By John Gruber
Mux — Video for developers
Linked List: September 9, 2008
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
- Apple’s New Accessibility Web Site ★
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With sections for Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod/iTunes.
- Apple Publishes Actual List of Changes in iPhone OS 2.1 for iPod Touch ★
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Screenshot captured by Patrick McCarron. Included in the list is a fix for the “backups to iTunes take way too long” bug.
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Great feature. I wonder if the new iPod Classics get this too? Update: The answer is no, only the Nanos have this feature.
- QuickTime Stream of Today’s Special Event ★
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Still wish they’d go back to streaming them live, somehow.
- Michael Quinion on ‘Funner’ and ‘Funnest’ ★
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Interesting history of fun as an adjective, apropos Apple’s description of the new iPod Touch as “The funnest iPod ever.” The word is certainly legitimate enough for use in advertising copy, but it doesn’t sound good to my ears. I’m not outright offended, though, as many seemingly are. A more substantial gripe than questioning the word’s legitimacy is that it’s too easily misread as funniest. (Via Paul Kafasis.)
- Switch Off the iTunes 8 Genre Browser ★
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Paul Mison has the scoop on the
defaultscommand that disables “Genre” column in the browser view in iTunes 8. The visible preference to control this was removed from the iTunes prefs dialog. - Gizmodo: Nike-Plus Only Works With New Second Generation iPod Touch ★
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The built-in Nike-Plus integration requires hardware that isn’t present in the iPhone or original iPod Touch.
- iTunes 8 Now Available ★
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“Genius” playlists (and Store recommendations), a new grid view, HD TV shows, and a new visualizer. On the accessibility front, iTunes is now “screen reader friendly” on both Mac OS X and Windows.
- Macworld’s Live Coverage of Apple’s ‘Let’s Rock’ Event ★
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Gizmodo has good coverage too. I’m jotting notes on Twitter.
Love the way Jobs opened the event.
