There’s a lot of buzz about the pressure on Apple these days to follow up in the reader world with better markets, platforms, and tools — I’ve been writing quite a bit about that topic this month, and there’s rumors flying about what we might see announced soon. But I can’t exactly see how a 7″ tablet would help Apple respond to those issues, although I know I’d certainly buy one for myself.

For me this comes down to a split between yes, I’d love one personally, and no, I don’t think it would be in Apple’s best interest to go there. Did Apple get “caught with its pants down at Christmas” as it lacked a 7-inch model? I don’t think so.

I don’t see Apple doing this. This is still valid.

Read more about Apple and typefaces here:

• Typography of Apple Inc. – Wikipedia
• List of Apple typefaces – Wikipedia
• Mac OS 7.x, 8.x 9.x: Fonts Included With Major System Releases – Apple Support

In the coming weeks, I hope to have the responsive design finished up (thanks to my pal PJ McCormick) to make reading on an iPad or iPhone more enjoyable.

As always, thanks for reading. I hope these changes make the experience better and easier for you all. (RSS readers, if you haven’t visited the site recently, drop by.)

Update: If you are seeing Palatino as the body font, try emptying your browser’s cache.

I speak of it in the past tense because, as you may not know, MacRabbit has decided that there will be no standalone CSSEdit 3, and instead we should all shift to use Espresso, their all around web editor.

What a shame. I’ve used CSSEdit for years, and really like it.

There is no denying that you two are beautiful apps.

Stamped, your gentle color scheme with bold highlights is easy on the eyes, but highlights just the right things. You’ve got just the right feel about you.

Path, you are — without a doubt in my mind — the best-looking, funnest iOS app I’ve ever used. Seriously, every app developer should download you and user your UI and UX conventions in their own apps.

You are both great apps, as well. You’re controls are easy to use, yet playful. The custom parts of your UIs are simply fantastic.

But here’s the thing — I’m booting you from my iPhone.

Now, you two may be thinking, “What about Tweetbot? You spend lots of time with him, and his pretty face is right on your home screen!

The difference is this: Tweetbot is useful to me on a daily basis. You guys don’t fill any need I feel when I consider what I do with my iPhone.

Path, I already have apps to share photos and status updates with online friends. Twitter and Instagram beat you to the punch for how I share things online. I’m not on Facebook; I am not looking for what seems like a more private version of the network.

Stamped, I know most the cool places of Memphis I like to visit. Knowing cool areas in other cities isn’t super useful for me. And while it’s interesting to see what online people are reading or listening to, this information also isn’t super useful — not to mention, it can be acquired via Twitter fairly easily in most cases.

Path and Stamped, it’s been fun, but it’s time to say goodbye.

— Stephen