By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: September 27, 2005
Tuesday, 27 September 2005
- iPod Flaw ‘Limited’, Apple Confirms ★
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Macworld UK reports on Apple’s response to the Nano screen situation. The outright broken displays are apparently a “vendor quality problem in a small number of units”, and affected Nanos will be replaced under warranty. But the scratching issue is, according to Apple, hype:
The [Apple] representative confirmed the company to have received “very few” calls claiming such a problem, adding: “The iPod Nano is made with the same high-quality polycarbonate plastic as the fourth-generation iPod.
- Updated Mac Minis Arriving ★
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Think Secret reports on the updated Mac Minis: 1.5 GHz processors, 5400-RPM hard drives, 64 MB of VRAM (up from 32), and Bluetooth 2.0 support lead the list of changes. Interestingly, they’re apparently appearing in boxes marked with the old specs; according to Think Secret:
Sources have informed Think Secret that Mac Mini box labels will continue to list the older specifications with no indication of whether the newer or older systems are contained within. The motivation behind this is to help clear current inventory without lowering prices. Essentially, customers are promised that the Mac Mini they purchase will have specifications “at least” equal to the label, but that their system may exceed those. Customers who purchase a new Mac Mini to find they ended up with the older configuration will not be able to return the system in the hopes of getting the newer configuration without paying a restocking fee.
- Apple Will Replace Damaged iPod Nano Screens ★
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Paul Thurrott quotes from a (subscribers-only) Wall Street Journal article:
Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of world-wide product marketing, said a “vendor quality problem” caused cracking on a small number of iPod-nano screens, affecting “less than one-tenth of 1%” of the devices Apple has shipped. Mr. Schiller said Apple’s iPod-nano warranty will cover devices with cracked screens.
- Cory Doctorow on the Authors Guild and Opt-In ★
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Cory Doctorow nails it:
In other words, the [Authors Guild] believes that Google shouldn’t be allowed to opt writers in to its Google Print program (which will make money for writers and sell more books), but they believe that they should be able to opt writers into their costly, suicidal lawsuit against Google, which, if they are victorious, will reduce sales and take money out of writers’ pockets.
- What .Mac Lacks ★
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Khoi Vinh:
Raising the storage limit to a gigabyte, while laudable, is basically playing catch-up to where online Web storage stood a few years ago. And the other improvements, while not offensive, still don’t do what, in my estimation, should be done: turning .Mac into a fully-fledged Web 2.0 offering.
The quality of Apple’s web apps is well below the quality of their Mac software.