Readit Newsapozem commented on uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari apps.apple.com/app/ublock... · Posted by u/Jiahang
So I tapped the link on my iPhone and was taken to the App Store.
The download button is available. Great! Finally I can block ads in mobile too.
It installs, opening it is a simple message saying I need to enable it in Safari settings. Strange, but ok.
I go to Settings -> Safari -> Extensions -> uBlock Origin Lite.
> “uBO Lite” is not available for this version of Safari.
This feels like a series of failures, why is it available for download on iPhone if it doesn’t work at all? Is iOS Safari really that different to Mac Safari?
> It installs, opening it is a simple message saying I need to enable it in Safari settings. Strange, but ok.
I’ve made several Safari extensions for iOS, and they all have to do this.
Apple provides no API for an app to enable its own Safari extension. It also has no public API on iOS to deeplink to the Settings page for enabling the extension. You just have to tell users where to go and hope they don’t get lost.
(There is an API on macOS to quickly open Safari extension settings. It’s nice! Maybe they’ll add it to iOS someday.)
Is this spam? They do not name the company or anyone involved. They mention a Reddit post, but don’t link to it.
apozem commented on Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management aboveaverageuser.com/smar... · Posted by u/atommachinist
Uh.. it does not? Alt+Tab on windows switches all the windows, indiscriminately. Cmd+Tab on osx only switches between apps? If you have two Firefox windows on osx, you need Cmd+~ to switch between them, when you have finally reached the Firefox app through Cmd+Tabbing
I am aware that Microsoft and Apple have implemented fast window-switching slightly differently. I use both OSes daily. The point I was making was both make similar high-level design decisions.
When you begin alt-tabbing, you cycle between your other open windows, arranged by how recently they were last open. Cmd-Tab is the same, but between apps. Both features rearrange items only based on recency, and always keep the same order.
apozem commented on Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management aboveaverageuser.com/smar... · Posted by u/atommachinist
An interesting idea, but not something that would fit my workflow for several reasons (not the least of which is it's Windows-only).
Cmd-Tab on Mac and Alt-Tab on Windows does the same thing every time. Its consistency lets me use it extremely quickly, with confidence. It does what I want it to, every time. I don't wish to sound dramatic, but if I hit a shortcut with a window in mind, and this app picked the wrong window even once, I would uninstall it immediately. "Cmd-Tab, but it doesn't work sometimes" sounds frustrating and strictly worse than the system shortcut.
Maybe it should look more like GitHub Copilot. It watches what you're doing and shows a small indicator somewhere of the window it thinks you want to switch to. If the app guessed right, you hit a keyboard shortcut and switch to it. If the app guessed wrong, you just ignore the suggestion, like with Copilot.
apozem commented on Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer (1987) [pdf] classes.matthewjbrown.net... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
which do you recommend? I do "note to self" in messaging apps and the search is alright but I guess there are better alternatives
I've tried tons and ended up on Notion. Works on every device, syncs well, supports rich embeds and easy publishing to the web. It really depends on your preferences. Anything works as long as it has cloud sync and half-decent search.
Some apps I've tried and liked: Apple Notes, Simplenote, Bear, Obsidian and Craft
apozem commented on Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer (1987) [pdf] classes.matthewjbrown.net... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
> Don't expect a computer to organize you. If you have a messy desk, you will have a messy computer.
That's why Google and GMail got so successful. Don't sort; search.
I love using note-taking apps for this reason. They are a bottomless bucket into which you can throw unlimited unorganized thoughts. When you need them later, simply search.
I find this excuse depressing. We live in the age of computers. If you don't know how to use one you shouldn't be employed where they're necessary. Rather than making a dumbed down workforce we should be building people's skills up.
Git for normies already exists even MS Word has document versioning. If they cannot be bothered to use the software and technology they need to then they should be unemployed.
That's a rude, tactless thing to say. People in many fields simply don't need more than a cursory knowledge of computers.
For example, I was talking about veterinarians. They need to type records into a web browser, but that's about it.
Veterinarians spend their time learning about things far more valuable to them. For example, which painkillers are safe to use on a cat recovering from surgery, or how to precisely drill into a dog's spinal cord to remove a fluid buildup that's robbed it of the ability to walk, or how to stabilize a dying animal in the emergency room.
These are the least "dumb" people imaginable. They do not need "upskilling" - they went to four years of medical school. They have more important things to do than figure out computer arcana.
I remember when the M1 Macs first came out, an Apple engineer revealed they'd optimized the hardware so one specific low-level operation macOS does all the time was 5x faster than on Intel [0].
[0]: https://daringfireball.net/2020/11/the_m1_macs