1. Textmate and Lion Woes

    My recent upgrade to OSX Lion has Textmate unsettled. :-(

    In fact, it’s downright unstable. Textmate crashes several times a day, unexpectedly, sometimes simply just because I clicked on it. I find I can’t open projects from the Open… or the Open Recent commands in the File menu.

    I also find switching between Textmate windows (open projects) using the Window menu simply doesn’t work. When I switch apps using the Command+Tab combination I find the Textmate menu fails to switch. Textmate gets the focus, but the menu is left behind. Only if I use the Command+Tab+Option key combination can I get the Textmate menu to get focus long with it’s window.

    Other problems include having more than one Textmate window open in Lion’s new fullscreen mode. Switching between windows is impossible unless you swipe between fullscreen windows. Using key combinations or the Window menu do not work.

    Textmate doesn’t seem to be compatible with Lion’s new Versions capability either.

    I’ve tried removing the two plugins I have installed, GITMate and MissingDrawer. I’ve even tried a clean install. Unfortunately, this doesn’t improve it’s reliability.

    I hope MacroMates are working on a Lion update for Textmate that addresses these issues and issues other’s are having. I’m really not happy with UX at the moment, and it won’t take me long to find an alternative, since this is a tool I need to use daily.

  2. My desktop has received an update today: Apple 13” MacBook Pro Apple 27” LED Cinema Display Apple Wireless Keyboard Apple Magic Trackpad Apple Battery Charger Apple iPhone 4 and Dock Western Digital 750GB USB HDD for TimeMachine hourly backups All I can say is wow! You have to got experience this to understand. Now I just need to find a nice set of headphones - preferably wireless!

    My desktop has received an update today:

    • Apple 13” MacBook Pro
    • Apple 27” LED Cinema Display
    • Apple Wireless Keyboard
    • Apple Magic Trackpad
    • Apple Battery Charger
    • Apple iPhone 4 and Dock
    • Western Digital 750GB USB HDD for TimeMachine hourly backups

    All I can say is wow! You have to got experience this to understand.

    Now I just need to find a nice set of headphones - preferably wireless!

  3. Apple Showcases HTML5 & CSS3 →

    These examples are outstanding.

    Safari’s typography support is stunning. This could effectively kill other typography solutions like SIFR. And I wonder what it will do to Typekit’s business model?