Articles posted in January, 2007

Mac OS X’s Calculator: Return and Enter keys refuse to work after application has been hidden

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 • 9:30 am

A strange bug where keys cease to work properly after the application has been hidden.

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Safari: Should not scroll in background when user is dragging an item

Monday, January 29th, 2007 • 4:15 pm

There is such a thing as too much support for drag-and-drop.

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Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac: Get used to the lack of visual feedback

Friday, January 26th, 2007 • 5:45 pm

What’s the system doing? Your guess is as good as mine…

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Excel 2004: AutoComplete works in mysterious ways

Friday, January 26th, 2007 • 3:00 pm

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

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Slate on Japanese iTunes Store

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 • 10:25 am

An article that does not tell a quarter of the real (shameful) story.

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EPL 2006–2007: Arsenal 2 – Manchester United 1

Sunday, January 21st, 2007 • 3:23 pm

A regular league game that feels like a cup final!

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Microsoft Office 2004: Zooming in and out of documents with the scroll wheel

Thursday, January 18th, 2007 • 10:01 am

The best way to experience zooming vertigo is with Microsoft’s applications.

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Macworld Expo 2007 thoughts

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 • 4:53 pm

No Apple TV or iPhone for me in the foreseeable future…

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iTunes: Smart Playlists need to support search on playlist name

Monday, January 15th, 2007 • 5:45 pm

Smart playlist rules that aren’t that smart.

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English Premier League 2006–2007: Blackburn 0 – Arsenal 2

Sunday, January 14th, 2007 • 11:40 am

Yet another great result for the Gunners, after a great week in cup competitions.

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Anil Dash’s library is dead

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 • 10:38 pm

High-profile blogger is bitten by iTunes library corruption.

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User interface and usability according to Microsoft

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 • 11:16 am

Microsoft engineers can actually change the user interface without affecting usability. These guys are geniuses.

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iTunes: Pasting letters in numeric fields

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 • 2:13 pm

Did you know you can actually enter letters in these track/disc number fields?

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How to avoid Safari crashes: Option-click on large media files

Friday, January 5th, 2007 • 10:34 am

A simple trick to avoid loading large media files within a browser window, which increases browser instability.

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