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stroughtonsmith, 13 days ago to random

If Apple's afraid of eating into Mac sales by putting macOS on iPad, just put the Hypervisor and Virtualization frameworks on iPadOS so third parties like Parallels can virtualize Windows 11 or Linux instead. Windows, at least, is much better suited for a touchscreen than macOS is. Let the developer/userbase validate the concept if you won’t — is a virtual desktop good or bad for the iPad platform?

rileytestut, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

After 10 long years, everyone can FINALLY experience my Nintendo emulator @delta!

This is honestly a dream come true, and I hope everyone enjoys replaying their favorite retro games 💜
https://fosstodon.org/@altstore/112287538562764439

stroughtonsmith, 1 month ago to random

If all macOS 15 does is remove that stupid emoji-palette-blocking autocomplete popup that Sonoma added, I will be happy. Adding an extra step to something I do a hundred times a day, without giving an option to turn it off? Genius.

It's even better that invoking the keyboard shortcut twice bypasses it… — except when it doesn't have an emoji to autocomplete, and then the double-shortcut presents then immediately dismisses the emoji palette instead

sdw, 2 months ago to random

I do not envy Apple PR this year. Every single release and the usual excitement around new products has been mixed with or even buried under a veritable torrent of regulation and lawsuit news.

stroughtonsmith, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Apple's EU fine today shows why the DMA is important, too — it took Spotify eight+ years to challenge a single clause of Apple's developer agreement, and only for a single category of app (music players).

It shows just how much other developers would have to fight to make these improvements available to every app through individual legal actions, and how infeasible it is.

The DMA tackles a whole swath of Apple’s illegal (and now definitively ruled ‘illegal’) rules in one go, for everybody

gruber, 3 months ago to random

This whole thread is an example of how good Apple’s retail operation is. https://mastodon.social/@jamesthomson/111937631554640791

stroughtonsmith, 3 months ago to random

I thought Vision Pro coming to other countries was an 'end of the year' thing, but no, I've had a whole bunch of people tell me it might be coming a lot sooner, like ‘pre-WWDC’ sooner https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/111884222560373013

SwiftOnSecurity, 7 months ago to random

I highly endorse this for keeping your PC's software up to date.

https://patchmypc.com/home-updater

PatchMyPC is an enterprise solution provider so everything is validated, and home users get it for free for advertising and extra testing.

dimillian, 8 months ago to random

I think I'll do a big round of focused polish on Ice Cubes. I want to fix all the minor visual glitches and improve the existing features.

gruber, 8 months ago to random

I’m surprised the setup process for every new iPhone still asks whether you want to use FaceID with a mask when 99+% of people aren’t wearing face masks any more. There are lots of features that a small percentage of people use, but they don’t get asked in the device setup process.

dimillian, 9 months ago to random

I’ve made a successful Mastodon client, I love it here but I’m still very active on X and I also love it there. People are shitting over X all days on my timeline on Mastodon but nobody cares about Mastodon on X. I would say maybe it’s time to stop shitting on everything else than Mastodon here.

i_am_fabs, 9 months ago to random German

🤯

"a fascinating way to show users the refresh rate of their screen by spinning a specially designed zoetrope-like disc graphic at speed. As it spins, the numbers representing the viewer’s refresh rate should remain visually stable unlike surrounding numbers."

https://cohost.org/lunasorcery/post/2465593-testing-your-animati

gruber, 10 months ago to random

Welcome to the EU web:

stroughtonsmith, 10 months ago to random

50M signups in the first day really puts all the other social network startups in perspective, huh

gruber, 10 months ago to random

Threads is the most fun, most interesting new product of the year, and no one in the E.U. can use it, or will be able to use it anytime soon, because their own elected officials passed a law that effectively bans it.

Nice job. Have fun over here in the library.

viticci, 10 months ago to random

I won't lie: I'm intrigued by Instagram's ActivityPub-compatible Threads app and I think more services using the protocol can only be a good thing.

So, posting my Instagram profile here while I wait for Threads to go live. Recommended if you're into pictures of food, Italy, and dogs 🍝 🇮🇹 🐶

https://instagram.com/viticci

film_girl, 1 year ago to random

PSA for anyone who uses Gmail but wants a good native Mac app, Mimestream is finally out of beta an 1.0 launched! Yah, it is subscription, no, I dont care! Easiest $30 I’ve spent on software in ages! If you use Gmail for work, especially, this is my favorite way of using it and it is a terrific Mac app. Totally with the $30/$50 a year for me personally. https://mimestream.com/blog/mimestream-launches