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bitigchi··on Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better
Maybe include a "Lite" version that only displays text/links? No to minimal styling would be great!
bitigchi··on Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes
Check out Haiku.
bitigchi··on ASCII and Unicode quotation marks (2007)
Just enable automatic substitutions from the Edit menu? You can do this on a per-app basis.
bitigchi··on 27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates
Is there a way to browse this thing?
bitigchi··on 30 Years of ReactOS
With Haiku I like that I can use the computer without having to resort to dark mode like the other operating systems. The other systems are just too bright, while Haiku interface is warm and on-point.
bitigchi··on 30 Years of ReactOS
Haiku has gazillions of modern software and got NVIDIA drivers recently. Things are looking pretty bright for Haiku.
bitigchi··on macOS Sonoma Boot Failures
I am somewhat glad that there is a 3rd party that actively helps finding macOS issues.
bitigchi··on Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates
We are yet to see for how long Apple is going to support their Apple Silicon machines, but this definitely sets a precedent for Apple. It would be really shameful if they go the iPhone route and cut support after 6 years of updates.

On the other hand, Apple is still selling the iMac with a 2020 chipset, so we could say that they look like they are committed to providing updates. I hope they wouldn't just cut off support in 3 years time.

bitigchi··on Lessons From Linguistics: i18n Best Practices for Front-End Developers
Also, number and percent formats are important too. I've seen many 'professional' websites/software, that uses only a standart 100.0% format, where the decimal and the percent are not localised.
bitigchi··on Krita: A professional free and open source painting program
Next version will have greatly improved text capabilities.
bitigchi··on Show HN: Terminal Based Wikipedia
Needs a pager, otherwise looks great!
bitigchi··on Kate
It is one of the best editors out there that does not cost an arm and a leg to operate.
bitigchi··on Elementary OS 7
You can't make this up.
bitigchi··on Elementary OS 7
You are talking about "Tracker", the main GUI of Haiku. Read the user manual for all the niceties it has.
bitigchi··on Windows 11 update added 'Search' label to taskbar search button – how to remove?
KDE is your friend. Customisable to the last bit.
bitigchi··on Blender 3.4
They still do. Latest[1] from just a week ago.

[1] https://devtalk.blender.org/t/2022-11-30-render-cycles-meeti...

bitigchi··on Ask HN: How to start practising video editing?
Will do, looks great, thanks!
bitigchi··on Ask HN: How to start practising video editing?
Will try, thanks!
bitigchi··on My Favourite Computer, an Old Mac
One day, someone will make great bucks recreating these machines with modern components.
bitigchi··on The IT Crowd US Pilot (2007) [video]
There is a easter egg in the stock Android dialer app, that flashes colours when you enter the new emergency services number.
bitigchi··on Document Foundation starts charging €8.99 for 'free' LibreOffice
Strongly support this, as the revenue accumulated from the App Store will be used to improve the Mac version, which currently provides a horrible experience while using on a macOS system.
bitigchi··on ISO name change for Türkiye
"Türkeli" is the proper word you are looking for.
bitigchi··on MacintoshPi
I so much wish to be able to use Classic Mac OS without all the jumps and hoops. Apple, please open source the darn thing.
bitigchi··on macOS Ventura Preview
I'm glad that Apple still embraces spatiality and the desktop metaphore.
bitigchi··on Infinite Mac
File a feedback!
bitigchi··on Infinite Mac
File a feedback!
bitigchi··on Ask HN: Codebases with great, easy to read code?
Haiku: https://git.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/
bitigchi··on macOS’s ancient problems still exist in 2022
Where is it written? And if so, why do the most Apple applications that use multi-window setup do not behave as such, like Safari, TextEdit, Xcode, and many others?

It only makes sense to close the application immediately when the red button is pressed if the application is designed for a single window, or if it's not a document based app. Like the Calculator.app.

Keeping the application running when all windows are closed has huge performance benefits, allows opening another window much faster, and arguably one of the best aspects of macOS.

bitigchi··on macOS’s ancient problems still exist in 2022
> (some) of the spatial behaviour of the Finder.

In fact, there is a horde of macOS users begging to have full Spatial Finder back.

bitigchi··on macOS’s ancient problems still exist in 2022
Author does not understand zoom. Zoom is not supposed to fill the entire available screen, it's supposed to only take whatever the content requires to fill. Zoom is not maximise, never has been. Chrome is the offender here.
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