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Porsche 918 RSR: Porsche 918 RSR on display at the Saratoga Auto Museum in Upstate New York.
Porsche 918 RSR:

Porsche 918 RSR on display at the Saratoga Auto Museum in Upstate New York.

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Sunset from the Taconic State Parkway: The sun setting over the Catskill Mountains. Taken from the northern part of the Taconic State Parkway in upstate New York.
Sunset from the Taconic State Parkway:

The sun setting over the Catskill Mountains. Taken from the northern part of the Taconic State Parkway in upstate New York.

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Random Thoughts on Mobile

webOS would have paired well with Nokia’s phone hardware.

I hope it is not too late for the HP TouchPad. A few software updates could fix the worst issues that I’ve read about in the reviews.

Windows Phone OS with the Windows 8 touch interface would make a very interesting tablet.

The Android web browser should be called Chrome.

My ranking of mobile platforms (what I would buy, in order from most interested to least interested).

Phone:
*iPhone/iOS
*Windows Phone
*webOS
*Android (stock, e.g. Nexus S)
*RIM/BlackBerry

Tablet:
*iPad/iOS
*TouchPad/webOS
*Android

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Nothing?

“It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.’” — Bill Gates, February 2010

Maybe not Bill, but I bet you wish Microsoft sold 14.8 million tablets since then.

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Tim Morgan on the new App Store and Twitter User Interfaces

Interesting piece by Tim Morgan, definitely worth a read. In his response, John Gruber notes:

“Whether you think this is a good thing or not, there’s no use fearing it. Apple’s passion for UI uniformity went away with the six-color logo. Change is inevitable. Individuality is the new norm. Mac UI design is only just starting to take influence from iOS UI design.”

I don’t have a problem with desktop apps taking influence from iOS apps, but there are some influences that I think are bad in a desktop environment. I think iOS UI influence rooted in the fact that iOS apps are always full screen and always have your full attention are bad on the desktop.

I know Apple likes this idea since 10.7 will have API support for full screen applications. That is great for novice users (less confusing) or people who just want to focus on their task. I think good applications will have both full featured window and full featured full screen modes.

iOS applications don’t have to think about things like moving windows around. Mac OS X desktop applications still do. If you haven’t, read what Morgan says about moving windows in the new Twitter app, and how confusing it is. Better yet, try the app yourself. Where do you click to move the window? This is not even a concern in iOS. You don’t move windows. The ability to move windows in the new Twitter feels like an after thought.

Until the App Store came out, many might argue that people using a dedicated Twitter application on Mac OS X were among the technically savvy crowd, and they’ll figure it out. Post Mac App Store, this can no longer be assumed. Many novice users are going to be using these types of applications. Especially the free ones. I can imagine many users finding it incredibly frustrating to use the new Twitter application.