One of my customers reported a really subtle bug having to do with a keyboard shortcut for a command. I’m going to change some facts to protect the innocent, but imagine I got a report: “Every time I press cmd-N to create a new document and start typing, instead of accepting the text, it just […]

I love to be surprised by what customers manage to do with my products, so I was thrilled when Martin Kühl wrote to tell me about his GitHub project that provides a FastScripts plugin for Google Quick Search Box. If you’re not familiar with Google Quick Search Box, it’s basically a Quicksilver-style launcher, which can […]

What distinguishes developers on the Mac from those who design for other platforms such as Windows and Linux? We often answer the question with a flip response that makes us feel good about ourselves: Mac developers are perfectionists. Mac developers are community-oriented. Mac developers are not obsessed with the bottom line. Mac developers are passionate. […]

Lots of great information and sample code to boot. I am always feeling overwhelmed and helpless when it comes to localization. The tools at our disposal don’t make it easy enough to “do it perfectly,” so I end up (for the most part) not offering localizations at all. Maybe I should give in and adopt […]