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MiddleClickClose: New Home!

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Joey Gibson

For those of you who have been pining for a working 64-bit version of MiddleClickClose, your patience is about to be rewarded. A fellow called Tom has taken the MCC code, gotten it working with 64-bit Safari and has moved … Continue reading →

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MiddleClickClose Will Work With Snow Leopard But…

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Joey Gibson

12/02/2009 Update: MiddleClickClose has been updated for 64-bit Safari. More info here. I have upgraded my Mac to Snow Leopard, and as soon as I loaded Safari, I could see that MiddleClickClose was no longer working. I had already heard … Continue reading →

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MiddleClickClose Updated For Future Safari Versions

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Joey Gibson

08/31/2009 Update: For Snow Leopard compatibility, see here. Yesterday Apple release Safari 4.0.3 which, of course, broke MiddleClickClose. Again. The problem lies in the file Info.plist that is part of the plugin. From what I read about SIMBL, good practices … Continue reading →

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MiddleClickClose for Safari 4.0.1

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Joey Gibson

A day or so ago Apple released Safari 4.0.1 and bumped the version number in the process. Safari 4.0 was 5530.17, while Safari 4.0.1 is 5530.18. After installing the update, MiddleClickClose was still loading, even with the minor version mismatch. … Continue reading →

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ExportToArchive *Does* Work With iPhoto ’09

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Joey Gibson

I just installed the iLife ’09 suite, which includes version 8.0 of iPhoto. While I haven’t had time to try out any of the new features, I did check to see if my ExportToArchive plugin still worked. I’m happy to … Continue reading →

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Huzzah! MiddleClickClose Working In Safari 4!

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Joey Gibson

08/31/2009 Update: For Snow Leopard compatibility, see here. 08/13/2009 Update: It should now work with all future versions of Safari without having to update it again. Read about the change here. 06/09/2009 Update: Apple released the production version of Safari … Continue reading →

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iPhone OS 2.0.1 – Installed

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I just finished updating my 2G iPhone to OS 2.0.1. Usually when I sync my phone, I skip the “backing up iPhone” stage because it takes too damn long, but tonight, I figured I’d better let it complete. That stage … Continue reading →

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iPhone OS 2.0.1 Is Out

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I just read that the new version of the iPhone OS is out. I’ll be installing it in an hour or so. I’m really looking forward to this update, since 2.0 is buggy as hell. BTW, I posted this using … Continue reading →

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Strange Seg Fault In Simple Cocoa App

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I just got Aaron Hillegass’ 3rd edition of Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition) and am working through it as if I never went through the 2nd edition. (It’s been so long since I did any Cocoa, that seemed … Continue reading →

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A Few Things I Hate About iPhone OS 2.0

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I love the new iPhone 2.0 OS, mostly, though I really think they should have let it bake for another couple of months before releasing it. There are parts of it that just don’t feel fully cooked. For instance, one application … Continue reading →

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I Paid My $99 To Apple

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Joey Gibson

As I said yesterday, I finally got my acceptance letter from Apple that essentially allows me to pay them $99 in order to develop iPhone software. I have just now paid the $99, so now it’s just a matter of … Continue reading →

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So *Now* Apple Will Let Me In…

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Joey Gibson

After months of waiting, I received this email from Apple just a few minutes ago: Thank you for applying to the iPhone Developer Program. We have reviewed the information you submitted when you initiated your program enrollment request and we … Continue reading →

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WordPress To Release An iPhone Blogging Client

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Joey Gibson

Oh man, this is just too cool. I switched to WordPress just a few days ago and today I see that they have an iPhone blogging client that should be released “soon.” Just one more thing telling me that I … Continue reading →

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My iPhone Apps

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Joey Gibson

After spending way too much time last night going through the App Store, I finally went to bed. But not before I took some screenshots of everything installed on my iPhone. (That’s another cool feature of iPhone 2.0: screenshots. To … Continue reading →

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iPhone Password Entry Is Now 600% Better

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Joey Gibson

One of the most frustrating things about the previous version of the iPhone software was password entry. Apple used a masked entry field, which means that instead of seeing what you type, you see a splat. On a computer with … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t I Install iPhone Apps Via iTunes?

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Joey Gibson

09/15/2008 Update: I wrote this article back in July, right after iPhone OS 2.0 was released. You’ll notice from the update on 08/01/2008 that I figured out what was going on. But since so many people keep asking, let’s establish … Continue reading →

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iPhone 2.0, Installed. First App, Installed.

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Joey Gibson

My download of the iPhone 2.0 kit finished successfully. I then installed it a restored my settings and such. Now, about 25 minutes later, I’ve installed my first app. I’m going to be digging through the App Store for a … Continue reading →

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iPhone 2.0 Is Downloading

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I can’t wait until tomorrow to get the new iPhone 2.0 software. I’m downloading it now at a rate of 715.47K/s and once it’s downloaded, I’m gonna slap it on my phone. I’m using the instructions found here for the … Continue reading →

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MiddleClickClose for Safari 3.1.1

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Joey Gibson

06/14/2009 Update: It now works with the just-released Safari 4, too. Someone wrote to tell me that MiddleClickClose was no longer working after upgrading to Safari 3.1.1. I hadn’t yet installed the latest version, so this was news to me. … Continue reading →

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iTunes Should Remember Window Size

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Joey Gibson

I subscribe to a lot of podcasts, and lately I’ve been subscribing to lots of video podcasts. I love watching GeekBrief in ginormous HD format. But not all of the videocasts come in that large format, so I have to … Continue reading →

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