WWDC 2009 Afterthoughts, Safari 4.0, This Week in Tech
WWDC 2009
Afterthoughts
The keynote began with company's report, followed
by Macbook updates, Snow Leopard introduction, iPhone OS 3.0 recap and iPhone
3GS announcement. Of all the things that were talked about, I really like Snow
Leopard's new technologies. Phil Schiller ran through the iPhone 3GS
announcement like a wind, and it's so obvious. While it could be due to time
constraints, things would be quite different if Steve Jobs had announced
it. He would milked in all the cheers and excitement from the crowd for every
new features that the new iPhone has.
"... a new 3 megapixel camera with
auto-focus." <clap and cheers for 10 seconds>
"... a built-in digital compass." <clap and
cheers for another 10 seconds>
"... an improved battery life." <clap and
cheers for 15 seconds>
Safari 4.0
I really like this browser upon first impression;
noticable browsing speed improvement and panaromic view of screenshots of
favorite websites. After few minutes of using it, it began to piss me off. Here
are the two reasons:
1. The address bar on the toolbar always stick
together with the search bar. I can't get rid of the search bar! Do they really
want me to Google using their search bar?
2. This one really gets into my skin
and abandon Safari once and for all; Highlight on a word and choose
copy.It's got two options: "Search with Google" and second is
"Copy".
From the way I see it, I feel like its trying to
shove Google into my face even though I don't want it. What I'd like to see is
placing "Copy" as the first option. If Safari
provides customization to remove Google entirely from their browser, or at least
from my view, I'm still likely using Safari by this day.
This Week in Tech
I have been a regular TWiT listener since day 1,
and I am starting to get really bored with the flagship podcast. Every week, the
panel will discuss things related with the media, journalism and Twitter.
Nothing against those three topics, but com' on, every week? So, next week's
episode 200 will be the last one I'm listening to regularly for this
show. I'll probably just peek in when Jason Calacanis is on
the panel cause' he's got some interesting things to tell.
