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From the Lab: Scroll Capture
Recently I needed to take a picture of the entire content of a huge scroll view, i.e. a view inside an application of which only a small part was visible on the screen. I was suprised that most available screenshot software couldn‘t do that but wo...
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Mac App Store Statistics 1
I always wondered where to find some nice Mac App Store statistics. It is easy to track my own apps but there is not much data out there on the overall numbers of Mac App Store apps and on how good apps of specific categories run in terms of sales...
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Recent Menu 1.1 released
As usually, it took more time than I expected or hoped, but finally Recent Menu 1.1 has been released. For existing customers it is available as a free update on the Mac App Store. For everybody else there is a free trial available for download. I...
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The Lion Strikes
I’ve received user reports that after updating to OS X Lion it seems that Recent Menu and Recent Redux aren’t working anymore. But have no fear, there ain’t no bugs in these apps and they will work with OS X Lion as they used to do with OS X Snow ...
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A Cat on the Table
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Work-In-Progress-Ware
Thought of a new business model for the Mac App Store: As there are no in-app purchases (not yet?), why not write an app with a basic functionality and sell it for a moderate price. Then over time add more and more features and raise the price wit...
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Easy Trial Version for Mac App Store Code
After my first apps are now available on the Mac App Store, I wanted to prepare trials versions of these apps (something I should have done before launch, I know). Especially, I wanted to have some code ready to drop in any app to create a trial v...
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From the Lab: Recent Menu 1.1 Preview
My initial release of Recent Menu has so far received with a friendly welcome. Thanks to everybody who has shared user experience and submitted feature ideas!
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Mac App Store Adventures
You might remember my earlier post on how I managed to miss the grand Mac App Store opening. Some weeks later I was ready to go for it and submitted my first two apps to the store. Read on to learn what happened…
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Strange Kind of Focus Ring
According to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines for OS X (HIG), a focus ring is “Highlighting around onscreen area that is ready to accept user input.”. It is shown as a blue bezel around that control which has the keyboard focus. As I tried to im...
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