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“One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use,” Aldous said. “What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.”

Now, Mr. Simon Aldous, you have to explain what do you exactly mean with “far more stable”.

Seriously, are you sure that Microsoft didn’t give a pirated copy of OS 8? In that case, you’re right.

Maybe.

HawkWings Link

“miniMail 2.0 retains all the goodness of the original–the ability to minimize Mail.app’s interface like you can in iTunes–but adds more features and flexibility.

The minimised interface is elegant and efficient, as you would expect from the developer of MailTags.

It is also fully integrated with Mail Act-on, allowing you to use the same keystrokes to file messages away quickly.”

Seems very interesting, though I’d like to see how it compares to Herald (which is compatible with 10.6.2, don’t worry).

Snow Leopard latest update, 10.6.2 is available for download through software update.

Here’s the full changelog:

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Previously when a developer updates an application, the updated app used to show up in the main category page in iTunes. This meant better visibility to the updated application which resulted in good spike in sales whenever an update is rolled out. These spikes in sales during the updates was the key motivation for developers to keep pushing out updates and to keep improving the apps.

With this new ‘upgrade’, newly updated applications don’t show up in iTunes category page. This means, when a developer updates an application, the update will be pushed directly to existing users and that’s pretty much it. There is no way for new users to know about those newly added features/improvements. Apple killed the key motivation for developers to improve apps, which I think is a BIG mistake.

Hey, Apple!

This.Is.A.Huge.Mistake.

TechCrunch link

Ok Apple, this is embarassing. Let’s face it.

Now, I wonder how does Apple exactly “organize” the approval process. Is there a staff of drunk monkeys sitting in front of Powerbooks? Is it a team of - ehm - droids?

Or is it just a way to make people talk about the AppStore? I wonder how many people have bought that Mein Kampf thing today.

You’re smart Apple.

Delibar Website

Finally the best Mac app for Delicious bookmarks supports new Yahoo accounts.

Read my review if you missed it.

TUAW link

“With the latest versions of iTunes (9.0.2) and Apple TV software (3.0), you can now use iTunes LP on your Apple TV. We have updated the iTunes LP that was included with [your previous purchase here] so that it can now be viewed on Apple TV in addition to your Mac or PC….”

Still, I don’t get the point of Apple TV.

The new edition of MacHeist isn’t called MacHeist IV but “nanoBundle”. It features 6 Mac apps worth $154 available as a free download. The apps are:

• Shovebox

• Twitterrific

• Writeroom

• TinyGrab

• Hordes of Orcs

• Mariner Write (unlocked when the nanoBundle will reach 500,000 participants!)

Now, I don’t think anyone can really criticize this year’s MacHeist. When people is able to get paid stuff for free, nobody can criticize the apps (which for instance are very good in my opinion).

Years ago Gruber wrote a very interesting article which questioned the real value of MacHeist to software developers. Now, I believe that if a developer agrees to partecipate to MacHeist with an application, he actually knows the pro and cons of it.

Who are we to criticize their choices? Do the user really care about this? No.

Do we care about it just because we are bloggers? Yes.

HawkWings link

“Secrets provides easy assess to many of Mac Os X’s settings that you can otherwise only change by messing around in Terminal with long command strings, which is not everyone’s cup of tea.

It includes tweaks for many Mac core and a wide range of third-party apps. The most popular tweaks across all the apps are listed separately as well.”

A long-awaited update of a great prefpane every Mac geek should install.