Steve Jobs February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011 My first computer was the Apple II, my second computer was a Macintosh Classic, my most useful computer to date has been my iPhone. The iPhone has been the perfect convergence of technology and life for me, just the way that I imagine Steve Jobs envisioned it. His vision of what the world could and can be will be sorely missed in the generations to follow. But his legacy will live on, so rest in peace. ...
LifeHacker has a first look at iTunes 8.0. As of right now iTunes can be downloaded from Apple, but not through Apple Update yet. Doesn’t look as revolutionary as many people have been saying but it seems to be a logical update for Apple. I will update in a little bit if it works with Windows Vista x64, but I imagine given iTunes 7.0 that it will. BEWARE! Everything went find with the iTunes on Windows 64-bit except for the fact that iTunes turned on 1-Click buying for the iTunes store for some reason. If this is not your current setting you probably want to specifically check for this under. Edit - Preference - Store in iTunes. I don’t know if this is a plan for Apple to get extra revenue or if the settings just got reset because of the install of iTunes 8, but I have never had this happen before. Luckily for me I was just buying some of their Free HD Episodes.
So when Google announced they had a new browser that was going to break down all the barriers of the internet and the desktop I got excited at the prospects of what they were going to do and what this new user interaction would be. Well today they finally announced the release of the browser and made it public at: http://www.google.com/chrome However after a quick inspection of the user-agent I soon realized that they didn’t create a new browser just a slight modification of Apple Safari. ...
I have to preface what I am about to say with a couple of things: I have a first generation iPhone I do not have AT&T or any other GSM network I am using this iPhone as a phone mostly as an iPod I use Verizon Wireless as my cell phone provider I have to say I am pretty impressed with the iPhone interface. Alot of work has been done with the user interface and making the applications very useable. But I have noticed the following problems, that wouldn’t nessisary keep me away from this as a phone, but would make me think twice about how usable it is from my point of view: ...
iTunes 7.7 has been released! Windows Vista x64 I am happy to announce that iTunes 7.7 and Windows Vista x64 work well together. The Apple downloader even chooses the correct 64-bit version of iTunes through every browser that I have tried, so they obviously fixed something where you don’t need to download iTunes through the 64-bit version of IE. No word yet if the iPhone 2.0 or 1.0 will work with the 64-bit version of windows. ...
Apple “Windows Developers” continue to not impress me. Check out the latest in “I decided to release something too early”-product from Steve Jobs and Apple. I haven’t yet decided if Steve Jobs is trying to take down the Windows Empire with crappy Apple Software, or if Apple is just inept at creating anything but software for Apple. I prefer to think Steve Jobs just forces Mac Developers to begrudgingly work on Windows Software, instead of actually hiring developers that are passionate about Windows Development. ...
Common courtesy is very important for all application developers to follow especially when they are dealing with users settings. Especially for common file formats, where the user has probably already set up their preferences how they like. And most importantly to not piss off your install base. As you might have gathered from the title Apple has screwed up in this area yet again. In their never ending battle to try and forcibly get an install base, from some of their crappiest application. The Apple developers must taken the same “Our shit doesn’t stink”-attitude as many of their users, and started taking over the preferences on the users machine with out asking. ...
Today Apple had their big iPhone SDK press release. They opened up the phone and added a bunch of Enterprise features that many small to large corporate customers have been asking for. But they still haven’t implemented the features I am looking for in a smart phone, and until they do, they will not see my money. Microsoft Exchange Direct Push Tethering 3G Network (I currently use Verizon) I know #2 will be coming, if not through Apple somebody else will do it, since Apple has unlocked the iPhone to developers. However #3 is the one that I may have to wait for Verizon to switch to GSM in the distant future. Other than my last 2 requirements I am sold on the iPhone.
So today I was reading Jeff’s Post on The Dramatic Password Reveal, and I had a flash back, to about a year or more ago, when I was working for a large bank based out of Pittsburgh who shale remain nameless. The flash back was to the usability nightmare that Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime provided to anybody that had to do a simple task such as sending an e-mail (or Memo in Lotus Notes terminology). I think Jeff summed it up nicely and probably let Lotus Notes off a little easy by calling it a a massive train wreck. ...