What Is a Dickover?(daringfireball.net)

379 points by tambourine_man 5 months ago | 148 comments

John Gruber's Daring Fireball post coining "dickover" for modal popovers that obscure web content to force unwanted interactions like cookie consent or newsletter signups.

Markdown is meant to be shown (2021)(daringfireball.net)

162 points by SoKamil 2 years ago | 134 comments

James Thomson on the Origins of the macOS Dock(daringfireball.net)

60 points by tosh 1 year ago | 39 comments

Publishing AI Slop Is a Choice(daringfireball.net)

100 points by mpweiher 2 years ago | 25 comments

Coming to Grips with Apple's Seemingly Unshakable Sense of Entitlement(daringfireball.net)

91 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 80 comments

macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons(daringfireball.net)

345 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 141 comments

Daring Fireball post by John Gruber critiquing the redesigned utility app icons in macOS 26 Tahoe as a warning sign for Apple's design direction.