Brent Simmons
Person on 4 sites
Brent Simmons is a Mac and iOS developer.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- NetNewsWire: Created with Sheila Simmons at Ranchero Software; NetNewsWire Lite introduced 12 July 2002, version 1.0 on 11 February 2003 (opens wiqqi.app)
- NewsGator: Bought NetNewsWire in October 2005 and hired Simmons to continue developing it (opens wiqqi.app)
- NetNewsWire 5: Regained the intellectual property from Black Pixel in 2018 and released his open-source reader Evergreen as NetNewsWire 5.0d1 (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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GitHub: brentsimmons (opens github.com)
“inessential.com — The templates, CSS, pages, and posts that make up my blog at inessential.com.”
- Blog: inessential.com (opens inessential.com)
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GitHub: brentsimmons (opens github.com)
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14 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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There is no longer a real reason for Mac apps to stick with stock Mac UI. (opens korrents.com)
“And we’re left with no real reason to stick with stock Mac UI (except for wanting approval from longtime Mac people like me, and you really shouldn’t care about that at all).”
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Using stock Mac UI no longer saves developers work; it can mean more work than custom UI. (opens korrents.com)
“But my app NetNewsWire has a very stock Mac UI, and Liquid Glass adoption last year was a lot of work. Using stock Mac UI didn’t save us much — in fact, we had more work to do compared to the apps with more custom UI.”
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Users do not care whether a Mac app uses stock UI or custom UI. (opens korrents.com)
“Users have shown — again, I don’t need to prove this — that they don’t think about a stock Mac app vs. custom.”
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There is no longer a real reason for Mac apps to stick with stock Mac UI. (opens korrents.com)
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13 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Magic Trackpad (opens rcmnd.app)
“I have a Magic Trackpad, which I love. I've become an Olympic-level swiper.”
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Apple Extended Keyboard II (opens rcmnd.app)
“My most important piece of hardware, which I love even more than my trackpad, is my Apple Extended Keyboard II. If it ever breaks my career is probably over - not because I'd be unable to adjust, but because I'd be too…”
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Verilux Happy Light (opens rcmnd.app)
“a Verilux Happy Light, which I run for a few hours every morning, which keeps me even-keeled.”
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Magic Trackpad (opens rcmnd.app)