John Gruber

@gruber
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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John Gruber1d ago
Brett Terpstra šŸ“šŸˆā€ā¬›1d ago
Acorn from Flying Meat has always been amazing. On my mind today because if you're creating screenshots for a Mac app, its ability to capture the entire screen as a layered image where you can drag windows around, hide windows and elements, etc. is friggin' outstanding.
John Gruber2d ago
Show threadKen Kocienda2d ago
@daringfireball I have always spelled it ā€˜WebKitā€™ starting from the first time I wrote the name on a whiteboard.
John Gruber2d ago
Show threadPeter N Lewis2d ago
@daringfireball Keyboard Maestro actively does this ordering (and agrees with you so it must be correct). It also conicalizes any search, so if you search for āŒ˜ā‡§X it will look for ā‡§āŒ˜X.
John Gruber5d ago
Show threadPeter N Lewis6d ago
@daringfireball Apple: Chrome around content is bad. Louvre: weā€™re getting rid of frames.
John GruberFeb 28
@MisterMoo What in the world are you talking about? His surname Griffiths is singular so it takes ā€˜s to make possessive. Some style guides make exceptions for ā€œbiblical namesā€, by which they mean ā€œJesusā€ and ā€œMosesā€, but thatā€™s dumb.
John GruberFeb 26
As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado.
Show threadJohn GruberFeb 25
As sidenote, itā€™s a fascinating example of Trader Joeā€™s inscrutable, idiosyncratic branding that the labels and branding for these two look nothing alike.
John GruberFeb 25

I am nothing if not a man of science. (Re: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/02/23/trader-joes-dark-chocolate-peanut-butter-cups)

Verdict: Excellent. Both chocolates taste like chocolate, and the peanut butter is creamy and smooth, you know, like peanut butter. Not the sand-and-sawdust mix that Hershey fills Reeseā€™s cups with now.

Show threadJohn GruberFeb 25
@mwichary Youā€™ve got me spooked! I use Cut all the time in Notes.
Show threadJohn GruberFeb 25

@mwichary Having cut text not appear on the clipboard is one of the worst bugs Iā€™ve ever heard of. I canā€™t recall that happening to me, even once, in any app, all the way back to System 6.

Iā€™m sure it happened to you. But Iā€™m thinking there might be third-party software to blame? Your clipboard history manager? Since posting this, have you heard from others whoā€™ve experienced it?

If this were a bug in Notes and Notes alone, I canā€™t help but feel Iā€™d have seen more about it.