May 24, 2000
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The magic monopolistic corporate question of the day seems to be whether Microsoft should be split into two parts or three? Hell, let’s just run the whole works through a Veg-o-matic and make us some software salsa.
Archive: May, 2000
May 24, 2000
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No, it’s not the end of the world as we know it. It’s just a Flash player detection script that works across multiple browser versions and platforms. More stuff from too cool moock. Via Metafilter
May 23, 2000
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Whew! Good night all.
May 23, 2000
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Now there’s one less thing to stand in your way while migrating over to Mac OS X. Sig Software has released a lovely chunk of freeware called Classic Menu, which pops a user-configurable Apple menu “just like the old Mac OS” into your user environment. “At this stage in the game, Classic Menu is being … More
May 23, 2000
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Creating machines that interact more effectively with humans may require the use of natural methods of communication such as speech and vision. Designers need to shift away from the idea that simplification of the user interface and the automation of tasks allow users to learn and interact more effectively. Technology should begin to use commonplace … More
May 23, 2000
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A group calling themselves the Marlin Project have taken the open source QuickTime Streaming Server and gosh darn it all, ported it to Mac OS 9. An interesting side note to this is that they list BIAP Systems as one of their partners. BIAP is the brainchild of the staggeringly quaint Chuck Shotton, who was … More
May 23, 2000
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Hmmm. I’m sensing a theme here. How about at least one post without any mention of Adobe? Kodak is licensing QuickTime to stuff into their next-generation of sweet, mega-pixelly consumer devices. “QuickTime is established, broadly used and, most important, easy to use. These are key characteristics when you want to make technology broadly useful and … More
May 23, 2000
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Adobe vs. Macromedia: Tale of the Tape puts the two software heavyweights under the fly-sizzling beam of the corporate magnifying glass. This time it’s all about cash flow and spreadsheets, instead of text flow and style sheets.
May 23, 2000
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I am so sick of people referring to LiveMotion as a “Flash killer”. Yes, it has a bunch of features not offered by Macromedia’s own dynamic gizmo builder. Yes, it is extremely well integrated with other Adobe apps. Yes, it has a totally non-lame timeline window. Yes, it’s a Flash “compatible” authoring tool. No, it’s … More
May 23, 2000
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Could QuarkXPress 5 actually ship by the end of the year? Stranger things have happened. Quark is showing off the latest beta at Drupa this week. Idling in neutral on the feature-soaked what’s new list is one item dear to heart of modern prepress warriors — direct application support for creating PDFs. Who cares who … More