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mitchell209··on Android 5.0 Lollipop reviewed
This is the first version of android where I thought they totally outdid apple, at least superficially. I'm just disappointed that I no longer have any decent android phone to use so I can form an actual opinion on Lollipop.
mitchell209··on Overcast – A powerful yet simple iPhone podcast player
Don't expect the web app to become any serious Mac app competitor anytime soon. Based on Instapaper's website, Marco dislikes working on them. It will keep basic functionality but his main focus will be on iOS for the foreseeable future.
mitchell209··on Rap Genius Raises $40M, Changes Name To Genius
Netflix recently redesigned to an mostly-white interface and I can't stand it. Harder on the eyes, boring, and less-recognizable as the Netflix brand. Their old color palette was perfect for their product.
mitchell209··on Rap Genius Raises $40M, Changes Name To Genius
People take offense at everything nowadays. Obviously he was an idiot for making jokes that anybody with common sense knows would offend people, but it wasn't any more offensive than jokes other popular figures have said before.
mitchell209··on Rap Genius Raises $40M, Changes Name To Genius
Obviously useless to you, but it's by far the best lyric site for hip hop. And with all of the subtle references in lyrics, the annotations can be invaluable in helping casual listeners understand an artist's message.
mitchell209··on Show HN: Hacker News Redesign
MiniHack for iOS is currently my favorite way to browse HN now.
mitchell209··on Show HN: Hacker News Redesign
I was going to make a comment about the text. I didn't even bother reading most of what was written because it was difficult to read on an iPhone. There's a very good reason people hated iOS 7's thin fonts and Apple reverted it back. And even their font had more contrast with their white backgrounds.
mitchell209··on Show HN: Hacker News for mobile devices
MiniHack is easily my favorite iOS app now. The dark theme is beautiful and it has all the basic features you need.
mitchell209··on Hydra: A lightweight OS X window manager with a powerful API
I absolutely love BTT. I've setup my mouse buttons and trackpad gestures to do so many different things in my apps that I'd be lost without them.
mitchell209··on Penny Arcade – Surface Pro 3 update
Plus all one would have to do is actually use the pen for drawing. It doesn't take an artist actually using it to understand how that's a problem.
mitchell209··on iOS 7.1
Luckily for me, iOS 7.1 fixed Safari on my iPad Air. I haven't had a crash since I updated to the beta months ago, while I was crashing daily on 7.0.
mitchell209··on Keyboard innovation is making them worse
The CM Storm Quickfire Rapid is also a good option (and personally my favorite, considering the price and build quality) with choice of blue, red, brown, and black cherry switches. http://www.amazon.com/Storm-QuickFire-Rapid-Tenkeyless-Mecha...

I've read that they're rebranded Filco keyboards. The worst thing about the CM Storm is the key cap font, which is just really ugly. And because they're printed on, my wasd keys are fading after 2 years of use.

mitchell209··on Keyboards, UX, and “Fuck”
Yeah, I've been contemplating disabling autocorrect system-wide on my Mac because of how infuriating it is. It's not as useful because I'm much more accurate with a physical keyboard, it's more difficult to cancel a correction because I have to move my hand off the keyboard to my mouse or trackpad then click a tiny "x", and frankly it's often just an absurd correction.
mitchell209··on New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
Ah, thanks for that. Guess it really was just f.lux's fault. Still, I'm definitely going to sit this one out with my iPhone for a couple weeks.

Are you using an A7 device? I've heard those are the devices that are having the most trouble due to incompatibilities.

mitchell209··on New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
I just installed it and it doesn't work properly. Here's to hoping it gets updated quickly.

It may be an issue with MobileSubstrate, as Saurik just pointed out that the evasi0n team gave him no lead on the jailbreak.

mitchell209··on New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
Hopefully F.lux works still. That was the worst thing about using a new, unjailbroken iPhone and iPad. Especially now that iOS 7 has a lot of white UI.
mitchell209··on How Too Many SMS Messages Can Shut Down Your Nexus Phone
Hell, I had no problems with SMS and I was using Facebook Messenger as my default SMS app. I had no problems with the few days I used the stock messaging app.
mitchell209··on Tweetbot 3
You don't need tap-hold to go back now that the tab bar is always present at the button. Just hit the tab and it goes back to the timeline.
mitchell209··on Tweetbot 3
I really love Twitterrific's notifications, too. The icons make them much easier to recognize, which in turn makes acting on the right notifications (specifically mentions / replies) easier.
mitchell209··on Tweetbot 3
It at least gave their app a special visual style. Now it's just "Tweet" without the "bot".
mitchell209··on Tweetbot 3
But wouldn't older customers who just updated keep the same token, so it would only use new ones as new users bought the app? Losing tokens shouldn't have been a huge problem if this was the case.

That said, I still support them charging for the update.

mitchell209··on Tweetbot 3
Are you saying Twitterrific doesn't have notifications? They've had notifications for a while now. At least 6 months, I believe. Check your settings.
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