Archive for November, 2007

A Questionable Article From a Questionable writer?

November 25th, 2007

Tony Celeste reports for Tom’s Guide:
This is something I never thought I’d hear myself say - or maybe I should say, see myself type - about an Apple operating system: Mac OSX Leopard was released before it was ready. This operating system needed more testing on more systems with more hardware, and especially, more software […]

Fix the Leopard Ugliness redux: tips learned in between

November 21st, 2007

I have previously posted a collection of tips about fixing the Leopard ugliness (you know, the 3D dock, the Stacks and the transparent menubar).
The Mac community had been hard at work on the meantime, producing some even better tips to replace some of the previous kludgy solutions.
JWZ, of Netscape/Mozilla fame, offers some tips on how […]

Two (actually six) words about Amazon’s Kindle

November 19th, 2007

This thing is ugly.
Also, doomed.

The Adobe Updates Saga (a.k.a Adobe Sucks Saga)

November 19th, 2007

Not wanting to be tagged as a Photoshop lover or an Adobe shill (I’m referring to my previous post), here is a recount of me trying to be kept up to date with the latest Adobe wares.
As you probably already know, last Friday (11/16) Adobe issued some updates to Camera Raw and Photoshop Lightroom programs. […]

An OS X based Photoshop Killer? Don’t hold your breath…

November 18th, 2007

It starts with a simple recipy. Build an application with all the core Photoshop features but none of the bloat. Take advantage those fancy Apple Core technologies to build it in a few months. Give it an easier UI, so Aunt Tillie can bitmap. Sell it for less. Profit, you’ve just made a Photoshop killer.
It’s […]