@John Gruber
I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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Recent Notes
“It’s like wondering why all the screws in a building were hammered into the walls, and then finding out that the guy who oversaw construction founded and co-owns the world’s biggest hammer manufacturer. Windows uses Philips head screws, Linux uses hex screws, and MacOS requires Torx — but a hammer works the same way with all screws. That’s Electron.”
https://daringfireball.net/2026/07/claudes_criminally_bad_mac_app_is_an_inside_job
https://daringfireball.net/2026/07/claudes_criminally_bad_mac_app_is_an_inside_job
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@nprofile1q... That might be a mockup of some sort. I don't get a rich answer like that. I get this:
@nprofile1q... I haven’t seen that. How’d you get there? Have you seen it again? It sure looks like Apple Garamond.
Markdown showing in Settings: Software Update.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/06/dickbar
@nprofile1q... A dickbar is a different thing, and lesser UI crime.
Macintosh works so much better arrow keys that it’s almost unbelievable that it shipped with a keyboard without arrow keys.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128K
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114729595790358747
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_128K
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/114729595790358747
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