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I need a flux capacitor to fix this…
I recently wrote an article for TidBITS about the app’s resurrected text-box-linking feature. A reader responded with complaints about Pages 7: Whatever, it is still the most ignorant word processing software. I can open a document in Word I made in … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Publications, Technology
Tagged Apple, Pages, stupidity, user experience
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I don’t need those stinkin’ badges!
I’m delighted that Apple’s iBooks app can display an update badge to alert you when a book that you have purchased from the iBooks Store has been updated. It would be more delightful if the alert mechanism worked. For example, here is … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged apps, ibooks, iphone, stupidity
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I wave my hand and raise a storm
Late last week I began composing a short piece for this blog about the phrase “get over it.” However, knowing that the weekly edition of TidBITS was running a little light this week, I showed it to the editors there, … Continue reading
Today in Journamalism™
I keep hearing journalists and correspondents from major media outlets (such as CBS and ABC) talk about the “Republican takeover of Congress.” According to my copy of the Constitution (the one that includes the bit about slavery that has been … Continue reading