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Nathan

00:09

@VxJasonxV No pricing info yet, I assume?

random

Would it be spamming if you posted an ad for the podcast in the SU community ads? Since it's already posted on the SU blog, figured it would be natural

Nathan

@random We're planning on putting a community ad up on Ask Different.

Putting it on SU might be a good idea too, if you think people wouldn't mind it.

VxJasonxV

My two cents: SU is syndication for us. The community is AD.

The greedy part of me wouldn't complain. But realistically speaking, we want it to be relevant to the AD community.

And just like questions aren't cross-posted, ads shouldn't either.

http://ieatapples.com/ios5 #60 - Ability to Hide Traffic in Maps
That's not new, is it?!

#82 makes me curious too: "Emoji Support". I already have that :). Perhaps it's worldwide Emoji Support. Not just those with a Softbank SIM. Or someone sneaky like me.

WHOA WHOA WHOA... #137 - Set up Airport / Time Capsule on your iOS device
WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!

Nathan

00:31

@VxJasonxV Yeah, that one surprised me too. They really are trying to eliminate the computer.

Kyle Cronin

@VxJasonxV I've often wished there was an iOS airport utility, now I'm glad to see that there will be one

VxJasonxV

It will be helpful to me too.

It's just a total surprise.

Kyle Cronin

@random Yeah, that's fine. Like Nathan said, we're working on one for Ask Different and you're welcome to use it once it's done

VxJasonxV

#121 - Delete each app’s data
hmm

Kyle Cronin

On a lot of those items, I wish they would elaborate more and maybe post some screenshots

VxJasonxV

00:36

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

It'll be interesting to see if "There is a problem with your {Airport|Time Capsule|etc.}" will generate a notification in notification center.

Nathan

01:01

@VxJasonxV If so, I hope it would only go to the phone that was used to do the setup.

Most people on my network wouldn't help anything by messing with AirPort Utility.

VxJasonxV

I already know that not to be the case.

Nathan

Hmm. Shame...

VxJasonxV

I was futzing around with multiple airports to make one large network in our building. It was a built hilarious to have sight over much of the floor, and see the same familiar window open up on EVERY MAC SCREEN when I unplugged it's network cable.

Nathan

Derp.

Kyle Cronin

wait, Airport Utility pops up if there's a problem?

it doesn't do that on my network

Nathan

01:03

Hmm. Now that you mention it, it does on mine.

Even on the Windows machine, IIRC.

VxJasonxV

huh, Windows too? Weird.

Kyle: Do you have the airport icon in your status bar?

IIRC that's the difference, no idea about Windows showing it though.

Kyle Cronin

@VxJasonxV yeah, the standard radial signal strength icon

VxJasonxV

hum

there is a preference in the airport utility app too

Kyle Cronin

ah, that's it

it's unchecked

VxJasonxV

►

Kyle Cronin

01:07

to your point earlier, there's an option to "only monitor AirPort wireless devices that I have configured"

VxJasonxV

hmm

I will have to look at what the default is, and that will actually be quite easy for me to do.

But before that, I'm getting outta heeeeeeeeeeere.

Kyle Cronin

01:38

it seems the TV industry has been convinced that wider==better

►

I really, really hope this does not come to computer displays

while I do like increased horizontal resolution, I hate that it often comes at the expense of vertical resolution

Nathan

Honestly, most websites are still 980 wide.

Unless they're especially well-done and can scale well, like google's stuff.

Kyle Cronin

exactly

increased vertical resolution is always useful for viewing web pages, editing documents, etc

Nathan

Which is why I've been intrigued by Chrome's (upcoming) tabs on the left option.

Kyle Cronin

but increased horizontal resolution is really only good when you're watching widescreen content

Nathan

Unless you have enough for two windows side by side that are each big enough to show what you need.

Kyle Cronin

01:44

yeah

the reason why I run with my dock on the left instead of at the bottom of my screen is because I don't want it taking up all that vertical real estate

what I would love to have is a windowing system where you vertically maximize all windows and have them side by side

the virtual desktop would be wider than the screen, and you could get to all the windows by swiping left and right with a gesture

Nathan

02:27

I suggest you wait a month.

The, eh, demos make it look like full-screen + spaces/mission control get close to your idea.

Kyle Cronin

@Nathan I'm aware of the full screen apps in Lion, my idea is a bit different

the idea is that you wouldn't have any windows wider than they needed to be

so you can have multiple windows up

Nathan

Ah, that part isn't there. But you can have a lot of full-screen apps side by side and swipe between them.

Kyle Cronin

@Nathan how does spaces/mission control/swiping between full screen apps work with multiple displays?

Nathan

@KyleCronin Not well. The second screen is just useless.

Kyle Cronin

very disappointing

Nathan

02:34

Yeah.

But fullscreen really isn't my thing.

Kyle Cronin

so what exactly happens when you invoke mission control with multiple screens?

Nathan

Each screen goes into the new Exposé thing independently. The spaces up top are different for each screen.

You can drag back and forth between screens.

Kyle Cronin

that's at least something

Nathan

Yeah. It's basically like before, but with the new interface.

Kyle Cronin

better than the way it works now

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hobs

04:56

one thing I like about this place is even when I leave I get karma

that makes me happy that people are reading my words and getting use from them

Kyle Cronin

05:38

@hobs yeah it's been a year and a half since I last posted an answer on SO and yet my rep still slowly climbs

if the rep graph is to be believed, I've earned over 5k in that time

11 hours later…

VxJasonxV

16:43

Hmmmm. #134 - "Double-tap the home button while watching a YouTube video to display who uploaded the video"

That's a bit surprising.

Kyle Cronin

agree, sounds like it breaks using double tap to switch between apps

VxJasonxV

exactly

VxJasonxV

17:43

"Note, however, that by default, your iOS device won’t tell your contact when you’ve read his message; you must enable that manually."

But it's still sender side, not receiver side, according to this.

iPod.app is dead. Music.app/Videos.app is now universal.

I'm a bit miffed that media now takes up 2 slots instead of 1, but that's what folders are for I guess.

Kyle Cronin

18:06

I thought the Music/Videos split was a long time coming, I wondered why the iPod touch had those separate apps but the iPhone still had a combined "iPod" app

VxJasonxV

And the iPad had a middle ground.

And iPod app but a detached Videos app.

Kyle Cronin

yeah, that was just odd

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