Linked List: August 28, 2010

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Dan Wineman’s Gesture-Based Apple TV Remote Concept ★

It’s an interesting idea, but I don’t know. The magic in the iPhone/iPad UI isn’t about putting your fingers on a flat surface and tapping/sliding/dragging. It’s in the direct manipulation. It’s that you’re touching the actual visual elements on the screen itself. A layer of abstraction peeled away. That’s why the Magic Trackpad does not make your Mac feel like an iOS device.

This concept might prove better than the current Apple TV remote, but something about it rings wrong to me. Sure is fun to think about, though.

Sourcebits ★

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Rob Rhyne’s Briefs, Still in App Store Limbo ★

Jeff LaMarche:

I’m pissed on his behalf, since he won’t be. Make no mistake: This sucks. This is no way to treat anybody, but especially him. Rob has bent over backwards throughout the process to be nice and work within the system and to avoid saying anything negative about the problems he’s faced. Rob has kept the discourse on a level I think few of us could manage. He didn’t go out and raise a stink the way many developers have when they felt slighted by the App Review team. Rob just calmly and patiently worked within the system trying to make his case and get a product he worked on for months onto the app store.