HéliographeIf you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design
Thorsten Karrer
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trozMany of us here have issues with Apple right now. I have assembled my thoughts and, as I see it, there are two main problems.
https://troz.net/post/2025/apple-has-two-problems/
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https://troz.net/post/2025/apple-has-two-problems/
#Apple
@cocoafrog Hear, hear!
@kirakira I can check how I am doing it for DisplayMenu (https://apps.apple.com/de/app/display-menu/id549083868?l=en-GB&mt=12). Have not touched the code in ages, but faintly remember that it was a pain to identify monitors in a stable way.
Display Menu
Display Menu shows a status item in your menu bar that lets you change your display settings with a single click. Depending on your display setup, you can set the screen resolution, toggle mirroring, and adjust the refresh rates. You can enable additional features like Retina resolutions (on Retina…
Liss is More@cocoafrog Sad that it had to come to this, but glad you were able to make the decision and do what is best for you. Hope to catch up sometime, when I am up in the north! 😊
@chockenberry @lorihc @douglemoine @taylorcarrigan Totally agree with your assessment about the usability of the new timer watch app, but can you explain why the infinite corner idea with Fitts‘s Law holds on a touch screen? I was under the impression that it does not, but may be wrong.
Ken KociendaI’ve been thinking a lot about this reply from @Gte regarding VS Code on the Mac: “It isn’t a Mac-ish Mac app.”
https://mastodon.social/@Gte/109547106796343462
I believe in a sad fact. There won’t be very many more truly wonderful Mac apps. By this I mean native apps made from scratch and crafted to take advantage of what has made the Mac special.
You know, what @gruber and @brentsimmons called "Mac-assed Mac apps".
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/03/20/mac-assed-mac-apps
https://inessential.com/2020/03/19/proxyman
The platform has had its day, and it’s over.
@yves Do you still want to part with the chicken hat? I’d love to have one, would also gladly pay for it.