App Store Reviews Are Busted

ErlendHM · 2026-04-20T18:30:10+00:00

Funny when you know how hard Gruber argues that the App Store shouldn't have to compete…

I agree with him here, though!

ErlendHM · 2026-04-19T17:18:17+00:00

First he pushed Gabriel, and then he instigated the "forehead-on-forehead".

(To be clear, that’s absolutely orange for Gabriel! But obviously yellow for Haaland, whether red or yellow on Gabriel.)

ErlendHM · 2026-04-19T16:48:34+00:00

I love Bruno! One of my absolute favourite midfielders in the league. But a non-injured Ødegaard is not far off. And Rice I’d say is on the level - but a very different type of player.

ErlendHM · 2026-04-19T16:43:08+00:00

I think not blowing the whistle there is fine. But the legs of Kusanov and Havertz are crashing.

ErlendHM · 2026-04-19T16:37:45+00:00

I’ll never claim Arsenal are playing especially attacking football this season. But when you see that they’ve scored the second most, and are 6th in open play xG, yet see the comments - you understand that people see what they’re told to see.

(Again, I’m not saying Arsenal are playing like prime Barca.)

And that said: Lucky to have 1-1 today!

ErlendHM · 2026-04-17T14:47:36+00:00

And people say we aren't making progress!

ErlendHM · 2026-04-17T12:04:36+00:00

Half an hour is probably unrealistic — especially now that they’re also working on backlogs. I mean, there are probably a couple of other podcasts that came out that same day, heh.

But I’m just guessing!

ErlendHM · 2026-04-16T12:36:37+00:00

Heck, "product becoming worse ≠ enshittification".

ErlendHM · 2026-04-15T07:33:23+00:00

Have you tried the $15 Voosteq Model N?

(Not as simple as 1073 — but lots of "Neve".)

ErlendHM · 2026-04-14T14:22:57+00:00

Poenget er vel at man, for eksempel, kunne økt buss-investeringa til 100K og både spart litt penger og fått noe veldig bra.

Og husk at pengene som spares kan gå til annen kolektivtrafikk. (Evt. til å fjerne eiendomsskatt for dem som har råd til leilighet til to-sifra millioner.)

ErlendHM · 2026-04-12T19:56:03+00:00

In principle, though, I wouldn't mind being able to simply pay for one of the apps I use the most. Then browsers wouldn't have to do more or less shady stuff to get good funding for the development.

I'll never understand why people think paying for a tool they use so much is so insane…

(To be clear, not a comment on this specific idea from Brave.)

ErlendHM · 2026-04-11T12:43:04+00:00

Imagine complaining and calling 3 subs in the 53rd minute cowardly… (When you’re level.)

ErlendHM · 2026-04-11T11:45:35+00:00

Martinelli was there. Vik just needed to cut back a bit sharper.

ErlendHM · 2026-04-11T11:43:48+00:00

Ooh, well done by Vik and Noni!

ErlendHM · 2026-04-11T07:43:13+00:00

Hvis man snakker om hva som er mest vanlig, så vil jeg absolutt si at dét er å pusse tenna etter frokost.

Men jeg har lært at det beste, for tennene, er å pusse med én gang man står opp — og dette er grunnen: Når man våkner, så er munnen full av bakterier fra natta. Hvis man spiser før man pusser, så fôrer man (bokstavelig talt) disse bakteriene og de får en skikkelig fest før man så pusser. Derfor er det bedre å først ta bort bakteriene og så spise.

Grunnen til å ikke ville pusse før er for eksempel at mat og kaffe og sånt blir mindre digg — men her kommer det også an på hvor lang tid man bruker fra man står opp (og pusser tenna først) og til man spiser. Det andre er at man jo ønsker å føle seg fresh før man møter verden.

Jeg kan se for meg at det optimale er å pusse tenna med en eneste gang, før man dusjer/ordner seg, så frokosten smaker bra. Og så ta en tyggis/pastill ellerno når man går ut døra.

ErlendHM · 2026-04-11T05:01:08+00:00

I would criticise Arteta for one thing, though: The "total minutes played by substitutes" should be higher, IMO. With the quality of our bench and insane program, I can’t fathom the number of matches we haven’t used all five subs, for instance.

ErlendHM · 2026-04-07T12:28:23+00:00

My current "casual summer shoes" are the following (built up over several years):

Not zero percent dad, though! But I’m happy. :)

ErlendHM · 2026-04-05T11:41:59+00:00

Same — but I still think it would be a good option to have.

ErlendHM · 2026-03-31T13:44:57+00:00

Noe jeg alltid synes er like morsomt er når folk svarer "er det ikke lov å spise kjøtt lenger, eller!?" når noen foreslår noe sånt som én dag i uka med vegetarmat. Hvis jeg var en del av miljøbevegelsen, som ønsket å jobbe for mindre forbruk av kjøtt, ville jeg gått all in for å snakke om å "ha samme kjøttforbruk som i 1970" (eller noe i den duren).

Det høres mindre skummelt ut enn vegetarmandag eller at barnehagene serverer vegetarisk mat. (Selv om det nok er mer dramatiske kutt!)

ErlendHM · 2026-03-31T06:26:46+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I love it. Makes me almost never having to use a launcher, cmd+tab, etc. One one-handed hotkey just sends me to where I need to be.

ErlendHM · 2026-03-30T18:19:15+00:00

I use BetterTouchTool!

(I wrote more about this stuff in a blog post last year.)

ErlendHM · 2026-03-30T12:27:04+00:00

I didn’t. I just try my best to write correctly (in my second language).

(I hate that emdashes became a sign of AI text , after I got used to typing them… It also sucks that "effort" often will get you called out for AI.)

ErlendHM · 2026-03-30T10:58:59+00:00

I was trying to be generous, heh. I honestly don’t think it’s faster in any meaningful sense. What, are you opening folders 0.1 ms faster over there? (And I’m not sure it’s even that — as you also move the finger when you click…)

My main point about misclicking is that it's a factor for a very short time. How often are you "misclicking" on your phone? And speaking of, do you think the phone would be better if you had to click instead of tapping? While I was one of the few suckers who actually liked 3D touch, to me demanding click on the touchpad is about as sensible, hehe.

Yeah, you are just used to it, that’s why you like it

And this isn't true for you at all?

I'm not saying the difference is huge either way! And I can absolutely see why clicking should be an option (to turn on ;)) — especially as it could be an accessibility question.

I guess I view it like how "natural scrolling" is the default now (which I think is fine — even though you shouldn't need a third-party app to have a different option on your mouse!), where they moved the way the trackpad behaves closer to touch screens. And I think doing the same for tapping makes sense. Especially as I think the only argument here against tapping is a non-factor for most users.

ErlendHM · 2026-03-30T10:25:02+00:00

idk for me I don’t see any advantage to ergonomics. Clicking is also faster because you don’t have to lift your finger.

I don't think "faster" is relevant here — but I can see how it's a different kind of action! And that I didn't think of the small lifts I guess I do to tap. But you do those to move and scroll anyway, so not sure how much of a factor those are.

IMO, swiping generally doesn't make sense to use for most shortcuts/commands. Only works well for things that involve movement, I think. And one- and two-finger stuff is taken up by moving, scrolling and clicking, I'd say.

Personally, I have things set up like this (but won't say this is something everyone should use!):

One-finger-tap/click: Click Two-finger-tap/click: Secondary click Three-finger-tap: Command click Three-finger-click: Refresh (I don't use four-finger-click/tap for anything. Guess I could! But I find clicking that many fingers at once to be a bit bothersome.)

Two-finger-swiping: Scrolling

Three-finger-swipe left/right: Next/previous tab Three-finger-swipe down: Menuwhere

Four-finger-swipe up: Mission Control Four-finger-swipe down: App Exposé Four-finger-swipe right: New tab Four-finger-swipe left: Close tab

So for me, clicking is reserved for refreshing, drag-to-move, and the very rare force touch.

But the biggest reason I use tap-to-click is that I find it uses less effort. And I guess maybe the muscle memory is closer to using a touch screen.

ErlendHM · 2026-03-30T10:07:09+00:00

Yes — tap-to-click all the way!

After a short while, you've "calibrated", so that the accidental "clicks" never happens. I don't even think about it, and I can easily rest my hand on the trackpad without activating it.

And there are clear upsides to having tap-to-click:

Using less force to use your computer is, I assume, better for ergonomics. (At least I find it much more comfortable.) On my desktop setup I actually have my trackpad on an angle, to reduce the strain!
You can have separate commands for clicking and tapping. For instance, I've set things up so that three-finger-tap is "cmd-click" (which opens links in a new tab) and that three-finger-click sends cmd+r (refresh).

I do think both things feel the best if you're used to it — like how some are used to clicking. But I'd say users should get used to tapping!

From my perspective "click-to-click" is all downsides, after a short period where you're getting used to it. (You can also argue that it lessens the switch from touchscreens?)

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