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Linked List: April 3, 2006

Monday, 3 April 2006

Mac OS X 10.4.6 

Looks like a pretty big update, including fixes for iSync, iDisk WebDAV access, and a bunch of Intel-related fixes for standard apps like iChat and iMovie.

Plus note this weird item:

With the Mac OS X 10.4.6 system software update, PowerPC-based Macs will restart twice, instead of once, after the initial installation.

Treo 700w Has Egregious DST Bug 

Steven Frank:

Wait, it gets better! Here’s Palm’s “preferred method” for solving this problem:

  1. Delete all the messed up appointments.

  2. Re-enter them.

  3. In the future, DO NOT CREATE EVENTS ON THE PHONE, create them on the desktop only.

*head in hands*

This is an absolute travesty. Guys, keeping track of calendar appointments is a CORE FUNCTION of a PDA. How could you NOT have tested daylight savings time issues? Aren’t you embarrassed? Hell, I’m embarrassed FOR YOU. I’m embarrassed for the whole industry.

Khoi Vinh: The Awesome Redesign I Didn’t Do 

NYTimes.com design director Khoi Vinh:

One little detail that I should clarify: I did not design this. Ever-changing marketplace and business pressures had made a redesign necessary long before I even began talking to management about the possibility of joining the company.

NYTimes.com Redesign Launches 

This is without question better in every way than the previous NYTimes.com design. Much less crowded than before; ads, for example, are much better integrated into the pages. (The main reason it feels less crowded is that it now uses a 1024-pixel-wide layout.) The type is much improved — the body copy and most headlines are now set in Georgia, and the line-heights seem more comfortable.

I have a bunch of quibbles. Some of the type seems too small, especially the longer list of headlines in the middle of the home page. And as I’ve always felt about NYTimes.com, I’m not sure how anyone is expected to be able to take in the entirety of the home page — there’s just way too much there. (Compare and contrast to the front page of the print edition of The Times.)

But those are quibbles. What matters is that overall, it’s big, big improvement to the design of my favorite web site.