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Microsoft UI Sucks

Mark Anderson on January 21, 2022

Can someone explain to me why in the wide, wide world of sports would Microsoft develop Teams, a clear counterpart to Outlook, with a completely different look and feel?

On macOS, they don’t even use the same UI font. Outlook uses the system font (San Francisco) and Teams uses the Windows system font (Segoe UI), and of course, it cannot be changed via preferences, and they’ve apparently embedded Segoe in the app, since I don’t have it installed anywhere on my devices.

I am, primarily, using the macOS versions of these tools, not Windows. As much as Microsoft pretends to keep these tools in sync with their Windows counterparts, there are big misses, like these UI differences between Outlook and Teams.

No Better Way to Listen to Music

Mark Anderson on March 8, 2020

Apple may have discontinued the last of the click-wheel iPods years ago, but a large community of iPod modders resurrects them for their sound and nostalgia.

OneZero: iPod Hackers Say There’s No Better Way to Listen To Music

I still have an 80GB iPod with click wheel, full of music, games, etc. Guess I should dig it out of the box it’s in and give it a go.

Moving Away from macOS Server

Mark Anderson on October 4, 2018

Apple has previously announced their migration away from many of the services we’ve come to know and love with macOS Server. Luckily, there are plenty of alternatives for each, some easy and some more difficult.

What’s New in iOS 12

Mark Anderson on September 19, 2018

iOS 12 is designed to make your iPhone and iPad experience even faster, more responsive, and more delightful. Here are the latest features and improvements in the world’s most advanced mobile operating system.

Steve Jobs Knew How to Write an Email

Mark Anderson on May 12, 2018

Undoubtedly, Apple co-founder and visionary Steve Jobs wrote several thousands of emails throughout his life. Relatively few of them have been shared with the public, and most of those are short responses to customer complaints.

Apple AirPods: The Audiophile Review

Mark Anderson on May 9, 2018

I love my AirPods. People ask what I do when they fall out? Well, they don’t. People ask why I would spend $160 on something that cost $29 with a wire? I didn’t, they sound incredibly better than a pair of EarPods. I love Vlad’s review for being honest about something that audiophile’s love to hate. They’re not for everyone, but for me, and apparently for Vlad, they’re awesome.