Archive for the ‘UI’ Category

Final Cut Express 4

What happens when robots write error messages.

Posted by rdas7 on December 4th, 2007

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Wireless Silence

You know, I’ve got a challenge for anyone out there with some time to spare: get Sony Ericsson (and all the other phone manufacturers) a clue.
I was just surfing (read ‘getting lost’) in some product catalogues for bluetooth headsets and cellphones. I’ve had my trusty Sony Ericsson K610i for a while now (ie. more than […]

Posted by rdas7 on July 16th, 2007

Filed under Apple, UI, design, development, itunes, media, movies, software, storage, tech | 3 Comments »

Secret Sauce

Some people were left a little underwhelmed by the keynote announcements on Monday.
Safari for Windows? Sorry if we don’t jump up and down. We’ve been using Safari for years (on our Macs). Safari with draggable tabs and session restoration? Let’s be honest, if Safari didn’t get these features in the near future, the market share […]

Posted by rdas7 on June 16th, 2007

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Apple TV Floating Photo Screensaver with Quartz Composer

The guys over at Uneasy Silence recently linked to the Floating Photos screensaver ripped off the Apple TV disk image, and asked if anyone was up to the task of getting it running on 10.4 machines.
I’ve been tinkering with the original file they linked, which essentially presented 3 objects (Near, Middle, Far) that rotated periodically. […]

Posted by rdas7 on March 31st, 2007

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Dashboard Development continues…

Well folks. We have a widget. Ok, so it’s not exactly groundbreaking. It may not even work. Heck, it doesn’t even have an icon, but hey, it’s a start. So if you want to check it out, download DayBreak here.

Posted by rdas7 on March 16th, 2007

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How Many Clicks Does It Take To Switch Off?

Joel writes about the myriad choices in Vista just to turn it off in the “Start” (ho ho) menu. Moishe Lettvin, a developer on the team who developed this one menu item, goes on to describe a room full of managers and three week intervals between when code was written and when it showed up […]

Posted by rdas7 on November 27th, 2006

Filed under Apple, Microsoft, UI, Vista, design, humor, software, tech | 1 Comment »