Notices by Paul McAleer (paulmcaleer@mastodon.social), page 2

HEY TIM APPLE THANKS FOR PUTTING ADS IN SETTINGS

Which one of the Animaniacs designed this dialog

“Apple has killed its electric car plans…”

That’s good!

“…to focus on generative artificial intelligence instead.”

oh.

https://www.motor1.com/news/710351/apple-car-dead/

@annika Annika.

To the Safari team: I beg you, please never get rid of the POOF animation that shows up when you delete a bookmark from the bookmark bar. It's a tiny moment of delight in this otherwise extremely functional UI situation we're in these days. If I can't have Happy Mac, I'll keep poof.

LONG LIVE THE POOF.

@thomasfuchs Hey thanks! I did cross-check and see people complaining about the passwords feature in Vision Pro disappearing before they had a chance to poke an app or web form properly so it feels like it's a weird combination here, just as it is IRL.

Real question: do websites and apps on Vision Pro require you to enter a password (via keyboard)? Because this thing that is, uh, on your face and always tracking your eyes proooobbbbably should be able to validate it's always you?

It’s great when people focus on things. Less so when they’re the wrong things.

@thomasfuchs I just keep thinking "this is someone's job"

All I want for macOS Apple Music is to be able to turn off all album art motion without turning it off at a system level. I do *not* want album covers animated. Ever. Distracting, bothersome to me.

Tim Apple never returns my calls

(On iOS, I can turn that off – and I did.)

The year is 2031. DreamWorksMeta announces the release of *Despicable Me 12*, a VR-exclusive Netflix special featuring the voice and body of AI Steve Carell™️, available as a premium add-on to your AT&T plan for just $99.99 with up to 5 licensed viewings permitted. (Requires Apple visionOS 9+ and a GoExtremeMaxSuper plan or higher.)

The road not traveled, sadly

https://www.theonion.com/new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-im-thinking-printers-1819572893

@thomasfuchs You are correct! Thanks for the nudge in the right direction

@thomasfuchs Gotta co-process those maths!

I mean, it is kinda stunning from afar to see Sub Shack... er... Substack fumble over trying to be a platform and moderation and all of these things, as if no other digital company in the past 40 years had done this before, just amazing.

Used a cast iron pan last night in dinner prep and washed it with soap and somewhere on the internet someone is sensing that and thinking, "SOMEONE NEEDS TO BUY CHAINMAIL TO CLEAN THAT PAN AND THEN SEASON IT UPSIDE DOWN IN THE OVEN IMMEDIATELY" and folks, it's fine, the pan is clean and still seasoned

I am wondering what happens to the knowledge and joy and experience and trivia that is locked up today in comment sections in walled gardens like YouTube, Reddit, etc.

The site that @laze and I made for 13 years (dailyping.com) is still live with all its comments, even the ones where people thought we were Maury Povich's site and also a place to complain about tow trucks. We keep it live because it's not expensive for us. But we don't have shareholders.

(cc @anildash, feels right)

Listen, I love The Verge but saying things like “the stand mixer is a category ripe for disruption” is just bananas.

@annika Thank you for this important update. May I offer in exchange, in the spirit of giving, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2023 and WordPerfect Office Standard – the latter of which includes the latest version of Quattro Pro?

Tiny Apple OS reviews:

- watchOS 10: Snoozer. Really dislike glances. Apple's erosion of modality continues. Mild typographic updates make things feel less crammed. New faces are bad.
- tvOS 17: Control Center is a fucking mess that continues to spread across Apple's OSes like a bad flu. 6 icons across is nice. FaceTime on the TV is great.
- iOS 17: Been beta testing this for months but am mostly comfy with it. Interactive widgets are surprisingly useful! Killing off dictation modality is bad.