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Or you know, complimentary driver controls on the steering wheel.

2 days ago on Ford to bring back physical radio controls for frustrated touchscreen users

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I can’t believe it took this long to get to the “…or they could just make the touchscreen better” argument.

2007 was six years ago.

2 days ago on Ford to bring back physical radio controls for frustrated touchscreen users

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My biggest gripe is the new dock. Talk about the ugly stick — it reminds me of the vista sidebar.

The vista sidebar is the ugliest design I have ever seen on software. It makes me feel sick when I look at it.

7 days ago on iOS 7 still 'a work in progress' alleges The Next Web

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Josh,

Great Piece! Regardless of the substantive merit of the new iOS overhaul, I would like for someone on the Verge to explore the new direction is taking as signaled by WWDC.

Love it or hate it, this is a new Apple.
One that responds to customer feedback, that listens, adapts, and performs.
i.e.
(1) We don’t do enough for our pro users? How about this — (Phil’s Mac Pro Presentation).
(2) Don’t like the iOS design? How about this — (Jony Ive’s iOS video).
(3) Not enough pro features in the Mac? How about this — (Craig’s Mavericks Release).

I felt like Tim blew the show open and dropped the mike on this one.

This is the true departure from the Job’s era… though some might not believe it, as that horse has been beat to death by those crying wolf for the past several years.

Hope you can give it editorial justice!

9 days ago on The design of iOS 7: simply confusing 2 replies 13 recommends

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Have no confidence in principles that come to us in the trappings of the eternal. Meet them with gentle irony, friendly skepticism and an open soul.

-Learned Hand

13 days ago on US intelligence chief asks public to blindly trust that the government respects civil liberties

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We resolve… that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

13 days ago on Secret NSA spying: how can it be stopped? 2 replies 4 recommends

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Ms. Drummond,

Another fantastic article! Thank you, and please keep it up. It’s posts like this that keep me coming back to The Verge!

14 days ago on How high-tech jobs could solve the autism unemployment crisis 2 replies 14 recommends

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Finally figured it out.

The Problem arises when you try to use the MAS Receipt, found in each application purchased from the Mac App Store ([App] —> Show Package Contents → Contents → _MAS Receipt) as a receipt for another app.

Why would you do this? So that when browsing the Mac App Store, there is not an option to purchase the program already on you computer. For my, I purchased both iLife and iWork on a disc from my University, while I was still in school. I did not want to repurchase these programs on the Mac App Store, so I tricked the App Store into thinking I purchased these apps by inserting the MAS Receipt from my Mountain Lion Purchase into these apps.

And viola, now these apps think they are installed from the App Store, b/c they have a receipt. The unforeseen nature of this tomfoolery is that when the underlying App … in this case Mountain Lion … is updated, the App Store incorrectly believes that the program has not been updated, because the MAS Receipt present in the iLife and iWork Apps still reads 10.8.3. Thus, the Mac App Store continually prompts me to redownload the entire application.

Solution? Manually update each receipt to the new 10.8.4 signature.

14 days ago on 10.8.4 already installed, but App store is downloading the update again... weighs in at 4.44 GB!!

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Update:

The App store downloaded the entire Mountain Lion Package… for no reason. Now I have the Mountain Lion install app on my hard drive. And the App store icon is still notifying me that I have to download the Mountain Lion 10.8.4 update, even though the action button is greyed out and displays the “downloaded” button.

Great.

14 days ago on 10.8.4 already installed, but App store is downloading the update again... weighs in at 4.44 GB!!

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Lots of improvement from 8.0!

But windows still needs to improve in one key area: Touchpads!!!
I can not stress this enough: Why can’t P.C makers figure out good gesture controls on the touchpad?

Windows 8 would be such a better O.S. if I could navigate using gestures on the touchpad of my laptop, I.e. swipe two fingers from right to left to get to charms bar, pinch to get to the start screen, sideways swipe to go from app to app, and swipe up to enter a modified alt tab view.

I get that on screen touch is the way forward, but through those w/o a touchscreen a bone!

15 days ago on Windows 8.1 makes video debut ahead of June 26th preview release 1 reply 1 recommend

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I just bought this in the Mac App Store. Will my purchase transfer?

21 days ago on 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' now available on iPad 3 replies

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What is that? Could you post a link?

27 days ago on Building a PC

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I know it is popular to bash Congress right now. However, to trivialize this subcommittee hearing on tax reform based on the overbroad generalization that “Congress is Broken” is a mistake.

Apple came into the hearing thoroughly prepared, and offered a tax reform solution that would dramatically streamline current U.S foreign tax policy.

However, Apple’s recommendations are industry specific. I/e they do not offer a valid reform path for other industries.

A general mistake in this comment system is to lump “government” “big business” and the “common man” into three district categories. While these generalizations are somewhat useful, and attractive, they — as a whole — miss the nuisances that issues such as tax reform draw out. For example, ConAgra may want entirely different tax policy than GM or Apple.

Have faith in our system. It’s as good, or better, than everyone else’s.

27 days ago on 'The Daily Show' rips fawning Senators at Tim Cook's tax hearing