Too Epic

Mar 23 4:43 pm

Espresso 1.0»

I’m not sure this will be able to replace TextMate quite yet, but version 1.0 looks solid, and some well-polished sugars would definitely help it along. Espresso trumps Coda in text editing, hands down. I’ll have to play around with the project view some more before passing my judgement on its integrated ftp and site management capabilities (two of Coda’s strongpoints).

Mar 16 7:37 pm

Trepanation Party by Voxtrot

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] ↓ 30 Plays

New Song from Voxtrot: Trepanation Party. I loved their first album, but I’m not so sure how I feel about this piece. I’ll give it some time.

Mar 16 3:59 pm

“I have no idea whether this description of how it’s going to work is accurate, but from what I’m hearing Copy-and-Paste is a big part of tomorrow’s announcement.”

Daring Fireball on tomorrow’s iPhone 3.0 announcement. It’s kind of sad when copy and paste can be categorized as a “big part” of an event, but dammit I’m excited.

Mar 15 3:27 pm

Mar 4 8:26 pm

Remux Theme now available for general consumption»

potentbandwidth:

Enjoy. Send any errors or inquires my way, and I’ll make sure to get back to you.

Via: Band Names

Mar 2 8:23 pm

# 2

Expanding browsing in Mobile Safari with Multitouch

I use tabs a lot when I’m browsing on my computer. In fact, I probably command+click links more frequently than I click them. After hundreds of hours of using Mobile Safari on my iPhone since the device’s original launch back in June of 2007, I’ve noticed I always feel boxed in when browsing on the device. It’s not because of the tiny screen. It’s because browsing on iPhone is too linear. I’m accustomed to switching between content at will. iPhone doesn’t offer me this flexibility, and it definitely could with the addition of a simple, unobtrusive multitouch gesture.

First, let me better explain my frustration: Say I’m reading an article online, and halfway through the article, there’s an interesting link. With a conventional desktop browser, I’d just open the link in a new tab and continue reading the first article. On iPhone this is impossible. I have to either: 1. ignore the link, continue reading, then find the link again once I’m finished with the original article, or 2. click the link, browse the new site, then go back to the original page and finish reading the original article.

Now, the solution: allow me to press on a link with one finger and, using the other finger, click on the “window” button on the right of the bottom toolbar to open the link in a new window. That’s it. It’s effectively translating the command+click gesture to multitouch. It’s technically more of a combination of two presses than it is a “gesture,” but it’s logical in my eyes, albeit slightly hidden (then again, a lot of things in the iPhone interface are, eg: tapping the top bar to scroll up to the top a list).

Make it happen, Apple.

Mar 2 5:20 pm

# 408

HAH

staff:

Now you can flip between Dashboard pages with the left (←) and right (→) arrow keys. This is great if you’re trying to navigate the Dashboard with a sandwich in one hand.

Let us know if you catch anything acting funny.

I might be too hip for tumblr. I’ve had this feature on my own site since October. It’s pretty simple stuff.