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dbergey

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JavaScript witch. Married to the amazing https://mastodon.social/@Octolilly. Computerist. #blm #freepalestine 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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glennf, to random
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It just struck me what Apple got wrong with its “crushing ad.”

They thought we would identify with the iPad, not the creative instruments and materials.

dbergey,
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@glennf I had to tell myself that piano had to have already been broken beyond all hope. And all the other things too. I don't remember what they were, and I don't really want to watch it again.

hotdogsladies, to random
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Sometimes, I like to just sit and look at my baby plants.

I do not talk to the plants, because all of these plants are babies, and babies can’t talk.

Read a book.

dbergey,
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@hotdogsladies this one is good

alexr, to random
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Pages release notes say "Press and hold the Command key to select noncontiguous words, sentences, or paragraphs”.
That's an original 1984 Macintosh feature.

dbergey,
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@alexr I don't believe non-contiguous text selection was ever a part of Classic MacOS.

dbergey,
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@alexr Do you mean selecting multiple non-contiguous items in select list, or a block of text in something like a text field or MacWrite?

dbergey,
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@alexr So, I just fired up TeachText in System 1.0, and holding the Command key does not seem to let me select non-contiguous text. Would you mind giving it a try? I'm curious if I just didn't know how to do it at the time. https://infinitemac.org/1984/System%201.0

dbergey,
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@alexr Yep, it's described in the 1992 HIG too (page 291), but I suspect that was intended to be more prescriptive for future implementations.

I can't even command-drag to select text non-contiguously in OS-level text fields in Sonoma, outside of the new Pages release. It would have had to be a custom text engine in MS Word or something.

dbergey,
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@alexr Sure, I'm just saying it's never been an OS-level text-editing feature, let alone one at launch.

rafa, to random
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I know that BBEdit is a darling amongst old-school Mac nerds, and I love and use this app every day — but those icons in the Menu are just so off-putting and so un-Mac-like in my opinion. How are people not rioting over this?

dbergey,
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@rafa We used to iconify all our menu items, on purpose https://www.macintoshrepository.org/6520-micn

glennf, to random
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It's rare that I see an Instagram ad that’s worthwhile, but I have been struggling with how to take photos of reflective things without a full-on studio setup. This translucent cone is a huge winner from V-Flat World: https://vflatworld.com/collections/the-light-cone-karl-taylor First photo is Peanuts comic in sleeve; second is viewing through cone; 3rd and 4th are photos through cone—single light source. The site recommends using inexpensive desk lamps on either side for evenness. (Not a paid endorsement!)

View of Sunday Peanuts color comic in plastic sleeve through opaque cone
Sunday Peanuts color comic in plastic sleeve, taken within a translucent cone, showing no reflection (cone can be seen around edges)
Sunday Peanuts color comic in plastic sleeve, taken within a translucent cone, showing no reflection

dbergey,
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@glennf this strip spoiled Citizen Kane for me ~35 years ago

schwa, to random
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    @schwa worse: if you move that window out of the way to get work done in the meantime, it recenters itself on your main display every 30 seconds or so

    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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    What's the most unhinged children's television show that you grew up watching?

    dbergey,
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    @BlackAzizAnansi It might have been Zoobilee Zoo

    dbergey, to random
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    @ivory Is a Markdown editor in the cards by any chance?

    https://mastodon.social/@dbergey/111829326435293401

    dbergey, to random
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    I've only seen pictures, but: it seems a bit unimaginative that the predominant UI metaphor in VisionOS is a 2D pane of glass

    dbergey,
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    @schwa SkyPad Pro

    dbergey, to random
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    My first Mac was a well-loved Macintosh Plus that my dad passed down when he upgraded to a Mac Classic way back in 1988. It had a 9-inch monochrome screen, an external 20MB hard drive, and a Drexel University symbol painted on the front of the case below the rainbow Apple logo.

    With access to HyperCard, MacPaint, and Microsoft Basic (and SimCity!), my UX-focused-developer destiny was sealed.

    #macintosh40 #myfirstmac

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Does anyone remember how the pronunciation of the word "harassment" changed during the Clarence Thomas hearings?

    dbergey,
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    @StillIRise1963 I remember! I always assumed it was a peer-pressure / viral effect among newscasters.

    sarajw, to random
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    If there was a name for a Frontend Developer who sits ideally in front-of-the-front-end while also advising Design with regards Accessibility concerns, maybe UX here and there, and the feasibility of actually implementing the design ideas in code...

    What would that role be called?

    I get that Design Systems and the people who build them sit in this space. But still, what is that role called? And what if I'm not actively the one in charge of the design system?

    dbergey,
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    @sarajw Did you settle on anything specific to call that role? This is very close to what I do, but I have also always been at a loss to describe it.

    dbergey, to random
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    A ladybug just flew in my eye

    glennf, to random
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    Timers don't sync from Apple Watch to iPhone, do they?

    dbergey,
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    @glennf no and it’s maddening. I can be cooking and set a timer via Siri, and a few minutes later when I ask how much time is left, some other device will reply that there are no timers running.

    ryanhoulihan, to random
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    I don’t want to alarm you but we are getting dangerously close to the 10 year anniversary of The Force Awakens

    dbergey,
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    @ryanhoulihan I don’t like that

    nedbat, to random
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    Is it OK to admit that I like bookstores more than I like books?

    dbergey,
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    @nedbat Yep. I definitely like a bookstore’s vibe and the potential knowledge more than I like to actually take time to sit and read these days.

    gedeonm, to random
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    Caught up on #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds. The last 3 episodes were pretty good so that makes me feel better. The show is CLEARLY stronger when Anson Mount is in it. I hope Pike features in all the remaining episodes of S2. Could have done without the constant ear ringing SFX in E5 however. That was a bummer.

    dbergey,
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    @gedeonm I wish that ear ringing effect wasn’t such a trope. I get it, the characters are in pain, but i don’t want to be

    dbergey,
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    @gedeonm Maybe it should be an Apple TV accessibility feature in the same vein as “Dim Flashing Lights”

    glennf, to random
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    If you're on mastodon.social, please give a shout—curious if anything/everything remains broken in the federation.

    dbergey,
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    @glennf shout shout

    dbergey, to random
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    Star Trek TOS theme but it never gets there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57rACCFXU1A

    /cc @blankbaby
    /via @rick

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