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Archive for January, 2009

Why i switched back to Windows

Posted by mikeg on January 23, 2009

  • angle of screen on MBP
  • no Alt+ accelerators on dialogs
  • Alt+Tab
  • Funky behavior of Finder and delete functionality
  • No easy way to copy path of folder form Finder
  • no page down on keyboard and shift+page down doesn’t select text all the way down
  • behavior of Finder (delete of files moves selection to folder which looses my place, move, ovewrite folder)
  • no way to paste path of folder into File Selection dialogs
  • many apps do not remember last Folder
  • Insane Shift+Arrow select behavior in Finder and other places
  • Eclipse
    • no support for Alt+ which makes Find/Replace dialog hard to use
    • inconsistent Shift+PageUp/PageDown
    • Command is used for Copy/Page, Ctlr+Tab is used to switch b/w docs, Alt+Shift is used to select boundaries — too many “finger gestures”


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Smush.it

Posted by mikeg on January 20, 2009

API is very simple which brings complexities. Doesn’t allow upload of images, only reference of existing files that are internet accessible — that is why I am using S3.

Issues with Smush.it

  • Cannot upload the image to Smush.it, have to reference existing internet-accessible image
  • Cannot download only specific images, have to download all images in the batch

Logic

  • Allow drag and drop of files or pointing to directory
  • Create a “timestamp task” — used by Smush.it to download all images associated with current batch
  • Helper uploads to S3 “smushit” bucket — need to think about not overwriting
  • Once all uploads are done, it tells Smush.it where to find the images
  • Once Smush.it responds about all the files we display the savings and allow user to download (Future: allow user to choose which file to download, in reality it will still download the files but will not overwrite)
  • Based on user’s choice we either overwrite or backup existing images

Future: allow to compare 2 images

http://www.nochump.com/blog/?p=15

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