I’ll believe in artificial intelligence when the map app tells me that yes, it’s only 15 minutes to get over to that place right off the freeway 10 miles east, but by the way, all the entrance ramps are closed going west, so it will take you an hour sitting through multiple traffic light cycles […]
Also tagged AI, maps, rantApple’s idea of human interface design c. 2022: 8 point gray text on a white background, apple-plus doesn’t increase the size, and Music is still a POS app that screws up all my smart playlists by not distinguishing between the rating I give a song, and the unchangeable automatic album rating that gives every song […]
Also tagged musicThis is iOS 15 Safari dark mode. White text on white background. Does no one at Apple even use their own hardware/software? [1] Let’s zoom in: Yeah, no. Not even light gray on white. White on white. File under the same heading as: Innumerable screenshots of my lock screen because the buttons to do […]
Also tagged iTunesMy mobile phone is finally waterproof, so I don’t have to worry about the random drop of water taking setting off the moisture sensor and taking itself out of service. But given that my MBP costs about the same as the damn iPhone (within a factor of two), why isn’t the shitty keyboard also waterproof? […]
Also taggedWhen I read the comments on /. or Verge or Giz or some other site [1], there’s always someone piping up about how real techies use Android or Linux and only fanboys, poseurs, and weak-minded sheeple confused by marketing would buy an Apple. Only marketing sells Apple, not technical proficiency or good value [2]. SJ […]
Also tagged workApple implemented a new feature which derives an “album rating” from the ratings that you give individual songs. However, they did this in the most brain dead way possible – if you rate any song with any stars, the whole album gets that rating. Then any playlist based on ratings will have the whole album […]
Also tagged iTunes, rantYep, that’s right. 1.10 GB available, 8 MB required. 1.1 GB is more than 100 times as much as 8 MB. The status bar tells me that there is 4.4 GB free. Sigh…
Also taggedSo Apple maps does this when it’s released, first iteration: and it’s OMG, Apple Maps fail! But Google Maps does this six months later: and it’s art. All I know is that the week before Apple Maps came out, Google Maps sent me to the wrong location twice in one week, and not for the […]
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Fanboi
Lest you think I am a total fanboi, here’s some things that bug the shit outta me: When I eject a disk, MacOS closes the finder window. Why!?! I was using that. When I get into the car, Podcasts/Music starts the last one I was listening too even if I had stopped it by hand. […]
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