Category: User Interface
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Music In Tahoe: Hellish
The Biggest Problems with MacOS Tahoe’s Music.app A lot has been written about MacOS 16‘s (Tahoe) strengths and features, but little about how it actually is to navigate around the various included apps. The one most people will be familiar with is Music.app, that prior to the rename was called iTunes. This app is a…
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#StupidAppleTricks: The Video
On macOS the padding between icons and other element could be tighter. If you want to make the most of your screen real estate every em matters. Apple tends to use 4em or more for spacing between elements. This is far too much. At half that, elements are is still distinctly separated, and the desktop…
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MacOS: First App Installations
Owning a computer opens up a whole world of possibilities. But in this world a lot of people don’t know about time savers and conveniences that us seasoned Mac Users (40 year in my case) have found on our journeys throughout the internet. There are a lot of articles about what to install first, I…
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Graphic Design Language Consistency
While I have often said that a lot of UI changes are simply eye candy, and add nothing important other than “bling” to a design, not all UI changes fall into that category. However, looking back, I noticed my posts have beat around this huge unaddressed important distinction of UI design that pretty much no…
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HTML5 Developer’s Conference Wrap Up
HTML5 is here in full swing. With portions of CSS3 reaching recommendation candidate status and ES6 coming, it is critical for web developers to continue to learn not only the new technologies, but also current best practices. Because I try to do the right thing, I went to the HTML5 Developer’s Conference in SF. My…
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OS 10.8: Mountain Lion, The Svelte King (Upgrade Advice & First Impression)
Mountain Lion increases OS X’s refinement. Upgrade Advice, SeaGate GoFlex Drives, Hard Drive Interface notes, OS X 10.8: Initial Impressions
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TouchUI: The Misunderstood Paradigm Excerpts
STIG: My Fantasy Touch UI baseline that hit the cutting room floor.
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How I Would Improve Touch Interfaces… Coming Soon to a Browser Near You
I just looked at my almost 1800 word opinion piece I submitted to draft status on Dice this morning, and I feel guilty that my editor will have to read it all and whittle it down to a more usable format. I am pretty sure my wanton dreaming of a new set of UI conventions:…