Linked List: February 2, 2005

Wednesday, 2 February 2005

Shuffling Lightly ★: Michael Sippey:

[…] I’ve come to the conclusion that the most interesting thing about the Shuffle isn’t its lack of screen, or its “pull tracks at random from iTunes” feature, or its price point or its button placement. The most interesting thing is just how light it is.
MSN Redesign ★: Douglas Bowman on MSN’s move toward standard markup and CSS for layout.
NeXT Applications and Interface Builder ★: Michael Tsai, commenting on a DrunkenBlog post pointing out how little Interface Builder has changed since NeXTSTEP a decade ago:

Interface Builder was ahead of its time. And, yes, the ability to set outlets and actions is still cool. But aside from adding support for layout guides and bindings, it doesn’t seem to have changed much. It could even learn a few things from PowerPlant Constructor, circa 1996. The last time I complained about Apple’s developer tools, it wasn’t long before they announced Xcode. So hopefully there’s already a project underway.
Panic Now Selling T-shirts ★: I’m trying to resist the urge to craft a pun using ‘softwear’.