Really interesting trying out the new iPad Pro’s in an Apple Store yesterday. Particularly:
Hover:
My older Pro doesn't have this - really useful to see brush size and shape!
Barrel Roll:
Works really well. When you compare it to using a pen tablet on the Mac (using arrow keys to rotate a brush), it’s a natural drawing experience.
Squeeze & Haptics:
Unlike double tap (which I ended up turning off) this worked fantastically. Made drawing flow much easier having access to tools like that
@gedeonm@jonhicks I was curious about that too. Listening to Jason Snell and Myke Hurley talk about it in the latest episode of Upgrade, it sounded like the nano texture was probably best if you’re specifically using the device in bright light, but not as great if you care about picture quality in general.
@jonhicks@gedeonm Haha yeah that was the question I asked that they answer later in the episode, but essentially it's a different treatment to the glass than the monitors. (As I understand it, the monitors have microscopic holes in them or something to make the matte effect, where the iPad screens are a glass treatment instead.)
@jonhicks@gedeonm I don't think the nanotexture glass on the iPad will add any feeling of paper-like texture, but I haven't tried them to say that for certain.
Big news: I’m happy to share that yesterday I started a new job at Microsoft where I'll be working on web components for Fluent UI.
I've had a long relationship with Microsoft – from Paravel helping to build the first responsive version of their homepage in 2012 to the whole 5 year "#davegoeswindows" stunt that Rey Bango coordinated for ShopTalk – and this feels like a nice new chapter in that story arc.
If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?
No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.
@molly0xfff@matthiasott Unexpected communities of people connected without large companies involved. Goofy esoteric experiments. Creating ephemeral things without worrying about how they might be used by some nefarious third party.
The feeling that just by putting something up on the web, it was now a part of a larger conscious collective instead of just another junk mail flyer drifting down an already overstuffed gutter.
experiencing a weird little bug on my laptop, where something — an image? a slack post? some random browser tab? who knows — occasionally generates a tooltip that pops up to say:
> fuck, dude
i have no idea why or how it’s happening, but i do know i’ve never empathized more with my computer