Joey Baker's Profile

Drop Inquisitor from your list and replace it with Glims – a free, and incredibly powerful that plugin that also allows you an inquisitor style search. Of course, you've also missed: Safari AdBlocker. Which I prefer over Readability and the like.

It's a rare occurrence that I disagree so strongly with anything posted on Apple Matters, but I've gotta say it: "You're KIDDING right?" Does apple still know how to code!? OF COURSE THEY DO! Apple is about to finish one of it's fastest development cycles of it's biggest piece of software (which for some reason, Stoup glosses over), OS X. Aside from the fact that Apple is a hardware retailer, the fact that it can continually innovate on it's OS, and stay so far ahead of it's competition is evidence that Apple is still very much in the software game. Oh and let's not forget the other software that they've written this year (and wasn't mentioned by Stoup): updated iTunes, Bento, iPhone OS 2, and a host of other iPhone applications. Respectfully, you're absolutely nuts if you think Apple has in anyway toned down their software division. To the point of trying to compete with Microsoft Office – they are and they're doing it in a very smart matter. Slowly building up a suite of apps that *can* compete. It's the smartest way I've seen to take on the giant. Besides, iWork does everything I need – forget MS office. Lastly, as a photographer – Aperture is a great piece of software. Version 2 does its job very well. (Disclaimer: I'm an avid Adobe Lightroom user, but I've got a healthy respect for Aperture, and have used it enough to be very comfortable in the app.) Neither Lightroom nor Aperture are designed to replace Photoshop. They never *should* replace Photoshop. It's a common misperception to assume that a workflow app can replace Photoshop, but neither application can replicate Photoshop's sheer pixel manipulation power. Yes, it's now possible to avoid photoshop for the vast majority of a photog's workflow, but the instant you want to retouch, or mask, or any of the host of things photoshop does, workflow applications aren't the answer. This isn't to say that Adobe doesn't need competition – but I think Apple has already strained the relationship enough. With Final Cut, iPhoto and Aperture, Apple encroaches solidly on Adobe terrain. The relationship with Adobe has degraded to the point where they no longer work hand-in-hand like they used to in the 90s. Adobe was so caught by surprise with the manner in which Apple would be moving to 64-bit processing, that they left it out in the Mac Photoshop CS4 because (*drum roll, please*) Apple has been changing code too rapidly!! http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/04/photoshop_lr_64.html Mr. Stoup, I say again respectfully, Apple has in no way toned down its software division. Please stop moaning about the loss of AppleWorks, there are better solutions out there now anyway. *FYI: there's a typo in the second graf: "AppelWorks"