Dieter Bohn

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@jorisw agree — tbh I’m using “tabs” because I think it’s a shorthand people understand for “a way to view a web page that isn’t permanent.” — PolitiTweet.org

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(No, I have no idea if webOS could have figured this out. It's enough that webOS figured out Universal Search, dismiss-able notifications, control center, card interfaces, etc etc) K bye. — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway. ...and now, a brief definition of the web https://t.co/Y4uAwhda0t — PolitiTweet.org

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I just keep thinking that when tech companies tell me a problem is too hard, the proffered solution always seems to benefit their products or platforms. 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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But I get it: there are enough bad actors on the web that granting web rendering engines the access to do app-like things like access your location or camera is Very Scary and Hard 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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The idea behind App Clips and Instant Apps is to get lots of features and functionality you want without the hassle of installing a thing or having something permanently installed on your phone. .......sounds like a browser tab (or one-time-use browser window) to me! 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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App Clips and Instant Apps live in a liminal zone between browser tabs you're happy to dispose of and apps you want to keep around. But on balance they feel too much like apps to me, especially since they're proprietary to iOS and Android 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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In that world, Apple and Google would have just figured out secure models to let web pages do it. Right now, allowing a web page to get real access to thing you'd want an App Clip to do is fraught and hard. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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This will be a tiny part of tomorrow’s newsletter, I promise, but still: there’s a world where Android Instant Apps and iOS App Clips wouldn’t be necessary or burdening developers with more work 1/ https://t.co/eQoSjfnBa4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminder. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ObscureAaron: Danzig has a Devilman tattoo on his lower back and wore the Captain Harlock skull while in the Misfits. He is also respon… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ranimolla: Netflix culture can seem like a cult. It has its own language. Your boss is always trying to hire someone better than you. Y… — PolitiTweet.org

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@LaurenGoode @reckless @JoannaStern @waltmossberg Okay I’ll play. https://t.co/kbXy3KYaOW — PolitiTweet.org

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Tweets but editable — PolitiTweet.org

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@RDRv3 oh yeah I have to call to do anything — PolitiTweet.org

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Literally every month, Verizon’s system thinks I asked to swtich to paper billing. Nope. I change it back. Verizon’s system changes it back again. Neither I nor reps I have spoken to don’t know why. It gives me hope that even big scary corporate monsters are still incompetent. https://t.co/CCBclRCaFB — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sweetpotatoes: last night, CAH representatives posted answers to a series of questions we asked regarding allegations made about the co… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bijanstephen: did some thinking on why mixer had failed, even before microsoft killed it yesterday https://t.co/HXX9A8ZjVE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sokane1: 😱 https://t.co/2Hm4bHbi8e — PolitiTweet.org

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I bet if you discovered an easter egg in the new version of macOS you'd shout wow ... https://t.co/RvB1CqNIIq — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhatADayDomi damnit I should have thought of this — PolitiTweet.org

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@345triangle …then we did it. https://t.co/DrV1Cdr5FP — PolitiTweet.org

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also @345triangle and I had emotions about how weird the word “iPadification” looks but then I was like “Californiacation” exists and also the word “iPad” itself is weird and really all words look weird if you stare at them too long and really words are just arbitrary symbols tha — PolitiTweet.org

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Today’s newsletter: the Mac is getting more like the iPad. But also less like the iPad. But also has a UI that looks like the iPad’s. But also the iPad is the spiritual successor to the original Mac’s elegant GUI. It’s complicated. https://t.co/hQtJR1Moee https://t.co/UOL9Mn354M — PolitiTweet.org

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The first of several pieces (and at least one video) looking at the implications of Apple’s WWDC news is coming in tomorrow morning’s newsletter. Will try to make some sense of ARM, iOS apps, Catalyst, & Big Sur’s design. Wish me luck! Also, subscribe: https://t.co/cIK2haAnkx — PolitiTweet.org

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@iZhivaga Look sometimes to come up with a good pun you need a strong catalyst. — PolitiTweet.org

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You know, if you did just a small bit of work on architectural software on the new version of macOS it would be a … Little CAD on Big Sur — PolitiTweet.org

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Gosh with all these big new UI elements that look like they belong on a touchscreen Apple should have called it macOS … Big Surface — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarkVillacampa: Apple will be contributing patches to widely used open source projects to add support for Apple Silicon 😳 https://t.co/… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tomwarren: @reckless @backlon we also published a concept from 6 years ago showing how Apple could do it, and it looks the same! https:… — PolitiTweet.org