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Safari extensions
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Apple Apps Wall wows: Apple has set up an astounding wall filled with 30x24-inch Apple Cinema displays synchronised and powered by 30 Apple Mac Pro workstations to create a Matrix movie-like waterfall that displays the top 50,000 apps in the iTunes App Store.
An apps icon falls whenever that particular app is downloaded and the app is sorted in the display by its icon color. It takes 10,800 apps to fill one of the 30-inch displays completely, reports Cult of Mac (pic).
Safari Extensions: A Safari extension is based on HTML5, Javascript, and CSS, while a traditional Safari Plugin required developers to know C, C++, or Objective-C (thanks to Macgasm for the explanation, plus a description of how to enable and use them).
Apple’s official extension library won’t be online for a couple of weeks, but a tumblr website has popped up for those looking for extensions in the interim. SafariExtensions keeps track of new Safari extensions already on the market, as well as announcements from companies planning on releasing them in the future and TUAW mentions them too.
Want to install and use Extensions in Safari? Cult of Mac also tells you how, although the new feature seems a bit flaky still.
A posting for the more adventurous, who don't mind a bit of Terminal, tells you how to modify the new Reader function and another Mac OS Hints page tells you how to put the Reload icon back in.
Microsoft Office:Mac update: Office 2008 12.2.5 is available. Microsoft describes it as fixing "vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code." It is also supposed to update stability and performance of Office 2008.
The custom dictionary also will now let you include words from different languages.
It appeared in Microsoft's auto-update as a 200MB download. If you download it from Microsoft's Mac downloads page it appears to be 333MB, so you'll probably only want to do that if you have multiple Macs to update.
It appeared in Microsoft's auto-update as a 200MB download. If you download it from Microsoft's Mac downloads page it appears to be 333MB, so you'll probably only want to do that if you have multiple Macs to update.
Higher definition video camera: Drift Innovation has just revealed its new HD video sports action camera, which is capable of shooting 1080p video.
The 170-degree viewing-angle-lensed HD170 has lots of other slick features: RF remote, 300-degree rotating lens, night-mode, an LCD screen and more mounts than a Texas rodeo competition.
The HD170 will be available in late July for US$330.
New Sony cameras: Sony has added two new Alpha cameras for newcomers. The A290 and A390 together now have the 14.2-megapixel, in-body stabilised CCD sensors of the outgoing A380 model. They also have simpler top control layouts and redesigned grips for better comfort.
The HD170 will be available in late July for US$330.
New Sony cameras: Sony has added two new Alpha cameras for newcomers. The A290 and A390 together now have the 14.2-megapixel, in-body stabilised CCD sensors of the outgoing A380 model. They also have simpler top control layouts and redesigned grips for better comfort.
