Dan Bricklin @danb@qoto.org

🥽 Prediction: #VisionPro will REQUIRE an in-store visit—for a time—to give the 1st users/reviewers the best experience.

Some % of owners will have the wrong fit, fail to follow instructions, or simply misunderstand what they’re buying. They may not even know there’s a problem!

Experiences are likely better with a store visit, making a better launch for a new platform.

Then at some point I think they’ll open up to full-remote orders.

#AppleVisionPro #visionOS #AR #VR #SpatialComputing

This is a great read by @tvaziri on the myth of movies only using practical effects:

http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-most-egregious-example-of-we-didnt.html

I remember listening to @lisamelton talk about the determination the early Safari team had in not committing any code that had any performance regressions, no matter how small.

I miss that Apple.

Exciting news for Firefox users on Android! 📱

Get ready for the debut of open extensions on Firefox for Android on December 14th.

But guess what? You don't have to wait!

Check out this blog post to get a sneak peek today: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/11/28/open-extensions-on-firefox-for-android-debut-december-14-but-you-can-get-a-sneak-peek-today/

DPReview, a site that nearly faced a link rot crisis of its own, is now publishing some really smart analysis on the lacking permanence of the internet era. https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/0517674260/web-rot-is-erasing-our-images-and-videos

Apple Event - We hope to see you on September 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. PST https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

A weird feeling as I’ve dedicated my career to sharing others’ achievements but I’m talking a moment to celebrate myself. I’ve been promoted to Vice President of Developer Community at Microsoft!

When I heard the news I went on a virtual thank you tour, to teachers who supported my curiosity, to bosses who were welcoming…

John Warnock was one of technology's good guys. R.I.P. https://www.reuters.com/technology/adobes-co-founder-john-warnock-dies-82-2023-08-20/

I'm bad at this but here's a link to my book on how everything -- and I do mean everything -- gets from the factory to our front doors.

We should all be more aware of how this system works. Reporting it was certainly life-changing and worldview-altering for me.

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/arriving-today-christopher-mims?variant=33080441274402

‘Older people sit down and ask, “What is it?” but the boy asks, “What can I do with it?”‘

/via https://genius.com/David-sheff-playboy-interview-steve-jobs-annotated

Ed Fredkin's obit
https://www.boston.com/news/massachusetts-obituaries/2023/06/21/obituary-edward-fredkin-brookline-ma/

Hugely influential in the early days of DEC

@stroughtonsmith has been posting GIFs of cool #visionOS details, including abilities of the “drag bar” below each window:

- Tap the bar to make just that one window turn to face you.

- Drag any window onto a desk/wall and stick it there flat.

- Then tap the bar to make tilt up to face you.

- Looks like you can tap again to toggle it back to flat?

- Long-press the dot for options like Hide Others.

- You can keep windows in different rooms, even from the same app.
#VisionPro #AppleVisionPro

visionOS developer pro tip: invest in a gamepad to navigate the simulator and get those smooth panning shots of your UI

As a semi-frequent contributor (and with a couple of articles in the pipeline), I'm thrilled to learn that DPReview will live on under the ownership of Gear Patrol

https://www.dpreview.com/site-news/8298318614/dpreview-com-looks-forward-to-a-new-chapter-with-gear-patrol

Explain why airplane PA systems can't incorporate listening microphones and zone intelligence and noise cancellation? It's not even expensive now.

This is something I haven’t seen amidst all the hype, an actual developer’s view on the new Apple headset. Answers a lot of good substantive questions about real-world app creation. https://youtu.be/n8-wTpiuZwE

We appreciate your boosts 🙏 It would be fun to go to our year-end meeting and say we have more followers in the #fediverse than we do on Instagram 😁

#news #Newstodon #journalism #journalists

The Apple Vision Pro is a watershed moment for personal computing.

I tried it a week ago, and haven't stopped thinking about it since.

Here is my story on three pivotal moments from my Vision Pro demo and why spatial computing is a new frontier.

https://www.macstories.net/stories/apple-vision-pro-a-watershed-moment/