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October 9, 2009

Trip down memory lane with Aqua

Here's a good look back on the not too distant past, with the first public release of Aqua - it's revolutionary transparency effects, that classy pinstripe and beautiful integration with Classic apps... From: Mac OS X DP3: Trial by Water -...
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October 8, 2009

Charlie’s Diary: Jeff Bezos Eats Kittens

A post on why the Kindle now being sold worldwide isn't to everyone's liking - this is from the sci-fi author Charlie Stross. Basically, Amazon are screwing down the price on eBooks and it's not Amazon that are hurting from...
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September 21, 2009

User Interface Hall of Shame

Here's the first entry in my very own User Interface HALL OF SHAME. (Yes, it's in all caps, as it's in a deep, booming voice with plenty of reverb.) This is one that has bugged me for years, and when...
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September 1, 2009

How Mac OS X reports drive capacity

Interesting technote to read from Apple - they are changing the way that Mac OS X 10.6 reports the size of a disk. In the past, they have used 1MB=1024kB and 1GB=1024MB, but now in line with standard SI Units,...
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August 27, 2009

Adobe Snow Leopard FAQ

The sky isn't falling - Adobe clarify their position on the Creative Suite apps and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Essentially Adobe aren't going to divert development resources away from CS5 to fix any bugs in CS3 that appear...
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