Writer, translator and localisation specialist, enthusiast photographer, appreciator of vintage machines & technologies. User interfaces are important. ‘AI’ always in quotes because artificial intelligence doesn’t exist.
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Last Notes npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…lel8 It was the “More options” button you can see in your own first screenshot, on the bottom right of the screen. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…lel8 I really loved the ‘page half turned’ effect in the old Google Maps app (as seen here on my iPad 1 running iOS 5.1.1): npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…nmr0 This made me remember how not being Catholic (or religious) has apparently always been in my DNA. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Has anyone thought about making a Pokémon-themed CAPTCHA and calling it PICAPTCHA? 😁 npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Three quick things about the new MacBook Neo: npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…3src Great essay. I arrived to this via a recommendation. I read this and other notes, and kept liking what I was seeing, so now I have your essays/notes in my RSS feeds and am following you here. Keep up the good thinking! npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Truly awful situation, truly astounding picture. https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115911129198827240 npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6kk0 I just remembered it was a bit of a hack, as you had to enable Developer Mode in Dashboard with a ‘defaults write’ command first. But still, it was possible. See here for example: npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6kk0 Dashboard was better in every way. The widgets all had their dedicated layer that appeared over your workspace whenever you invoked it. But it was flexible enough that you could (if you wanted) put one of more widgets on the desktop. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori This is a 1976 Audi 100 LS. Its design (both the exterior and the interior) appeals to me 1000 times more than any of these modern cookie-cutter cars with ‘big tech’ interiors. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6r7t That’s splendid news. I can’t wait to try it out. And Dottie is really a great name for this app, Matt! npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6r7t Ooh, this looks very cool! Will it support Ventura when you release it? If so, it’ll be an instant purchase for me. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori *This* is how you make a “Download previous versions of our apps” page. Every major version released, with precise system requirements, clear licence compatibility, and links to download specific legacy versions. Follow @nprofile…622e’s example! npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…9zg9 @nprofile…6kk0 Heh. This is exactly what I said 20 days ago: npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori From Apple’s 2010 iOS Human Interface Guidelines. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Apple, 2013: (image) npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…ee4l This interface mimics old paper planners, where coloured tabs were plastic and attached to the separator sheet. I like that each tab ‘digs’ a little into each section, just like it happened on those planners. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…ee4l I’m also having a hard time distinguishing the apps that are opened here. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori It’s funny how clarity and immediacy work. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori iPhoto on iOS 6 — Some tools and effects. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori It’s so damn ironic, painfully ironic that in an era before retina displays we had this gorgeous, super-detailed Mail icon, and now… this other fucking abomination. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…rnt9 The espresso shot glasses. Sorry, I should have been more accurate. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…rnt9 @nprofile…6f5f I love those cups. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori New, on Morrick.me — More assorted notes on Liquid Glass: https://morrick.me/archives/10068 npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Apple Notes on iOS 5 vs iOS 18.5. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…ee4l @nprofile…aduy > Apple simply says icons should be constructed “in a simple, unique way with a minimal number of shapes” on “a simple background, such as a solid colour or gradient”. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6kk0 @nprofile…azkn I like the Preview icon of this era (this is from Tiger, I don’t remember when it changed), because there’s enough context around it to understand the loupe’s function. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6kk0 I, too, have noticed this! And then, of course, you also find those with that “You’re holding it wrong” attitude. Like, it’s unfathomable that Mac OS is to blame here, you must have done something wrong. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Disappointingly, I confess, feedback on my article on Liquid Glass so far has been scarce. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Want to see depth? Transparency isn’t the way. Transparency means thin layers, which convey shallowness/thinness. Very faint separation. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori The Dock (and plenty other things) in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was already perfect. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6kk0 They expand on tap, and become classic semaphore buttons, but why introduce this unnecessary step? Sigh. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori These look like “More…” menus, but they’re actually semaphore controls for each window. *facepalm* npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6kk0 @nprofile…azkn But *has* this UI/UX carnage ended? I don’t think so. Translucency everywhere with so little contrast is worse than flat design to me. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori LOOK AT THIS SHIT!!! npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…6kk0 I've been increasingly relying on DuckDuckGo ever since Google started its downward spiral. At first I used both search engines because DDG was still lacking, but nowadays I think it can stand on its own. It has 'AI' features, but it seems they're doing a good job at keeping them separate, and the search engine seems to return uncontaminated results... npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Music app in iOS 5.1. This may have been the era of skeuomorphic design, but it was also the era of no-nonsense UI with clear and intuitive presentation and very low visual ambiguity. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…ee4l 2010 - Alice in Wonderland (Teapots) npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Maybe I'm naïve, but this Slate looks like an interesting vehicle! npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…rnt9 'Dongle' is a euphemism here. 😉 npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…rnt9 If you want to use it with other computers, you'll have to look for the somewhat rare, bulky, and probably still expensive ADC-to-DVI adapter. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…rnt9 If the display doesn't have a separate power cable (and it doesn't seem to have one), this is very probably an ADC connector, and if I remember correctly, it will only work with Macs like the Power Mac G4 line (starting from the Gigabit Ethernet model), including the Cube. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori The folks at Bjango are the best. They care about making good software, and they care about their customers — and I'm a very happy one at the moment. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…rnt9 Wow, that's so cool! I've always lived in uninteresting places, LOL. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori I've rewatched "Heat" (1995), because I felt like it, and because I wanted to be reminded of how film masterpieces look like. This film is 2 hours and 40 minutes long, but time just flies away as you watch it. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…rnt9 Huge fan here, too. I used to have the vinyl of this album, purchased circa 2001, but lost in the typical "lent to a friend / never to be seen again" fashion. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori My CD score for today! npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Smart, because the colour changes, but the acronym stays the same. https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114257613251549808 npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori The thing when you want to be a dictator and you haven't studied history is that you're not aware of how it ended for most of the dictators who came before you. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori Please help Studio Ghibli find more 'AI' crap and "AI artists" stealing THEIR art, so they can send more cease and desist letters. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @nprofile…ee4l I 100% agree with you. npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @npub1fq5…p8du I discovered them back when streaming services didn’t exist. In an era when you visited record shops and found stuff by browsing, by asking the shop owner or clerk whether they’ve heard of an artist, or maybe you made a risk purchase based on an interesting album cover, or by just following your gut. Well, I bought their album “Friday Afternoon in the Universe” because I loved the title. And what a discovery it was! npub1360yqpmmrumjznkjhcxhldh7hpf3mdw9tjkh787uvshpsvd29y5qwsuerh Riccardo Mori @npub1fq5…p8du My introduction to Weather Report (about 30 years ago) was more abrupt. My flute master, who also taught bass, gifted me a copy of “8:30”. I had to listen to a couple of studio recordings before being able to fully enjoy them live. And then I quickly purchased Jaco Pastorius’ records. So great.
