPods wouldn’t be a product hit and that MagSafe was a solution in search of a problem. I
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The iPad is Not a Car
An Apt Analogy – nahumck.me
When people start to complain about computing devices, they often turn to their favorite car analogy. But most of them get the wrong vehicle type when it comes to the iPad Pro. It’s not a V8 sports car. It’s not a motorcycle. It’s not a bike. It’
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Napoleon Wasn’t an Idiot Either
Apple's App Store policies are a big mistake - Slow Boring
Apple executives aren’t idiots, but then again, neither was Napoleon. And my considered view on this is that they are making a mistake — they stumbled onto a revenue stream that they don’t want to give up, but successful companies don’t
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake as an RPG for Adults with Jobs and Families
Final Fantasy VII Remake is the Template for “Grown-Up” JRPGs
In the face of the practical hurdles to regularly
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This New Crop of Mutants are Such a Letdown
Opinion | Magneto: These new ‘magnetic’ vaccine mutants are extremely disappointing - The Washington Post
I put on my newest, most purple helmet and my best cape, and I manipulated the Earth’s magnetic field to fly myself to Ohio as fast as I could. I was so excited to recruit new members for the Brotherhood of
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The Internet Used to be Better
I miss the old internet | Science Fiction and Fantasy World
Is it just me or is today's internet boring and overly commercialized? I feel like today's internet is like a modern mall, sterile and boring with just main-brand clothing stores, a food court, and not a lot else. Whereas I
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Some Real 3D Movies Energy
Remixing Old Tracks in Spatial Audio Is ‘Sacrilegious’ — Pixel Envy
I’m hopeful that surround sound AKA Dolby Atmos AKA Spatial Audio results in some truly unique and delightful musical experiences that I’ve never had before, but the more time goes by, the more I feel like this has real big “3D movie energy”
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First Thoughts on Spatial Audio in Apple Music
From The Verge:
Problem is, with much of the Dolby Atmos content on Apple Music I’ve sampled so far, it doesn’t seem like everyone is making those right calls. It’s a hit-or-miss game of exploration, and songs that truly showcase the immersive potential of Atmos are more often the exception
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What Payment Enablement Companies Actually Offer
On the Numeric Citizen Blog:
Explain to us how payment providers can differentiate themselves? It’s a very basic and narrow feature. Why one dev would use XYZ payment processing over Apple’s? It’s not about commission %? Are you sure? That’s the only differentiating factor.
As someone who works in payments, I wanted
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I Want to Bring this Pro App to iPad, but I Can’t
From the Panic blog:
Even if it were viable, we’d likely run afoul of App Store policy as well. Apps on iOS and iPadOS must use Apple’s Javascript interpreter, JavaScriptCore. Although JavaScriptCore is excellent, many developer tools rely on features or behaviors only present in Google’s V8 JavaScript interpreter. Similarly, WebKit is
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iMessage and Outrage Theater
Apple's Rationale for Not Bringing iMessage to Android Revealed in Legal Documents - MacRumors
Mr. Cue testified that Apple
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Your Perfect App Doesn't Exist
Looking For My Perfect App - Greg Morris
It doesn’t exist. You can’t find everything you want from an app, it’s like finding a unicorn. You’re going to have to compromise in some areas to get something you’re happy with. These are all things I have heard said, or have been
