By John Gruber
Mux — Video for developers
Linked List: October 30, 2008
Thursday, 30 October 2008
- Classics (App Store Link) ★
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There are a bunch of book reader apps in the App Store which use public domain classics for content. What sets Classics apart is the UI — it does very little, but what it does do, it does with panache. Pages actually animate as they turn, for example. I can’t see myself reading an entire novel one iPhone screenful at a time, but if you can, for $3 Classics is worth checking out.
- Photos During (and After) the Phillies World Series Celebration ★
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This is one happy city.
- Daring Fireball RSS Feed Sponsorships for 2009 ★
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Back in August, every remaining week for 2008 sold out on the Daring Fireball RSS feed sponsorship schedule. I started selling weeks in 2009 yesterday. If you’ve got a product or service you’d like to promote to the DF audience, check out the sponsorship page for more information and current rates.
- Magic Cocoa Pixie Dust ★
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Everyone out there with a stiffy for the “rewritten in Cocoa” Snow Leopard Finder needs to get a grip. Cocoa is just an API. It is not some sort of magic technology where you just sprinkle a ton of square brackets in your source code and you instantly get a better UI.
From a user’s perspective, the Snow Leopard Finder is going to be pretty much the exact same turd we’ve had in Mac OS X all along.
- About the Late-September 2008 MobileMe Update ★
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Decent release notes covering recent updates to MobileMe.
- iPhone Version of Opera Rejected From App Store ★
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I’m getting tons of emails regarding this bit from Saul Hansell’s interview with Opera CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner:
Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser.
I don’t see how this is surprising at all. One can argue about whether it’s a good policy for Apple not to allow third-party web browsers on the iPhone, but unlike other rejections, this one is not arbitrary. The iPhone SDK Agreement clearly forbids writing your own JavaScript interpreter. I’m not sure what Apple would do if someone tried to publish a third-party iPhone browser based on the system’s version of WebKit, but a browser based on a third-party engine is clearly not allowed.
Again, I’m not saying that’s a good policy. Just saying it’s different than the rejection of apps that don’t violate any of the published rules.
Update: It’s also possible that the version of Opera Mini they developed for the iPhone doesn’t even have a JavaScript engine, that it’s built with minimalist rendering in mind. If that’s the case, this would be another rejection of an app that doesn’t violate any of the written guidelines. It’s unclear whether that’s the case.
- 25 Years of Frustration, Popped Like a Cork ★
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The New York Times:
In Northeast Philadelphia, thousands more gathered at the intersection of Frankford and Cottman Avenues, where city workers had greased the light poles to keep fans from dangerous, inebriated ascents.
- The Parade ★
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Tomorrow at noon:
Officially, Philadelphia public and parochial schools will be open. But if past parades are predictive, many pupils will contract a serious case of “Phillies Fever,” which is treated by fresh air and loud cheering.
In 1980, some teachers even conducted impromptu field trips with their students, citing the importance of studying history.
Pictures from the last one.