Steve Abrahamson

@abrahamson
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UI/UX designer masquerading as a FileMaker Developer for 30 years | Technophile | Neurodivergent | LGBTQIA+ | BLM | He/Him | Chicagoan | macOS/iOS/FileMaker | Since the late 80’s, so there may be some git off my lawn. See, back in my day….
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Show threadSteve AbrahamsonMay 11
@jsnell OK but seriously, cameras need to be pointed in - even vaguely - the right direction. Have you ever looked at the dizzying variety of directions and angles people wear their AirPods? Sound still goes in the earholes, sure, but stems are all over the place. No matter where the cameras are attached, unless they’re capturing over 180° on each side, there’s a human chaos factor here. It’ll be interesting to see what they do.
Show threadSteve AbrahamsonMay 11
@jsnell Apologies for the correction, but I believe the official name is “AirPods With Frikkin Lase… [er, I mean] Cameras Strapped On To Them”.
Steve AbrahamsonApr 21

@siracusa I think there are more facets to the feature license-unlock issue: there is some ongoing cost to a third party license for Sirius, for example (or the automaker’s bulk deal would be different if it was for everyone vs some).

With the heated seat idea, BMW made the mistake of rubbing our noses in its presence by trying to entice us with it. Conversely, with a chip you can order with 6 or 8 working cores, there are probably some 7s that get gated down to 6, but we never hear about that.

Steve AbrahamsonApr 20
@caseyliss I wholeheartedly agree with you that Apple’s ongoing push for services revenue through product bundle shifts and in-OS advertising is gross; I hate it too. Thinking of how we can encourage that change (#futility ) it occurred to me that sometimes, Apple only changes when competitors force them to; as long as they’re ahead - if the bar is super low - they’ll stay lazy. So, unfortunately, maybe the best hope of Apple improving… is encouraging Android, Chrome OS, and Windows to improve.
Show threadSteve AbrahamsonMar 27
@kolpanik Oh, I was never thinking that Shortcuts would manipulate the UI; I was hoping the command could be sent to the app via some cryptic url scheme (because why would Apple actually make a complete suite of Shortcut actions for an app? That’d be silly. 🤦🏻‍♂️)
Show threadSteve AbrahamsonMar 27

@kolpanik This is awesome, and thank you.

It’s too bad there isn’t a way to automate the pull-down-to-refresh in there too. It’s always necessary, in my experience. (*Is* there a way to automate that??)

Steve AbrahamsonFeb 27
@marcoarment listening to ATP 680, re vibecoded todo app: I’m very interested in an app that does less, well. I was thinking about trying to vibecode one myself, but if you’re doing one, so much the better! If you’re opening up to testers, I’d be delighted to.
Show threadSteve AbrahamsonFeb 6
@sixcolors That is clever of them. But I’m not following how DRM is involved in impeding an easier system. If reading platforms wanted to share, say, title UUIDs and Completion% (or more stuff), would DRM stop them? Maybe I’m not as up to speed on how else DRM hobbles us - can you connect those dots, or maybe just skootch them a little closer to each other for us?
Steve AbrahamsonJan 9
@viticci Re your Risky Pick on @connected, the answer, I’m sure you’ll agree, is obvious for the duo feature: you’ll hold it in portrait orientation for the open configuration, and Apple will use the cameras to show *your eyes* on the phone screen, for other people’s… comfort.
Steve AbrahamsonDec 21

@trevorkay Just discovered Screen Sizes and I love it - super useful! A tiny feature idea: a link in Settings *back* to the URL. I had made it standalone on my iPhone, wanted to try it on my Mac… and had completely forgotten the URL - I was stuck. To help folks with portability (and sharing the app!), it might be helpful.

(I did find a path back to Safari and a URL, though it’s super buried: Settings; Toast; Screen Sizes; Get The App; and *then* the iOS “open in Safari” button. Whew! 😉)