SE-0491 (via Becca Royal-Gordon): We propose that Swift’s grammar be extended so that, wherever an identifier is written in source code to reference a declaration, it can be prefixed by ModuleName:: to disambiguate which module the declaration is ex…
Lees meerFight to Repair: A coalition of businesses, nonprofits, and elected officials (including Fight To Repair’s parent organization, the Secure Resilient Future Foundation) has formally petitioned Microsoft to extend Windows 10 support, which is currentl…
Lees meerToday happens to be the 800th In the News post on iPhone J.D., and Apple TV is nonplussed. What I mean is that one of many announcements from Apple this week was that the service formally known as Apple TV+ will now simply be called Apple TV. Goodby…
Lees meerAdam Engst (Hacker News): Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface design brings transparency and blur effects to all Apple operating systems, but many users find it distracting or difficult to read. Here’s how to control its effects and make your interfa…
Lees meerRaluca Budiu (Hacker News): One of the oldest findings in usability is that anything placed on top of something else becomes harder to see. Yet here we are, in 2025, with Apple proudly obscuring text, icons, and controls by making them transparent a…
Lees meerAdam Engst: Here’s where I take exception to Liquid Glass, and to Apple’s positioning of content as the most important aspect of our digital devices, and thus of our digital lives. Yes, many people are largely passive consumers of content, whether w…
Lees meerMario Guzmán: I can’t stop laughing at how comically large the corner radii are on #macOSTahoe windows. Clownish. Dominik Wagner: Preview? These are white, A4 PDF pages, they don’t have round corners. We are not on battlestar galactica. I need my pd…
Lees meerNick Heer (Mastodon): I do not think all these effects necessarily help legibility, which is as poor as it has ever been in translucent areas. The degree to which this is noticeable is dependent on the platform. In iOS 26, I find it less distracting…
Lees meerJason Kottke: I’m usually pretty go-with-the-flow as far as OS updates go, but iOS 26 / Liquid Glass is terrible: incoherent, ugly, and difficult to use. Obviously a massive design effort, but they missed the mark IMO. Juli Clover: It’s been two day…
Lees meerIf you are a lawyer or other professional who wants a nice iPad that will be fantastic for getting your work done and will also be great for surfing the Internet, looking at pictures, and otherwise using that device when you are off the clock, the i…
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