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jochenwolters

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jochenwolters, to ADHD
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Large animations can easily be highly distractive for folks with . Being able to pause them individually doesn't make things much better, especially if reloading the page starts them all over again.

It's really disappointing to see a design-focused company like use that type of purely gratuitous graphics on their conference website, and do so without offering a way to disable them all at once across the site.

That’s a sad lack of consideration for true . 🙁🤨🤬

jochenwolters, to macos
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I've played around with an old Mac running Mojave 10.14 from 2018 today: text is easier to read, widgets reflect their state more clearly, the UI, overall, is easier on the eyes (due to non-white backgrounds), affordances are more obvious, the distinction between a window's contents and its chrome is more apparent, …

It's just a superior fundamental OS overall.

In fact, IMHO, the damage Apple has done to macOS in the last few years is simply heartbreaking. 😢 🤬 🤦‍♂️

jochenwolters, to UX
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I could lament that I only found this feature in @MonaApp by accident. I prefer, however, to praise its very existence, because this is so handy (and might have been partially inspired by a feature request I submitted a while ago):

If you write a post which exceeds Mastodon’s 500-character limit, Mona offers to automatically split the post into a thread for you. To make things even better, you can preview that thread before you post it.

Small’ish feature, huge improvement. 👍

collin, to random
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I am going to keep playing with the Apollo thing, but there’s a real chance I just end up using it for everything.

If I wanted to be the world’s greatest recording engineer, all of this outboard gear would be really useful, but if I want to be a great songwriter, having a unified system that gets me 95% of the way there might be better.

jochenwolters,
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@collin I've always been fascinated by what sound engineers can do with the right equipment. And all that gear looks so, so tempting.

Alas, I've always been massively intimidated by the thought of how much learning, experimentation, and frustration it’d take to even begin to understand how to use that gear to good effect (no pun intended…). Hence, my Apollo Twin is the only non-S/W gear I use. Literally “enough” for some of us. 😎

ethanschoonover, (edited ) to random
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Did you know that #AppleReminders is sort of a secret power tool for projects and todos?

It even has a kanban view.

And clicking any one of those icons on the reminders shown? Opens the project note in #AppleNotes. Easy. Simple built in tools.

Apple Reminders > View Menu > as Columns (you can make new columns which show up as sections in list view)

jochenwolters,
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@ethanschoonover I’m sure @collin will appreciate that post, too.

glennf, to random
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Briefly modeling a Steve Jobs vibe in 2002

jochenwolters,
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@glennf 😢 😢 😢

How I wish there was a “10 Year Netters’ Dinner Retrospective" this March …

elaterite, (edited ) to privacy
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Is anyone seeing this toot using ungoogled-chromium?

It's actively maintained. What has been your experience?

I'm trying to de-googlefie my life as much as possible, but I do like Chromium, been using it for years. Thoughts?

[Update: Not interested using Tor. I already use Firefox for FB & Insta only. Also looking to get away from Mozilla corporate as well.]

https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

jochenwolters,
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@elaterite @stib I always thought that Firefox and its makers were among the “good guys” of internet land. Hence, I’m curious about your comment re. Mozilla’s CEO.

Would you please elaborate on what’s bothering you about Baker’s strategy for Mozilla Corporation? Thanks!

jochenwolters,
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@elaterite @stib I had no idea about how much Google pays to Mozilla, and how the CEO's salary stacks up. That does put Mozilla into an, umh, interesting light. 🤔

Thanks for sharing that article, Bob!

glennf, to random
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Alaska and United are going to have to pay people to sit in the rows around the door plug from now on.

jochenwolters,
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@glennf Finally, someone points to the fact that it was not some random fuselage panel that was ripped off the plane, but an emergency exit door.

That’s not an excuse at all for what happened. I still prefer seeing something fall off a machine that is actually intended to be removed under certain conditions, than something that was designed to stay in its location for good…

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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Two unaccountable corporations -- Comcast and Citrix -- were disgustingly negligent with their security, as @arstechnica's @dangoodin reports. As a result, 36 million American households have had personal information -- passwords, usernames, security questions and answers -- posted online by other crooks.

I say "unaccountable" because there will be no meaningful punishment for the corporate wrongdoers. (And likely none for the hackers.)

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/hack-of-unpatched-comcast-servers-results-in-stolen-personal-data-including-passwords/

jochenwolters,
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@dangillmor @arstechnica @dangoodin Let’s add “insincerity” to “unaccountability:”

According to Ars Technica, “Comcast is requiring Xfinity customers to reset their passwords […].”

When I tried to log into my account modify my password — and security questions, too — the site did force a password reset. There is no mention of any security breach, though. Only when you click “Learn more,” do you see an easy to miss mention of it at the top of the destination page.

Very lame.

Text-dense support page on the Xfinity website about how to reset your Xfinity password. The first paragraph reads, “Note: If you are looking for more information about the finity data security incident, visit xfinity.com/dataincident.” The typographical styling of the paragraph is identical to the other content on the page.

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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Thanks (for nothing), Google, for adding a distracting @ sign next to my cursor in every doc I'm writing -- and giving me no way to turn off a feature that I never, ever wanted.

I don't know why I'm still surprised by the sheer arrogance of the tech industry. But I am.

Screenshot, attached, shows the annoying thing that Google has imposed on Docs users with no way to turn it off.

jochenwolters,
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@dangillmor Thankfully, it’s not the tech industry.

There are plenty of awesome indie developers, who craft thoughtfully designed products that are often on par, or way better, than what big tech — such as, well, Google — have to offer.

I actually find it surprising — and no offense meant here, Dan — how many people rightfully complain about the user-hostile decisions by a small group of ultra-wealthy companies. And then just stick with those products, anyway. 🤔

colincornaby, to random
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I restored my PowerBook 3400c back to the factory image - and the built in product tour has an extremely extra intro video that feels very appropriate for mid 90s Apple. It seems like this may have been the retailer display video - just with an audio track? If you hit a key, you get taken to a menu with configurable specs which doesn’t seem like something you need as an owner.

video/mp4

jochenwolters,
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@joshua @colincornaby Come to think of it, anyone complaining about Apple’s current standardization on Thunderbolt/USB-C should be forced to watch this little video clip. Just for context, you know? 😏

sdw, to random
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Apple's website before and after the return of Steve Jobs.

jochenwolters,
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@sdw Would be interesting to know of any other key personnel changes affecting the website’s design that happened during that transition - whether driven by Jobs’ return, or just being coincidental.

mathowie, to random
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the funniest thing about Apple is the last version of MacOS features "video reactions" where if your camera sees you do a thumbs up or heart symbol with your hands, stuff happens behind you like fireworks in ANY video app you are using BY DEFAULT.

A friend was in an online therapy session, describing his trauma so the therapist asked if he was alright and he did a thumbs up and then HUGE FIREWORKS BEHIND HIS HEAD.

It's so bad that online therapy sessions now start with a warning dialog!

jochenwolters,
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@mathowie Just one more example of how Apple’s software design focus has shifted from outstanding interaction design and overall usability to gratuitous gimmicks and a massive waste of precious processor cycles.

It’s a damned shame, really.

futurebird, to random
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What is the point even anymore? If it's not ad free why pay? (I guess they will have ad free if you pay more??)

Well I waste too much time watching stuff anyways. I got rid of youTube for this and others will follow. Not paying OR watching unless I can avoid ads.

Ads are a huge and harmful force on my quality of life. I will go to great ends to avoid them. I also use blockers, naturally, but blockers aren't perfect. (YouTube still has "mid roll" ads even with the best.)

jochenwolters,
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@futurebird @skry Of all the streaming services we tried, the best watching experience by far is iTunes Movies: no ads, no other interruptions, no previews before the start, and no “NOW WATCH THIS!” as soon as the end credits start rolling. Just the exact movie you want to watch, and nothing else.

In comparison, each and every flat-fee based service is dramatically worse — including, sadly, AppleTV+.

glennf, to random
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This was a glorious and exhausting day and I am now either going to read a sci-fi book, watch TV, or study for my German class. 🤔

jochenwolters,
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@glennf Diese Entscheidung sollte Dir nicht allzu schwer fallen, hoffe ich. 😏

jochenwolters,
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@glennf Eine gute Entscheidung! 😎

jochenwolters, to random
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@MonaApp Just noticed a bug that’s a tad annoying, but I understand where it’s stemming from. 😉

When both the "Invert Timelines" and “Space Bar Scroll" options are active, pressing SPACE on the main timeline scrolls the page upwards. In other words, you're actually going backwards in time.

In this config, I expect SPACE to move the page in the other direction, so that I can read through posts like I read through articles on a website.

Thanks for considering to address this!

jochenwolters, (edited )
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@MonaApp Thanks for your response.

I dug a bit deeper and here’s what the problem is: Invert Timelines (as the help blurb states) inverts some timelines. So, with both Invert Timelines on and Invert Scroll Direction off, the main timeline scrolls as I’d expect: Space Bar scrolls from older to newer posts.

But now the Notifications and Messages timelines scroll from newer to older posts, because their display order is not inverted. That creates an IxD inconsistency. 🤔

tef, to random
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that "every program expands until it can read mail" feels outdated now when every program starts off as a fully fledged web browser

and then they remove history, bookmarks, the back button, inspect, view source, plugins, user scripts

and then you get mail i guess but god help you if you want to sort it in reverse

jochenwolters,
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@kkarhan @hazelweakly @tef Shhhh, don’t tell Alan Cooper! 😉

jochenwolters, to macos
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Quick tip for users (so you won’t feel as stumped as I did):

If you’re migrating to a new Mac, and you use the command line, remember to give full disk access via System Settings > Privacy & Security.

Without this, you’ll run into errors which seem utterly obscure in the context of a UNIX shell. For example, I got an “Operation not permitted” error when trying a simple ‘ls’ in a folder for which I have full access permissions. 😬

With full disk access, and all's well again.

jochenwolters,
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@rasterweb Thanks! In this particular case, I was stumped at first, because everything looked just fine within the confines of the command line itself… sigh

And I agree with you that the extent to which computers tend to be locked down these days, is really challenging. Then again, I’m rather sure that I’ll take the challenge of yet another permissions dialog box over the challenge of getting an attacker out of the machine, no? 🤷 🤔

jochenwolters,
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@rasterweb Oh man, that is so true: I attended the Vintage Computer Festival West at the Computer History Museum last month. It truly is remarkable what happened in those last 40 years that you mention. Heck, good ole Macintosh itself will turn forty next January! 😮

collin, to random
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I know money can’t buy happiness or solve anxiety, but also if I had an amount of money to where I didn’t have to worry about ever going broke, I think I would be a lot less stressed and anxious.

jochenwolters,
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@collin Here’s a fabulous read on that very subject, written in part by Nobel laureate, Daniel Kahnemann:

SCIENCESIncome and emotional well-being: A conflict resolvedMatthew
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2208661120

markwyner, (edited ) to accessibility
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Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be pascal case (a.k.a. camel case). I made this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags depending on whether they are lowercase or pascal case.

It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use pascal case.

Read more:
https://markwyner.medium.com/hashtag-accessibility-by-everyone-for-everyone-298667b2d891

jochenwolters,
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@markwyner Say, Mark, can you suggest any best practices on how to handle hashtags with word marks whose styling breaks that pattern, such as “iOS”, “GNOME” (the desktop environment), or “Debian GNU/Linux”? 🤔 Thanks! 👍

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