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Re: IChat Alternatives.

neckpain — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:37:01 -0000

That's awesome. Thanks for telling me that. I'm gonna get that now. Cheers. ;-)

Re: IChat Alternatives.

macgasm — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:26:50 -0000

the latest beta of 1.4 has QQ integration. You can get it here: http://beta.adium.im/

Re: IChat Alternatives.

neckpain — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:20:23 -0000

Adium is a really cool platform. If only it can integrate QQ which is one of the most popular iChat in China with 300 Million Users, it would be perfect.

Re: Apple takes online advertising to the next step with the New York Times

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Re: Yahoo Messenger Application

waynedixon — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:10:03 -0000

I have a few questions:

1. Were you able to successfully download the application to your iPhone or iPod Touch? If so, does the application actually launch?
2. Can you post a link to, or post, the exact error message?
3. Have you tried un-installing the application and re-installing it?

Re: Yahoo Messenger Application

audrey purvis — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:25:27 -0000

how do i get a application? it won't let me get to my messenges. It says no application. i've tried everything i can think of to do. just this big messenage that keeps coming on.

Re: Braid has arrived on OS X

4fthawaiian — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:29:25 -0000

I love a good mac game post! Heading over to get my copy now :)

Re: Whither my apps?

4fthawaiian — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:25:41 -0000

I hadn't even thought of this in terms of switchers. Good grief. That would be annoying. Especially after all the ad hype to switch over. "I'm here.. My computer isn't a PC... What now??"

Re: Whither my apps?

macgasm — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:55:14 -0000

Carly, you still looking for that type of info? I can put together a "must have" apps post for you if you'd like. :)

Re: Whither my apps?

Carly — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:49:13 -0000

I agree - I just got my a new macbook and after setting up my itunes library I don't know what to install or what I need - whereas with my iphone I knew instantly.

Great article! :)

Re: Whither my apps?

macgasm — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:00:04 -0000

Given the financial success a lot of these developers are seeing in the AppStore, despite giving away 30% off the top, I think you'd see a lot more people consider the possibility these days. If anything the developers would be more concerned about the approval process and the terms of use.

Re: Whither my apps?

macgasm — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:56:47 -0000

I love the "we're so happy we've got something decent that we don't ask for more argument". I wonder if it's causing us to stagnate a little though. Stifling innovation is a bad thing. Is it the users like us, or the developers that give us the tools, that are causing the stagnation? I'm more inclined to believe it's the users. We all track down crappy, half developed "beta" software, and we've become content using broken crap. I say we demand more from developers on a whole.

Re: Whither my apps?

nabsy — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:45:19 -0000

Thanks for the comment! I agree with you there is inherent benefit to the developer in having the product streamed to user in such a way that it saves them time on delivery and marketing. This is where most great ideas fail unfortunately. Doesn't Apple already have a large app listing and description database on their website? Couldn't they use my search data (from safari or firefox) to suggest apps just like Google would on their search page?

You're probably right that the initial Apple response would be to charge. But if I was in there camp, I would start looking at this as a retention issue and just offer it for free. Of course everyone is jumping on the Mac bandwagon these days so maybe there is no retention issue...

Re: Whither my apps?

4fthawaiian — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:14 -0000

Would they then charge the stiff fees they charge now to become an iPhone developer? Or, enforce the same ludicrous standards re: "decency", etc? I don't know if the App Store is really my favorite model.

Maybe Nabil just needs a good feed-reader to stay in touch with this stuff? I don't keep up either, admittedly, but it doesn't seem to bug me. I spend most of my time working with the same three tools (browser, email, text editor) so I suppose I'm not that into checking out new apps. I have to say, though, this sentence: "What’s to stop me from actually purchasing a Netbook instead of a new Macbook the next time I need to make a change?", really resonated for me. I was *this* close to getting a Netbook to go with my iPhone 3G, but in the end was only prevented from doing so by the awful thought of having to use Windows (I wound up getting a new MacBook, which I LOVE). So, what am I saying? Well, I suppose for me OSX is enough. I can get my work done (mostly!) and I don't have the issues that Windows users have (constant viruses, spyware, ugly-ass OS). Maybe that's why Apple isn't working harder to give us access to new software: We're all just so happy to have a machine that works that we don't demand much more.

Re: Whither my apps?

macgasm — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:59:41 -0000

An "open" universal App store for the desktop would change everything. Once place to get updates, and one place to download from would make the whole updating process such a breeze. Man, if only it was a reality!

Re: Whither my apps?

laggy — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:48:30 -0000

totally agree

Re: Whither my apps?

GlutenBoy — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:49:13 -0000

Apple is having so much success with their App Store for the iPhone, it would be ridiculous if they don't have a similar plan for OS X apps. That being said the environment is quite different: they have a closed environment with the iPhone, so they can charge a premium for someone to publish their app on the App Store. They don't have this leverage on the OS X app world, but I could see the benefit for developper to have their app diffused ala iPhone App Store. Unless Apple is ready to offer this service for free for developper, just to promote their platform, I don't see all developper jumping on this train.

Anyway my point is all the tools are there for Apple to do so, but like you said I think their focus is not there at the moment.

Re: Grab your Screen with Little Snapper!

macgasm — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:39:09 -0000

I love this app. It's taken over skitch for me, which is saying a lot because I love skitch too.

Re: Chromium goes native.

macgasm — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:36:15 -0000

they had to start somewhere, right?

Re: Chromium goes native.

4fthawaiian — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:34:52 -0000

No process manager as yet. That was the killer feature I've been holding out for. Sigh.

Re: 10.5.7 is live, and I got a really scary error.

macgasm — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:08:08 -0000

Combo install borked my machine. I'm stuck on reboot. It's sitting here doing nothing... DO NOT install IMO

Re: 10.5.7 is live, and I got a really scary error.

macgasm — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:41:01 -0000

Apple bugs know no borders! ;)

Re: 10.5.7 is live, and I got a really scary error.

macgasm — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:40:19 -0000

hold your horses. I'm in the process of installing the combo now!

Re: 10.5.7 is live, and I got a really scary error.

José Manuel — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:34:39 -0000

Lol Got the same error, here in México, It seems to be common.
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090...
Lol If u know somethin' let me know.

Re: 10.5.7 is live, and I got a really scary error.

4fthawaiian — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:18:01 -0000

3 hours on.. no update?? We're all waiting..

oops.. "show more comments" ftw. So, not going ahead with the combo?