Going smaller

broderic on July 17, 2008

Consumers buying smaller, but more expensive cars? I can attest to
that. My MCS's base price is $22k. After the options I added to that
the car was $28k. And I probably could've gone higher if I wanted to
keep it a reasonable price after the addition of taxes, tags and fees.Funny thing about that article is reading people getting leather in a
Ford Focus. It's not known to be a luxury car, but you make it so with
the addition of leather. Insane thinking, but I also can't go without
the leather. I wish I got the red though. And more color in the
interior. It would've been cool to have, but it would've busted my
budget.

Link of the Day [7.16.08]

broderic on July 16, 2008

I saw a post on TUAW where the author, after reading an interview with one an Apple VP in charge of hardware, laments that Apple deems “cut and paste” a low priority. I think that John Gruber at DaringFireball.net (It’s a daily read, right?) tries to make sense of “cut and paste’s” low priority. He’s right in a way.

I really don’t miss it much. It would be handy, and I can see the need. I just wonder how would you implement such a feature.

Look at what’s available in the two versions of iPhone: the touchscreen, home button, on-off button, mute switch, and volumes. Which of these would you use to implement “copy and paste?” How would you even select the item? Tap-drag? Three finger tapping? Press home button while tapping? Some of these gestures feel awkward. Some of them are uncomfortable. I wonder what Apple will do. And can we live with it for the next 30 years?

http://daringfireball.net/2008/07/copy_and_paste