Icon Composer Notes

I spent a significant portion of WWDC week trying to understand how to correctly use Icon Composer, and determining how best to carry forward Unread’s alternate icons feature with this year’s changes. Thank You I want to thank Kaya Thomas, who helped me understand some aspects of Icon Composer that …

FB17876856: Width of URL Bar in Safari on iOS 26

I filed FB17876856 around the width of text shown in the URL bar in Safari on iOS 26. On an iPhone 13 mini, this is what the URL bar looks like when visiting apple.com with dynamic type size set to the default (100%): This is what the URL bar looks like with dynamic type size set to 160%, which is …

Last night I got to hear Justice Breyer speak in person.

It is hard to see in the dark, but I ran across this deer while out for a late night walk.

CocoaHeads Boston will meet at MEX Taqueria | Bar this Thursday at 7:00 PM. There will be no classroom portion this time, but we will be back at the NERD Center in June. New participants are always welcome. Details are available on Meetup.

Good crowd on the Boston Common for the May Day protest.

Now we are at City Hall.

At the anti-Trump protest on the Boston Common. This is huge. I think there are tens of thousands of people here.

CocoaHeads Boston will meet on Thursday, April 10 at the Microsoft NERD Center. Brian Cardarella will present Server-Driven UI with SwiftUI. Details are available on Meetup. RSVPing via Meetup before April 2 is required; we have to give a list of attendees to building security.

FYI for local friends: Senator Warren is holding a town hall in Lowell tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. www.eventbrite.com/e/lowell-…

Big crowd protesting on the Boston Common.

On the Boston Common

A press release for an audience of one: www.apple.com/newsroom/… 😡

(Not My) Presidents’ Day

These are photos from today’s protest in Boston.

Photos From Today’s Protest at the Massachusetts State House

I participated in a protest today at the state house. These are some photos.

Coup

Heather Cox Richardson: I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate. They also control the White House and the Supreme Court. If they wanted to get rid of the United States Agency for International …

Calling Representatives

I called the office of my congresswoman, my senators, my state governor, and my state attorney general. I talked to staffers where I could, and left voice messages elsewhere. This is roughly the script I used: The reason I am calling is that I am deeply concerned about Trump’s moves over the past …

Whenever I hear Tim Cook state that privacy is a fundamental human right, I am going to remember that he attended and donated a million dollars to the Presidential inauguration of someone who cares nothing about human rights.

I released Unread 4.4. This update makes it easier to subscribe to feeds offered by Bluesky, Mastodon, Reddit, and YouTube. www.goldenhillsoftware.com/2025/01/u…

Scoop: Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration www.axios.com/2025/01/0… 🤮

Yesterday I wrote a blog post looking back at the past year in Unread improvements, and talking about what I am planning for the new year. www.goldenhillsoftware.com/2025/01/u…

Rest in peace, Jimmy Carter. www.nytimes.com/live/2024…

Daniel Kennett describes the difficult process of getting Cascable Studio 7 approved for the Mac App Store. App Review made it a month-long ordeal. The Bumpy Road to Cascable Studio: App Review Strikes Again