Tag Archives: User interface

Loren Brichter on Tweetie reload

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Joshua Kaufman interviews Loren Brichter on Tweetie’s reload gesture. A good, non-technical read on finding the right way to present a feature, adding a custom gesture, and providing feedback.

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iTunes zoom behavior

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Steven Fisher

iTunes prior to 9.0 used a click on the zoom widget to convert to the mini player, leaving people like me who actually like to zoom a window option-clicking it. iTunes 9.0 finally fixed this. A click on the zoom … Continue reading →

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Password Changes in Open Directory

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Steven Fisher

John C. Welch (aka Bynkii, Angry Mac Bastard): Password Changes in Open Directory (One burst of profanity). For us Mac users who are sometimes a little too smug about the Mac’s user interface. (The podcast: Angry Mac Bastards. Extreme profanity … Continue reading →

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iPhone Application Design Patterns

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Mike Rundle: iPhone Application Design Patterns

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Three20

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Steven Fisher

I downloaded the latest version of Three20 today by Joe Hewitt. I read through some of the code and ran through the included “catalog” demo. If you’ve used the Facebook application, you’ve seen early versions of a lot of these … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X interface flaws

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Here are a few things I’ve noticed that just don’t make sense in Mac OS X v10.5. Desktop & Screen Saver rolled into a single preference pane. Why? Are we that convinced that one day we’re going to have a … Continue reading →

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