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Shake the Xbox SmartGlass app and your avatar falls over

27 Apr 2013
David Chartier
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avatar, iOS polish, polish, Xbox, Xbox SmartGlass
If you shake Microsoft’s Xbox SmartGlass app, your avatar falls over.
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Fantastical sweats the details of ‘hour’ or ‘hours’

20 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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calendars, Fantastical, iOS polish, Mac polish, polish
When you change your alarm time in Fantastical for Mac (as well as Fantastical for iPhone), a truly fantastic replacement for Apple’s
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Done Not Done search goes there and back again

12 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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Done Not Done, iOS polish, polish
Done Not Done, the “todo list for things you want to do, not things you have to do,” apparently goes all the way into orbit just to
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iOS 6.1 brings new locked screen player controls

28 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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iOS 6, iOS 6.1, iOS polish, Music app, polish
Apple released iOS 6.1 on Monday, January 28 2013 and added a number of changes. One undocumented change is new player controls on the lock
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Summly has a great sharing animation

17 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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animation, GIFs, iOS polish, polish, Summly
To share an article from Summly, the news summary app, just long-press anywhere on it. The sharing menu appears (and disappears with a slick animation.
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Evernote for iPad lets you tell the next story

14 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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Evernote, iOS polish, polish, signup
When you run Evernote on iPad for the first time, it presents a brief series of stories to flip through. Various types of users explain how they
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Flip Tumblr photos over to view metadata

08 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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blogging, EXIF, metadata, photography, polish, Tumblr
If Tumblr photos in your Dashboard contain EXIF metadata, you can flip the photo over with a slick animation to view camera model, ISO, aperture,
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Photos zooms in on your image as you crop

07 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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iOS polish, photo editing, photography, photos, polish
Select a photo in iOS’s Photos app, tap Edit, then the crop button at the bottom. As you drag the crop boundaries, Photos will
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Zite has a great orientation animation

27 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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animation, GIFs, iOS polish, iPad apps, iPhone apps, magazines, polish, reading apps, Zite
When you change your iPad’s orientation for Zite, the intelligent magazine that helps you find things to read, the story panels switch
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Zephyr brings style, animation polish to App.net for iPhone, iPad

19 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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animation, App.net, GIFs, iOS polish, iPad apps, iPhone apps, polish, social media, Zephyr
Zephyr is a great new iPhone and iPad client for App.net, the ad-free social network. It’s universal and brings a polished, unique
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