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Microsoft developer talks about Office 2008 update issues {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 21st 2008 1:35PM I wish TUAW would stop characterizing the issues with poor Microsoft Mac software as "Mac users seeing Microsoft as the enemy". My view of Microsoft has no bearing on the fact that Office 2008 is a completely disappointing mess that actually makes running a full windows virtual machine with Windows Office 2007 a far better option on almost every front.
They messed up. They spent 4 years and delivered something that is barely competent and pales in comparison to its Windows equivalent.
I wish they would reboot the Mac BU and just ask them to do a direct por of the Windows version instead of trying to redesign things they can't materialize properly.
PwnageTool 2.0.2 is live {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 9th 2008 5:23PM Question: When restoring after pwning your iPhone, does your music get restored as well? Even if the volume where the music is stored isn't available?
I guess another way to pose the question is: do the iPhone backups that iTunes does at every sync include all of your music and playlists?
A better App Store {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 6th 2008 1:22PM 1- Fix the mystery approval process so less crap and more apps make it to the store. I can't believe the garbage that has made it to the store while gems like Box Office get taken away.
2- Provide developers and users with a better means of version control: it's sad to see how developers have to resort to the announcement area of the page to talk to the users about updates, invariably stating how the app store is holding their updated versions hostage. Apps don't have clear version numbers in many contexts. App store on the iPhone reports different updates from iTunes app store, which in turn keeps adding the same update over and over to the same page. Makes no sense.
3- Have a clear way to truly see "New Apps" and "Updated Apps" on both iTunes and the iPhone App Store - not through third party RSS feeds. Right now Apple is not helping new apps be visible even for a split second. They even mislead users with their "NEW" category in the iTunes App Store which is fake.
4- Disagree on keeping only users hwo purchased apps as being able to review - this would keep people from publically complaining about ridiculous apps that they would never buy (you all know which apps I'm referring to I'm sure), which is a good thing. It would be a kind of censorship. Instead, I'd suggest separating actual app reviews from comments, or at least showing a flag next to the users who have actually downloaded the app vs those who haven't.
5- Completely agree on a download queue or cart of some sort.
Apple pulls Box Office from App Store {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 4th 2008 1:49PM Read my reply above. All you had to do was delete it and reinstall. It has never crashed once since. Box Office is the best app on my iPhone.
Apple pulls Box Office from App Store {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 4th 2008 12:12PM You have to delete it from your iPhone and then reinstall it if it was previous installed and it works like a charm. This app is magnificent.
MacBU promises Office 2008 fix {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 26th 2008 7:43PM I must take issue with TUAW's "some in the Mac community that won't cut them a break just because they work for Microsoft." comment.
Believe me, all I want is for them to make a great product that we actually use to replace Windows in our corporate environments. They simply did not deliver, period. 4 years and lots of promises later I still have to run VMWare with Office 2007 on Windows so I can keep my Mac as a work computer, and there's a lot of us in the same situation.
Don't give them a pat on the back just because you think the MacBU guys are cool. I'm sure they are extremely nice and smart people but the product as it stands today is a huge disappointment.
Macworld video: TUAW looks at Microsoft Office 2008 {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 25th 2008 3:17AM Entourage 2008 is better than 2004, but it's still disappointing mess for those of us in Exchange-based corporate environments. I just wish MS would do Outlook for the Mac and kill this malformed piece of crap.
Some detail:
- It's faster, and yes it works and behaves better than 2004. Keep in mind though, E2004 is one sorry piece of Mac software.
- It still chugs and pauses every now and then, and has weird expose/spaces behavior. it's not Cocoa, and it shows.
- Slightly improved UI from 2004, but still riddled with issues. For example, the "My Day" window makes little sense, is not configurable at all, and simply put, should be a widget. Email preview pop ups are poorly designed and only display email title instead of a real preview like the Win version does. Alerts window is nice though.
- Another lousy UI artifact is that you can't permanently open the Calendar in a separate window, and switching between mail and calendar takes ages (sometimes up to a minute). Stupid. Windows version can do this.
- The REALLY big issue is this though: it's a second-class citizen in corporate Exchange servers. It will still not sync notes or tasks, which is vital to a lot of workflows. It doesn't seem to be able to sync email on the fly like the Win version does, but rather has to download everything locally and actively - it took 5 hours to download my corporate email when I first set it up, and it will only download emails on a specified period (i.e. every 5 minutes) instead of the instant-push of the Win version. Frustratingly, it refuses to check email unless it's dictated by that period, so everyone in our company has had to set the period to 1 minute - stupid. It's generally finnicky with downloading email. Also, it doesn't allow booking of facilities in the corporate schedule.
- Another big issue: it's very dumb about links. We routinely send network share links over email to each other, and those are of course on a windows network. These links can't be opened on the Mac, and Entourage makes zero effort to make this possible, which it absolutely should.
Still waiting for a decent version of this thing, or better yet, kill this thing dead and make a real Outlook 2007 for the Mac. In the meantime, I'm forced to keep VMWare at hand for Outlook emergencies.
Fanswag: Win the ultimate Halo 3 setup {Xbox 360 Fanboy}
Sep 18th 2007 4:52PM omg I want this, badly
Palm kills the Foleo dead {Engadget}
Sep 4th 2007 5:18PM Holy crap!! Wow, maybe they ARE serious about getting their crap together again! Hats off to Palm, this is a very good sign.
Palm's Ed Colligan responds to our open letter! {Engadget}
Aug 23rd 2007 9:26PM I want to believe. I really do. But the simple fact that they have let things get this bad for so long overshadows this nice response from Cooligan. They need to show us that they really mean it, and very soon. I think I can *hear* the sound of thousands defecting from the Treo every day.
And I don't think Palm will (or can) stop the Foleo. They're already in too deep and they probably think they will look much worse if they cancel the product than the slow spectacle of the Foleo crashing and burning in the marketplace, covered up with PR and sexy product shots.
