Holy crap, why can’t this be out yet?
Category: General Tech
On Adobe and Cruft
Ok, this is just pathetic, Adobe. This folder is almost 1GB in size, most of which is for things I uninstalled. With your uninstaller.
Protip: Use Safari Reader to Send Multi-Page Articles to Instapaper
I love Instapaper. It makes reading web content enjoyable.
Instapaper generally works like a dream. However, it cannot pull all of the text from a story if that story is broken into several pages.
Take Ars Technica’s 5-page review of the 11.6" MacBook Air. Normally, I would just send the first page to Instapaper, and then up reading the rest of the story in the browser when I have time, since this is what Instapaper does normally in this situation:
Dropbox Tips
Be sure to check out this great collection of Dropbox tips and ticks over at App Storm.
[via swissmiss]
VLC and the App Store
Jacqui Cheng explains the recent drama with the iOS version of VLC. This is another example of how “open” can mean “terribly confusing.”
No Shave Novemeber
Get my helpful PDF with contest rules and a built-in sign up list here.
Yahoo Mail Getting Updated. Wait, What?
Five years is what, like 900 Internet-years. Their ingenious plan? Adding social media to the company’s webmail product.1
No wonder these guys are losing to Google.
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That’s the last place I want social media. ↩︎
On Using a Dumbphone in 2010
On last week’s DadCast, I was asked how my Motorola Droid was treating me.
I gave an answer the guys probably weren’t expecting.
Background
I was an Apple employee in 2007 when the iPhone launched. As such, I was an early user. I remember it being uncomfortable to pull it out in public for months, as it always drew a crowd.
Fast forward two years. At the end of 2009, I was carrying an iPhone 3GS (in white, naturally), and was growing tired of the iPhone experience.
On Living Without Flash
So, for the last few days, I’ve been running with no Flash plug-in at all, and honestly not really missing it very much.
His post outlines how to setup Safari 5 to run without Flash and without those annoying “Missing Plug-in” alerts.
Ars, on Trolling
Genius tips for the Microsoft and the Apple trolls of the world.
On WebOS 2.0
Despite some issues, webOS 2.0 is probably neck and neck with iOS4 when it comes to polish and ease of use, and that’s a pretty huge thing for Palm. This isn’t just a good OS, it’s a great OS, and the updates in this version have made it even better. It’s obvious that when combined with even slightly better hardware, it’s also a fast experience that makes it easy to get real work done. And that’s the problem with webOS 2.0, really. Palm is still hampered by last-generation, underpowered hardware. The Pre 2 is nice, but it’s not cutting edge, and it doesn’t hold a candle to the iPhone 4 or G2. If Palm wants to survive in this game – let alone truly compete – it needs to push killer hardware into the marketplace now. The faithful are dwindling, and the smartphone race is getting more crowded every day – webOS 2.0 is a big improvement, but if this and the Pre 2 are Palm’s hail mary, they just lost the game.
Updated: Tweetie for Mac Abandonware?
Twitter’s Carolyn Penner to Macworld on the beloved Mac app:
We aren’t actively planning Tweetie for Mac 2, but we maintain the app for current users. For example, over the summer we updated the client to use OAuth and improved MagicMouse support. We also made the app available for free.
Tweetie is one of the best designed programs for the Mac, however it is already behind the times, lacking both native retweet support and lists. While there are some other great Mac Twitter apps out there, it’s sad to see this one begin what will surely be a long, painful death.