Tiffany B. Brown

A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff.

Posts in: Mac OS X

Black Mac
See more at TrueNuff TV. [8 Dec 2006]
Trackpad gestures: Mac OS X on the MacBook / MacBook Pro
Something I learned while digging around the System Preferences on my MacBook: Mac OS X features what they call “Trackpad gestures.” Depending on which Trackpad gestures you enable, you can: Scroll by dragging two fingers down or across the trackpad. Enable the secondary click menu (the equivalent of Ctrl+click, or the Mac’s version of a right click) with [...] [29 Aug 2006]
A round up of apps that use your Apple Remote
UPDATE: Bruno from Twisted Melon (makers of Mira) tells me that NeoOffice is now supported. And a quick web site check reveals that Sofa Control does as well. The hot new thing now that new Macs come with a remote are programs that let you control any application from your Mac — not just iTunes and [...] [9 Aug 2006]
Link dump: August 8, 2006
Yahoo! Python Developer Center Yahoo adds snakes on an API (Via Jeremy Zawodny, and as you can see, I jacked his post title.) MySQL Connection Management in PHP - How (Not) To Do Things How to best use MySQL connections when developing with PHP. (Hint, only make the connection when necessary.) This post covers ‘lazy loading’ and content [...] [8 Aug 2006]
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X
UPDATE Aug 10: The Aug 10, 2006 edition of the New York Times offers advice on whether to switch to a Mac. UPDATE Sept 1: 10 more tips for those switching from Windows to Mac Inspired by both my recent demi-switch from Windows to a Mac (Windows desktop / Mac laptop) and Flërnk’s recent blog post, I’ve [...] [24 Jul 2006]
Links for Thursday, July 13, 2005
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 W3C recommendations for developing mobile web content. [Via goto Mobile] Firefox releases 2.0 beta Lifehacker has FF2.0b1 screenshots. New features include the ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs, better RSS reading, a spell-checker, and support for SVG text. And speaking of Firefox, one study says its use is growing worldwide Internet Explorerer 7, beta [...] [13 Jul 2006]