“A pictorial history of the ‘Apple Desktop Interface’ 1979-2000.”

“Mac OS X DP3 is the first developer release to include the Aqua user interface introduced at the recent MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. Chances are good that Aqua is the reason you’re reading this article. Love it or hate it, Aqua is an attention getter. But this is Ars Technica, not GUI Eye-Candy Weekly, and cruel fiend that I am, I’m going to start this look at DP3 with some good old-fashioned technical exploration.”

“MacDICT lets you access a growing number of databases (currently 23), including Websters Dictionary, for free. Other databases include the US Gazetter, Free Online Dictionary of Computing, Roget’s Thesaurus, Infoplease Encyclopedia, and the list goes on…”

“The Web’s largest page of interesting facts, statistics and quotes about the superiority of the Macintosh computer.” For example: “Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, inventors of the Apple computer, were recently named the 5th most influential businessmen of this century. Bill Gates is 50th. (L.A. Times).”

“JavaScript OSA is a port of the Mozilla JavaScript 1.4.2 scripting system to the Macintosh in the form of a OSA (Open Scripting Architecture) component. Why Do I Need JavaScript? Why Indeed. If you find AppleScript difficult to learn or you already know JavaScript from programming the Web, JavaScript OSA provides an alternative to AppleScript for controlling your Macintosh. JavaScript OSA provides full support for sending and receiving AppleEvents that leverages the AppleScript support found in the MacOS and the ever growing range of scriptable applications.”

A dang good reading and reference list for any visual communicator. “This bibliography contains a list of sources of additional information on the topics discussed in [the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines] book. The bibliography lists books and journal articles in sections organized by topic.” Scroll down.

“Search for Apple/Macintosh-related sites using Google.”

“…Internet Explorer’s implementation of iMac/iBook styling has been pulled off surprisingly well. When looking at the masthead buttons and the window borders, you may catch yourself thinking that the app’s interface is made out of plastic. Microsoft has also done an excellent job making the interface look more clean and offering more screen real-estate for viewing web pages…”

“We started out with two design goals for our new user interface: create an operating system that’s appealing to look at, and make it a pleasure to use. And, as you can see, the pleasing Apple esthetic — the same design sensibility that gave the world the iMac, iBook, Power Mac G4 and PowerBook-inspires the Mac OS X interface.”

“Today, Microsoft finally officially announced software support for the upcoming version of the Macintosh operating system, called Mac OS X, a move that should help solidify further software development as well as soothe fears customers may have about migrating to the new operating system. Microsoft said it is developing a new version of its popular Office suite for release in the second half of 2000, with a Mac OS X native version available at a later date. Also, Internet Explorer Web browser and the Outlook Express email program will be available in native OS X versions, presumably later this year whenever Apple officially makes OS X available.”

“Apple [is] in transition to a major corporate rebranding that should be completed and announced or made evident at January’s Macworld Expo. According to sources, Apple will indeed follow in the footsteps of the Sonys and Nikes by alter its name from ‘Apple Computer, Inc.’ to ‘Apple Inc.’ or just plain ‘Apple.’ All Apple products from that day forth will be marked with the new brand. Additionally, there was talk of some changes being made to the Apple logo, though according to sources this will be no more than what most Apple folks have already been exposed to.”

“-33 Directory full, -34 Disk full: all Allocation blocks on volume full, -35 No such drive, -36 I/O error, -37 Bad name: perhaps zero length, -38 File not open, -39 End of file reached while reading, -40 Attempt to position before start of file, -42 Too many files open, -43 File not found…”

“Icons with style! and other creations.” If you don’t have enough work to do you can always redesign your desktop.

This has to be the simplest webcam image uploader I’ve seen. I finally put my B&W QuickCam from 1995 to use… “StripCam lives in the control strip of a MacOS computer. Since it’s not an application, you cannot accidentally quit it. It automatically timestamps and labels each snapshot, and FTPs it to your specified FTP server.”

“AppleSurf first appeared as a small section in the now-ended web site ‘An Apple A Day,’ back in mid-1996. In November 1998, AppleSurf moved on to become a part of MacOPINION. Early 1999, AppleSurf added the capability for anyone to add headline links to its collection, allowing any web sites to list their articles here.”