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Comment #46669506
Didn't Icon Factory make that? https://iconfactory.com/bc.html
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Comment #46669488
Since you have a lot to say about these icons, I took a moment to look at your app icons. Why are all of your icons terrible?
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Comment #46669257
Google's icons are basically just different shapes of the same rainbow camouflage. While I agree that Google's is not a good approach, that is not what has gone on here.
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Comment #46669217
The original inkpot Pages icon was beautiful, it looked great when steve jobs had it large on screen at macworld 2005 stating that Pages was "Word processing with an incredible sen…
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Comment #46644931
There may be an arrogance that we're not vulnerable to these tactics because the topics of conversation are science and tech focused, rather than celebrity culture. However this po…
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Comment #46634810
It’s for you sunshine.
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Comment #46625895
I didn't expect this website would double as an intelligence test.
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Comment #46625048
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBRtbdVquWF/ Neither American nor from the UK, but I knew what this was about because it's possible to go online and seek out information. Neat. What…
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Comment #46618530
That's tiny in comparison to the FTC fine. Epic settled with the FTC for more than half a billion. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/...
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Comment #46617608
While SparkFun may feel entitled to air their grievances as an "Official response", these types of public statements aren't productive for business nor useful/respectful to consume…
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Comment #46605556
Keynote is completely underrated, likely because people assume it's just a Powerpoint clone, but it's more like a highly templated motion graphics app with a UI that steers people …
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Comment #46594185
Oh that riled you up? Too bad. Better get out your alt accounts to address this great injustice.
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Comment #46593871
The scroll bars for those curious: https://imgur.com/a/uhVO8IA
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Comment #46593684
It's pretty clear they tried their best to miss or reinterpret the points I made so they could talk about something else.
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Comment #46593581
Nor was such a thing implied. The information in the various news articles about it also don't make that claim.
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Comment #46590673
This is a bit of a layer cake: 1. The first issue is that there is significant momentum in calling Siri bad, so even if Apple released a higher quality version it will still be lab…
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Comment #46590188
Yes, the scroll bars settings affects the scroll bars.
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Comment #46590101
There is an imbalance between the harms you're pretending to endure versus: 1. The trivial ability it is to resolve, and 2. The existence of an easily accessible user setting to en…
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Comment #46590047
Many of the complains surrounding the former iOS7 and today's Liquid Glass are tied to the requirement of the interface never moving. Which isn't just an unreasonable requirement, …
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Comment #46588175
If one chooses "Always" under the "Show scroll bars" option on the Appearance System Settings panel. They will be rewarded with thick*, always-on scroll bars that do not disappear.…
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Comment #46588012
This headline is a touch misleading as it gives the impression of being across all US households, the quote is: >Within six months of starting a GLP-1 medication, households reduce…
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Comment #46575074
You're right, it's difficult to get "left behind" when the tools and workflows are being constantly reinvented. You'd be sage with your time just to keep a high-level view until wo…
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Comment #46565428
If your job involves detailed text review (such as coding) then splash out on a display with a pixel density of at least 250 PPI. The screen shown in this blog looks like it's ~140…
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Comment #46539461
There is nothing wrong with obtaining additional, even false, information from any source that is available to you. (AI, Search, Websites/Blogs, Podcasts, influencers, word-of-mout…
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Comment #46367931
>I just read the post about Japan. Great, now let's stack what you've written in both of your comments directly against what Gruber has written, and not what an imaginary strawman …