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I had the same issue, and I'm working on an ebook reader that does exactly what you're asking for. It's not available yet, but there are screenshots here: https://leafl.it/

The page with my name in the HyperCard 10th Anniversary Stack is a stack I made that was added to that project. It does a bunch of weird things to simulate the Mac Finder, none of …

Holy moly, this has a stack in it that I made 30 years ago! Unfortunately, it doesn't work correctly in the simulator.

I guess the point is that she, herself, was not notable at that point, since her work was not widely and publicly known. Otherwise we'd already know her pre-transition name.

If I tell you that I'm rolling a die, and ask you whether I rolled a six or not a six, offering you 100$ if you guess right, you very obviously should say "not a six", even if we o…

I would argue that if you start out knowing that you will switch, you essentially do lie, because you initially pretend to pick a box (or door) that you know you will not end up op…

> Why do we need to criticize one tool because it is not equal or better to another? Probably because we want it to become better :-) > But calling the iPad a failure because it do…

I also don't think it's a problem, I just think it's a missed opportunity. I think the iPad could have had the potential to be a better computing device for many, if not most, peop…

>What is this silly ‘real work’ gate-keeping? I guess the author means their work. I used the term "real work" because that's the term people use when they write "you can actually …

Then why don't these people use iPads? (Maybe because iPads are actually more complicated for most common work-related tasks.) Your claim that only a minority of people use more th…

I'm sorry.

I'm kind of in the same boat, and I'm slowly, gradually, replacing my Macs with both Windows and Linux devices. As somebody with zero investment in earlier Windows versions, I quit…

Fair points, though I would say two things: 1. Touchscreen computers are in the minority now, but I don't think they'll remain in the minority. Kids are growing up on iPhones, Andr…

I specifically point out in the article that it is not just loss aversion, but that there are valid reasons to dislike Windows 8. I also don't criticize old interfaces because they…

Yes, precisely!

I'm pointing that out multiple times in the article :-)

The difference is probably that Microsoft's Windows 10 demonstrations show a manually customized system, while my screenshot shows what it looks like by default, on a newly install…

I've never seen the wifi connection issue you describe on my Surface. And I know a bunch of people who, like me, use Windows 8 in Metro mode.

I like Windows 8 on the desktop. I agree that it has issues, but I also point that out in the article. As for "undermining people's opinions": while I have no doubt that there are …

Yeah, I didn't put down the whole story in the article. I actually did talk to support at some point (there's no email address, so I had to call them). The first-level support rep …

I think that's a fair point if you're talking about a disk that's attached to a computer. Yes, the file system on the disk restricts what you can do. For a cloud file synchronizati…

Yes. Lots of Mac users do it. Goes back to the old 68000 Macs, still works on OS X. True, it's not a great idea if you use the CLI to interact with your computer, but old Macs neve…

I think the relevant thing is the d-pad.