Notices by Craig Hockenberry (chockenberry@mastodon.social)

A new generation is going to learn that putting strong UI elements behind text is a lot harder to get right than you first think.

This is a hell of a thing to write on the eve of WWDC.

But I had to because I truly fear where Apple is headed.

https://furbo.org/2025/06/08/history-repeats/

I don't have a lot of heroes, but Bill Atkinson was one of them.

I had the good fortune of meeting him while we were both working on our first iPad apps. He was as gracious, smart, curious, and funny as you'd think.

A few years after that I wrote him a love letter:

https://iconfactory.com/bc.html

He's no longer with us, but his ideas will live on forever, and for that I'm grateful.

Slack > Settings > Accessibility > Tab previews > OFF

The new location to get rid of the super annoying mouse-over panels.

You're welcome.

The Apple Design Awards is the greatest casualty of the new WWDC format.

It was the most exciting evening of the week. A room packed with developers, each of which thought their app had a chance to win, and equally excited to see which of their peers would win.

And when John Geleynse & Shaan Pruden called you up, it was magic. You felt the love in the room, held a cube, and saw your hard work on screen.

Now it's basically a press release. The work is still awesome, the recognition is not.

@film_girl iPhone > iPad > Apple Watch > Vision Pro

Each platform iteration is smaller ecosystem.

It’s remarkable that they don’t see it.

WHERE DO I DOWN LOAD IOS SIXTY NINE

We've entered day 10 of waiting for a TestFlight beta app review on macOS. Have tried all the tricks, like submitting new builds, but there has been absolutely no movement.

While Apple is doing everything it can to maintain the tight control it has over the App Stores and a huge revenue stream, we're out here just trying to get some volunteers to test our software. And failing.

This is bullshit that no developer on any platform should have to deal with. Bureaucracy for its own sake.

You only have to sell 20,000 watch bands to pay for an inauguration shakedown.
https://nileane.fr/@nileane/114456571110086993

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS VIBRATOR CODING

Always count on AI to get gender right.

As you look at your 401K in shambles, keep in mind that someone in this administration made an “investment" that earned 2,100% _in one hour_.

If you knew what they knew, you could have made $2.1M from $100K today. Or if you're an asshole billionaire, a lot more.

Good luck investigating this insider trading. Guess which branch of government is in charge of monitoring this illegal behavior?

A big update of #TapestryApp is out today. We spent about a month on it and there are a ton of new features and improvements.

So many, in fact, that we kept hitting the 4,000 character limit on the build release notes in App Store Connect. Got it down to 26 free characters and then added another feature - and had to edit again! We eventually landed on 14 free characters (0.35% free space).

https://usetapestry.com/history

You could say this release is CHOCK FULL.

About 10% of Apple's $3T market cap got wiped out today.

That $1M inauguration investment currently has a return of -$300B.

I’m guessing that all those conservatives who voted for a promise of lower taxes weren't expecting it to be from reporting capital gains on investments.

After solving today’s Connections, I’m ready for anything that April 1st wants to throw at me.

Holy shit.

@rmondello https://design.iconfactory.com/microsoft-windows-xp/

If Apple modifies the look of platform user interfaces, I'm guessing that SwiftUI will play a huge part in a successful transition.

One of the main points of using the framework is that you are no longer burdened with basic layout and behaviors. A Toggle() is a concept, not a presentation.

In theory, your SwiftUI code & design should move as easily between iOS 18/19 as it does between iOS/watchOS.

Those of you who have been digging around in UIKit to accomplish things will have regrets.

1/n

KINDA EXPENSIVE FOR A POWER CORD MUST BE A MONSTER

Is there some kind of competition between soap manufacturers and whiskey makers to see who can make the product that’s hardest to open?

Like some kind of throw down with Makers Mark and Ivory.