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Comment on Email with PostBox by curtismchale

curtismchale — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:24:38 +0000

That is unfortunate. Way to many companies get caught up in adding features that their users don’t really need at the expense of a solid product. I bought the lifetime license so I’ll try the next version but my regular email client is MailPlane now.

Comment on Email with PostBox by Arek

Arek — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:32:18 +0000

Unfortunately Postbox sucks. It was a great client with some issues to fix to make it great and I’ve bought it. But then they decided that it’s great as it’s time to add a lot of useless stuff to make more people buy it. Like integrate it with every possible social site you have. and they broke functionality which was working well, too. I have version 2.x and see no reason to buy version 3, rather I’m looking for a new email client. Shame

Their support isn’t great either. Put any negative feedback there and it’s removed. It was a good start but is a downhill now.

Comment on Reviewing WriteRoom and PlainText for iOS by Where Did MarsEdit Go?

Where Did MarsEdit Go? — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:39:21 +0000

[...] just text. Using nvALT also allows me to work on my posts from my iPad or iPhone with Writeroom (read the review). This workflow means that I can’t just attach my images in nvALT and have them uploaded to [...]

Comment on Microsoft Arc Keyboard Review by Going DVORAK in a QWERTY World

Going DVORAK in a QWERTY World — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:39:03 +0000

[...] been looking for the perfect keyboard for a while, simply because I type all day (watch for my up coming review of the Freestyle Solo). [...]

Comment on Going DVORAK in a QWERTY World by Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:27:39 +0000

Thanks for the post! I’ve been on Dvorak about 5 years now but Vim only a few months. I think it’s a nice pairing. Programmers’ Dvorak really looks worth checking out though I wish it was not an add-on…

Comment on Going DVORAK in a QWERTY World by curtismchale

curtismchale — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:01:55 +0000

Thanks for the tips, not sure I will actually bother with the change to the login screen. Figure it adds another layer of security since I effectively have 2 passwords now, the same one with two ways it needs to be typed.

Comment on Going DVORAK in a QWERTY World by John James Jacoby

John James Jacoby — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:51:25 +0000

Your experiences are similar to mine, and I had the same issues with OS X.

You can change the start-up layout by enabling the root user, logging in as it, and changing its keyboard layout to Dvorak. If you're running Mountain Lion, this is currently broken.

You can also force the language menu on the login window by going to "System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options" and enabling "Show Input menu in login window.

It's taken me about a year to get to where I feel is about 80% of my efficiency with QWERTY. I make more typos than anything else, but I'm able to program just fine. Also, if I sit in front of a physical QWERTY keyboard, I'm totally lost; 18 years QWERTY tough typing was purged from my memory in less than a year.

Good luck with your progress!

Comment on Making Notes in Books – Goodreader vs Kindle by curtismchale

curtismchale — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:43:45 +0000

I’ve never tried to send a PDF to the Kindle software but I do believe you are correct. I don’t think that notes would sync though. If I remember correctly the notes are a feature of the proprietary format Kindle books.

Comment on Making Notes in Books – Goodreader vs Kindle by Robby

Robby — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:24:59 +0000

Oops! Forgot to close the link tag.

Trying again:

Thanks for this review, as I’m researching iPad book reading options for a friend.

Here is another article I found that may interest you.

It describes how Kindle provides a convenient on-line reference to all your highlights and notes from any device on which you read.

I have the impression that you can also send any PDF to your Kindle, but I don't know if notes made there appear in this on-line reference.

Comment on Unified Inbox Sucks by curtismchale

curtismchale — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:02:11 +0000

Yeah that's kinda interesting but really I think it just makes the issues I have with unified inbox worse. Since writing this I've decided that unified inbox isn't not only because it increases your cognitive burden when sending emails but also breaks up your workflow.

Like many I have email for personal, my own business, and the business I'm on contract for. I don't want to see messages from each mingled. Same with Facebook and Twitter with email. They all require different interaction paradigms, which requires a change in thoughts and process. Trying to put them all together seems like a great idea but in reality I think it increases the amount of switching we have to do as we try to deal with the information overload. Increasing the switches just means we feel more rushed, and that's never a good thing.

So ultimately cool but I'm not interested.