Linked List: February 25, 2009

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One ★

Speaking of Dr. J and Larry Bird, who could forget this classic game from my youth? This photo from the packaging says everything that needs to be said about basketball and mustaches in the ’80s. (Thanks to Bryan Bedell.)

Google Blocks Unlocked G1 Users From Paid Android Apps ★

Very strange.

Update: To be clear, these unlocked G1s aren’t unofficially hacked or anything like that — these are developer phones that Google sells, and which Google handed out as year-end gifts to its employees a few months ago.

Safari 4, Coda, and Conceptual Hierarchies ★

Insightful analysis by Lukas Mathis regarding Safari 4’s and Coda’s mapping of conceptual hierarchy to visual hierarchy.

Update: Interesting response from Panic’s Steven Frank.

Anthony Piraino: ‘Vagabond Tabs’ ★

Same fundamental complaints as Reece’s, but Piraino sees it as a fundamentally flawed design.

Manton Reece: ‘Defending Safari 4 Tabs’ ★

He likes the new design overall, but points to the click-through implementation as the biggest problem.

Good Design: The Ten Commandments of Dieter Rams ★

Genius.

John Welch: ‘On Installers’ ★

Detailed, thoughtful treatise on the art of producing good software installers:

Look, writing installers is not glamorous, it’s tedious, and it’s also completely fucking important. The installer is either the first or second experience someone has with your work. (It’s second if physical media, first if a download.)

The Omni Group Releases Four Apps, Including OmniWeb, as Freeware ★

OmniWeb, OmniDazzle, OmniDiskSweeper, and OmniObjectMeter released as freeware. When OmniWeb 5 first appeared, it really moved the state-of-the-art forward.