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Until a couple of minutes ago, I had this in my Colophon:

If you’re looking at this on a Windows–based system, it may be hard to see. That’s because Mac OS X displays tend to have a much brighter gamma than Windows. If you can’t see it, then, blame Windows.

Pim from the Time Capsule Memorial Register kindly pointed out that, as of Mac OS X 10.6, this is no longer the case. Now Apple shoots for the minimum and makes your screen darker than necessary. Just brilliant (pun intended).

I also went ahead and removed some WebKit–specific hacks to make the letters on the screen theoretically more legible. The hacks were reportedly not successful. A few color changes, and the site should read more effectively, regardless of the operating system or monitor you are using.

Plus, I’m stuck on white backgrounds.

Perusing the iPhone apps in the iTunes store, it reminded me how much absolute garbage gets in there. It’s as smarmy as Facebook. I have an idea to make it better.

Looking at the list of the top 100 free apps, you’ll find free versions of apps. Nice idea, but most of them are free versions of apps that you wouldn’t pay for. Others are limited versions of apps that you wish you didn’t have to scroll past. How’s about we introduce something else they have in Facebook?

Block App

Tired of seeing that stupid Sex Quiz thing again? Just click the ‘Block App’ button. One quick confirmation message later, and never see it again (unless, of course, you want to go into the preferences and unblock it).

I’m not sure if this has been proposed before, but it seems rather obvious to me.

No computer that is incapable of running Mac OS X 10.6 is capable of running an app that can only run on Mac OS X 10.6. Therefore, to use the logo for ‘Universal’ apps on your software is illogical. Please stop doing it immediately.

I’m trying to be succinct. It bugs me when software developers don’t pay attention to detail. It goes beyond irritation and into mild rage when I see something like that used in marketing materials and blog flair.

For review: 10.6 only runs on Intel processors. If your app requires 10.6, do not use the ‘Universal’ badge.