A relatively common interface convention is info text centered in the status bar at the base of the window. Implementing this can be just a matter of a few clicks in IB. Things grow a mite more complicated however when one starts to add more text fields or buttons at the base of [...]
I am learning ruby/rails right now and reading the various tutorials and books is an exercise in frustration. This happens every time I learn some new language the syntax and methods are similar enough to everything that I have learned in the past that boredom sets in. On the other hand the differences [...]
So Simple Comic was updated to 1.2.2 today. Hopefully this will be the last 1.2 release. 1.3 will now be my focus. It will be sporting a replaced archive handler and better chapter separation.
It is strange but by default sort descriptors act in what I would consider to be a very foolish manner. They actually conform to bug 5 in Tog’s “Ten most wanted design bugs” link. First off it is case sensitive which I have never understood. Do we sort books differently in [...]
Over time I have encountered quite a few 3rd party frameworks and classes. This is just a short off the cuff list of some of those that left an impression on me even if I did not end up using them.
Sparkle by Andy Matuschak
I would be completely lost without this framework. Ridiculously easy to [...]