Posted by Michael on Jun 22, 2008 in
Software,
Web Even though the next version of Mac OS x was only announced less about two weeks ago, leaked screen shots of a “Snow Leopard” test build show the ability to create web apps in Safari 4 and an update to Address Book with hooks into Microsoft Exchange.
The new test build, documented by German website Apfeltalk (with translation by Engadget), offers a “Save as Web Application” menu item in Safari that creates a complete version of the website that can potentially be used offline and without the overhead of normal web browser.
Similar to web app icons for the iPhone’s home screen, the feature is intended to improve access to online productivity apps like Google Docs or Photoshop Express, which can substitute for some dedicated programs on the desktop.
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Tags: java, operating system, OS X, Safari, snow leopard
Posted by Michael on Apr 23, 2008 in
Web A very interesting article posted on ArsTechnica about making the switch from programming for the Windows platform to the OS X platform. More than that though, there is some good background on the histories of each and the mind frames behind them.
You have to love these quotes. First, about the shoddy state of Windows software, “Most Windows applications—from both major software companies and minor ones alike—are ugly, poorly-thought-out, clunky pieces of crap. While there are a few artisan developers for Windows, most Windows devs just don’t care.” And in contrast, there is this about Mac software, “Mac developers don’t seem to be like that. They’re not producing software for big corporations, so of course we don’t see the same disinterested developers developing for Mac. Sure, this is “bad” in that it means that Apple has no penetration into the business world. But it’s also great, because it means that the apps that people write for OS X are more likely to be of high quality.”
Great, thorough, and very interesting article. Check it out!
Tags: C++, Cocoa, Mac, OS X, Visual Basic, Windows
