Tewha » stacks http://tewha.net Links and writings on software development, mostly for iPhone and Mac OS X. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Stacks: Disaster mitigation? http://tewha.net/2007/12/stacks-disaster-mitigation/ http://tewha.net/2007/12/stacks-disaster-mitigation/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:00:31 +0000 Steven Fisher http://pyile.com/2007/12/stacks-disaster-mitigation/ Continue reading →]]> I consider Stacks the very worst feature Apple’s ever added to Mac OS X (or Mac OS before it). Even QuickTime auto-play could be turned off! So I was very pleased to see a report that 10.5.2 fixes stacks (in the same way people fix their dogs). Hooray! (via Daring Fireball.)

]]> http://tewha.net/2007/12/stacks-disaster-mitigation/feed/ 0 Stacks as modern art? http://tewha.net/2007/11/stacks-as-modern-art/ http://tewha.net/2007/11/stacks-as-modern-art/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:21:51 +0000 Steven Fisher http://pyile.com/2007/11/stacks-as-modern-art/ Continue reading →]]> Okay, I don’t like Leopard’s stacks. In fact, I could go on a large rant about all the deficiencies compared to putting a folder in the Dock in Tiger. That doesn’t seem to matter, though; they’re here to stay.

Instead, I thought I’d talk about something completely different.

Namely, stack art. Here’s what came up today after I cleaned up my Downloads folder of everything except the files I wanted:

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If you’re curious, the acorn is Acorn from Flying Meat1 and the leaf is Coda from Panic2. Both of these are applications I’ve been meaning to try out, but haven’t really had the chance yet.3

Of course, this was complete luck. Still, it makes me wonder: What have you seen on your Dock that was interesting? Did you do it on purpose, or did it just happen?4

  1. See also: Gus Mueller’s blog. Gus is the developer of Acorn.
  2. See also: Steven Frank’s blog and Cabel Sasser’s blog. Steven and Cabel are the founders of Panic.
  3. Come to think of it, not only do the icons go together well, but so would the applications. You three should talk!
  4. It counts if you do it on purpose, it just counts slightly less!
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