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Schubert IT has the coolest plugin - an inline PDF viewer for OS X browsers. I’ve tested it with Safari and OmniWeb 5. Super nice.

from FreeForm Goodness comes the fix for Safari’s minimum font size, which changed in Safari 1.0. quoteHidden pref, your ass is mine.
defaults write com.apple.safari WebKitMinimumFontSize 9
defaults write com.apple.safari WebKitMinimumFixedFontSize 9
(you need to enter those two lines in the Terminal.)endquote

I found a bug of sorts (no pun intended) with iChat AV’s buddy list. There is a new feature where if you click a buddy in the list and drag a bit to the left, you can then re-order your buddies right in the list. That’s the feature.

But, having done so, iChat no longer moves logged in buddies to the top of the list, so you have to scroll though the list to find your logged in buddies. That’s the bug.

I used the defaults program to inspect ichat’s preferences:

defaults read com.apple.ichat bbedit

And found the pref I wanted to change. A bit of trial and error later, I found the proper setting:

defaults write com.apple.ichat "BuddyList.SortOrder" 3

This will return your buddy list to it’s proper sorting behavior. Note: iChat must not be running when you run this command. This is becuase iChat saves it’s prefs when it quits, and it will overwrite the changes you just made.

Well, Dustin and I went to the Apple Store for the Stevenote, and left happy. I’ll leave you in Feedster’s capable hands for more WWDC news from the blogoshpere.

Feedster on the WWDC.

Feedster on Panther, Apple’s new OS X.

Feedster on the Power Mac G5, Apple’s new racecar.

Feedster on XCode, Apple’s new IDE.

…about what’s in store for the Mac geeks attending WWDC. Rosai Group has some lovely tidbits here. quoteA new open file system design features reduced dependencies on HFS+, and a new Finder departs from its System 7 origins to bring an extensible architecture, smart folders (think Smart Playlists)endquote And… quote…Panther will eventually deliver the ability to remotely log into a 10.3 server as a graphic user interface shell, allowing users to work remotely from a thin client while leaving the heavy processing on an Xserve.endquote and… quoteSimilarly, multiple users will be able to log into the same system as graphic user interface shells at once, enabling quick, and even instantaneous, switching between multiple users on the same machine.endquote

Could be fun… smile

Ok, Jodi and got here to the Apple Store as Steve was wrapping up the last four months of products.

Now he’s explaining Rip, Mix, Burn… (”no, really, we didn’t mean piracy!”)

New terminology: Acquire, Manage, Listen. (Grown up words!)

iPod: 700,000 iPods since launch. No 1 in world.

New iPods: 10, 15, 30gb. New iPod is lighter than 2cds, and thinner as well. All controls are touch sensitive - no moving parts. Curvy! Backlit screen and buttons.

Firewire is now on the bottom - dock. FW port is now non-standard. Lineout on dock.

FW+USB2. Included cable. USB2 requires extra cable.

Mac and Windows support in one box.

AutoSync.

New features: AAC decode.

Alarm clock, Personalize Main Menu, On-The-Go playlist. New setting: Main Menu configuration. Very sweet. Preparing for even more non-music features, obviously.

Price: $299 for 10 gb. 15 and 30 come with Dock and case and remote included. $399 for the 15gb. $499 for 30.

I know, I haven’t been posting lately. But today is Apple’s big music-related announcement, for which broadcast Jodi and I are going to the Chandler Apple Store. Yay!