Archive for the 'MarsEdit' Category

Shawn Blanc Reviews MarsEdit

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

I have been looking forward to this for several weeks. Some time ago, Shawn Blanc announced that he would be writing extensive reviews of some of his favorite Mac applications. Much to my delight, MarsEdit was to be among them. It so happened that the timing of his MarsEdit review lined up with when I […]

MarsEdit 2.1

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

It is with great pleasure that I announce the immediate availability of MarsEdit 2.1, a significant update to Red Sweater’s Eddy-Award winning desktop blog editing application. Download MarsEdit 2.1 From The MarsEdit Home Page I’ve updated the high-level “what’s new” page, but of course I also love the sound of my own keyboard, so I […]

Designing For The First Launch

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Brent Simmons writes about designing the first-launch experience for NetNewsWire 3.1. I find his reasoning especially interesting because MarsEdit also has a strong incentive to provide users with a smooth first-launch experience. One of the points that resonates most for me is Brent’s point about friction: Present as little friction as possible—don’t overwhelm the new […]

NSURLConnection Crashing Epidemic

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

I’m proud to say that all of my apps are pretty solid. They rarely crash. At least, I assume they rarely crash, because I very rarely receive crash reports from users. When I do, it’s usually from beta testers before the application has been shared with the general public. But after Apple released 10.4.11, I […]