When I spitballed a lexicon for Stage Manager, I hadn’t yet actually played with the feature. One would think not having actually used a feature would prevent someone from giving feedback. That said, here’s what I suggested regarding Stage Manager specific command+tab and command+` behavior: Stage Manager introduces a hierarchy that I hope Apple leans […]
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I decided to use “wing” instead of “deck” as my name for the Stage Manager’s dingus on the left. Here’s what I wrote in the update to that post: Update: The consensus feedback I got is that “wing” is a better name for the dingus on the left than “deck” because “wing” works with Apple’s […]
I am still not in love with the name “Stage Manager” because it mixes metaphors and is easily confused with “Center Stage“. My opinion is evidenced by the many gaffs I’ve already heard on various Apple-centric podcasts. That said, the mixed metaphor was just one of my issues with Stage Manager’s naming. The other and […]
I am not the only one who is apprehensive about Stage Manager. Steve Troughton-Smith elaborated his concerns in a thread on Twitter, and even echoes my consternation around the lack of names. I don’t think Apple has figured out the nouns & verbs of the important elements of multi-window multitasking — what is an ‘app’, […]
According to Chris Hynes, it turns out Stage Manager is a rehash of a project he worked on in 2006 called “shrinkydink”. On his blog, Tech Reflect, he described shrinkydink as… …a radical new way to manage apps and windows and effectively made the existing Exposé irrelevant as well as the Dock as a way […]
Below is a rough collection of thoughts I’ve had on Apple’s new Stage Manager. Take into consideration that State Manager is in early beta and that I haven’t tried it out yet so these opinions and reckons are likely to change. Names Names are important for two reasons: They demand and enforce a paradigm, because […]
Over at Ars Technica, Jeremy Reimer put together a nice retrospective of Apple’s Newton handheld in celebration of its 30th anniversary. The Newton turned out to be the first in a slew of PDAs released by a variety of companies throughout the 90s. While these companies correctly predicted a future where handheld computers would be […]
Yesterday to my great surprise, I won “Best Overall Shortcut” in The MacStories Automation April Shortcuts Contest. I don’t usually participate in contests, I suspect because most of them don’t involve things that I am both passionate about and skilled at. MacStories’s contest might have been the first one I was actually excited to enter. […]
During much of this pandemic, I’ve been using Fitness+ for yoga and strength training. Those workouts typically involve my iPad, Apple Watch, and usually my AirPods. While this use-case may seem run of the mill to anyone who’s experienced Fitness+, I think it’s an example of a subtle and yet significant shift in how Apple […]
As someone who will replace my 27″ iMac some time this year, I really think Apple prioritizing the separate 27″ Studio Display makes a ton of sense. When I bought this iMac 7 years ago, three things were true about Intel MacBook Pros: They were noisy (compared to the iMac) They weren’t great in clamshell […]