Linked List: July 16, 2007

Monday, 16 July 2007

iPhone Scrolling Tip ★: Great tip for scrolling within web page text editing fields on an iPhone: use two fingers, sort of like two-finger trackpad scrolling on a Mac. (I should just write a script to auto-link whenever Hockenberry posts something.)
The Open Library ★: Ambitious new project from Aaron Swartz and Brewster Kahle:

What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book — our planet’s cultural legacy.
Storing iPhone Web Apps Locally With ‘data:’ URLs ★: Crude but clever workaround for storing web pages for offline access on an iPhone. (Thanks to Melissa O’Neill.)
Multi-Touch on the Desktop ★: Craig Hockenberry:

If you’re one of the people who think that a multi-touch monitor is a good idea, try this little experiment: touch the top and bottom of your display repeatedly for five minutes. Unless you’re able to beat the governor of California in an arm wrestling match, you’ll give up well before that time limit. Now can you imagine using an interface like this for an eight hour work day?
Knox 1.5 ★: Easy-to-use but extremely secure $30 encryption utility. Knox stores data using Mac OS X’s encrypted disk images, so your data is accessible even without Knox installed.
3G vs. EDGE Battery Life Analysis ★: AnandTech uses a Samsung Blackjack to test whether 3G data networking draws significantly more power than EDGE. (Answer: Yes, especially for voice.)
Leaflets: Outstanding iPhone Portal and Web Apps ★: Very well-designed portal site for iPhone by the crew at Blue Flavor; includes new iPhone-optimized web apps like an RSS aggregator and iPhone-optimized presentations of content from The New York Times, NewsVine, and more. Fast page load times even over EDGE, but certainly not a bare-bones design. I like the visual aesthetic very much: it looks iPhone-ish without specifically aping the look-and-feel of native iPhone apps.