Back when the Macintosh first came out, in the 1980s, it was presented as a more user-friendly alternatives to PCs running MS-DOS: it had a mouse that you could point with, and a graphical interface. Instead of memorizing commands and reading cryptic error messages, you could click on icons, or explore menus to see what… Continue reading The Triumph of Looks over Function
Like millions of other sheeple, today I upgraded to , graciously provided by our benevolent overlords at Apple. One problem I noticed is that after the upgrade, when I tried setting the wallpaper, all of the pictures I had had turned into their thumbnails, i.e., they were small grainy pictures. I could blow them up… Continue reading iOS 4 Degrades Photos
I’d noticed a while back that if you hold down a key on the iPhone keyboard, such as the ‘E’, for a second or two, you get a pop-up menu with variations on the ‘E’ theme, like ‘é’, ‘è’, ‘ê’, and so on. But what I hadn’t noticed until just now is that the “.com”… Continue reading iPhone Keyboard Trick
Steve Jobs says that he wants to keep third-party applications off of the Apple iPhone: Mr. Jobs also appears to be restricting the potential for third-party software developers to write applications for the new handset — from ringtones to word processors.… “We define everything that is on the phone,” he said. “You don’t want your… Continue reading No, It Doesn’t Play Pong