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I've been working on improving accessibility in Facades, and the improvements feel great to me, but I’m admittedly not an expert. Is anyone interested in beta testing a new build to run through with VoiceOver on and point out any rough patches?

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This week marks one year of publishing Tabletops, my newsletter about Apple Retail. Sharing these stories every week is what keeps me going. It also takes a considerable amount of time. That's why this year, I'm adding the option to become a paid subscriber. You'll receive a bonus post every month and help support my continued work. Thank you so much to everyone who reads every week! You can subscribe here: https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/a-new-leaf

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If you enjoyed my photos from Apple Tysons Corner, stay tuned, because I plan to publish a larger gallery soon for paid subscribers to my newsletter. Thanks so much for your support. https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/apple-tysons-corner-a-new-chapter

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I don't know if my memory is toast or what, but until the news last week of Photo Stream shutting down, I cannot recall one single time before that it was ever called "My Photo Stream." I've known it as just "Photo Stream" since day one. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210705

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Mirage at Apple Park: If you're in Cupertino for , don't miss the new public sculpture located in the olive grove adjacent to Apple Park Visitor Center. Pride displays are also back in stores:

https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/mirage-at-apple-park

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I will be thinking about this image every single day of my life until early next year

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It's awesome to see my brother's fire hydrant project get some recognition. He's been at it a year now: https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/mke-fire-hydrants

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A look at Malaysia's upcoming first Apple Store and this year's Apple Watch Pride Edition displays: https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/hello-malaysia-the-exchange-trx

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I've been rewriting the visit manager in Facades. The old layout was a Jenga tower of carefully placed UI tricks that threatened to collapse with the tiniest update to SwiftUI, and it stressed me out every day. The new version is faster, more functional, and shed about 200 lines of code! Photos 1 & 2 are before, 3 & 4 after.

Facades visit manager: before
Facades visit manager: after
Facades visit manager: after

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@fullerc appreciated :)

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This is now available to everyone :)

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One of the most fun parts of the old UI (and people's favorite) was the "printer" animation when you added a visit. I knew I needed something just as fun if I was going to replace it. I'm super happy with what I came up with. I don't know if everyone who uses Facades is old enough to get the reference, but your visit receipt image "develops" like a Polaroid. The whole animation is paired with a really satisfying haptic.

Visit receipt animation in Facades

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I miss Layers and San Jose. So good.

LAYERS (N) A VERY VERY, VERY GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL *

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@brianhough ha, I searched your photo trying to find myself, but no luck. Same year I was there.

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@michaelsteeber An unusual texture at the entrance here! 😛(They’re replacing the tiles at Washington Square. Guy told me the new ones are porcelain so they’ll be easier on their feet (?))

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@cabel If you're ever in the bay area, Oakridge is a twin of this store and I think still has the original floor.

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@cabel Oh, fascinating! So this store was built during a very brief period where they tried installing gray terrazzo (it’s all carved up at the door?) It basically looked like plain polished concrete. The new floor (the rest of those tiles) are the same stone as most other older stores AFAIK. Unless they've somehow changed the tile material without changing the appearance.

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Anyone going to WWDC who would be willing to send me a few specific pics from the Visitor Center? 😇

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@cabel I saw this at the Milwaukee Art Museum and thought of you, then I realized it’s actually “Gabel” (https://www.jukeboxhistory.info/gabel/jukeboxes.html)

We can pretend, right? 🫢

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A beautiful dilemma: for every item I remove from my Reading List, three more are added.

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Alternate app icon designs for AdBlock Pro: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adblock-pro-for-safari/id1018301773

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@matthewskiles wow! 🫨

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Checking in on store renovation activity: https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/update-in-progress

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    @ellenich @remainders Got it — at least I’m not alone. Thought perhaps I was overlooking something simple.

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    It's strange to think that I used to see Santa here 🙁

    Abandoned entrance to Lakeshore Mall, Manitowoc.
    Weeds growing in the parking lot at Lakeshore Mall, Manitowoc.
    A no trespassing sign on a boarded up door at Lakeshore Mall, Manitowoc.

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    The very first thing I did when my original Apple Watch arrived in April 2015 was go to this Younkers and buy a tie for my college graduation.

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