Matisyahu's Blog

Had a good day at work with it being uneventful and a steady flow of customers – I decided since I was working late tonight that I would have Friday and Saturday rest from going for a walk and just enjoy being inside my warm home (thank goodness the place is a compact unit which makes heating it fairy cheap). Tonight I’m having for dinner some Chicken Kiev along with a side of steamed vegetables – as I write this blog post the chicke is in the oven cooking (the steamed vegetables only take around 5 minutes in the microwave).

Last night I was fiddling around and installed the Safari Technology Preview 221 along with the newest beta build of uBlock Origin Lite via the TestFlight and what I found is that it is am admirable amount of work being done by the developers of uBlock Origin Lite but I can’t help but get the feeling that they’re going to be fighting an uphill battle when it comes to Apple. I say that because (as I outlined last night) there are still many reported issues in the bug database that have been left unaddressed that measure in months or years without anyone being assigned to it, updating it on terms of progress etc. All I can say, I admire that you’re fighting the good fight to bring uBlock Origin Lite to Safari but based on how Apple treats third party developers I’m not hopeful that things will improve in a timely manner.

For those wondering regarding how I setup my macOS installation in regards to the UI, I have it in light mode however I enable ‘Reduced Transparency’ (which can be found under Accessibility -> Display) – I was never a fan of the transparency primarily due to it being distracting and at times difficult to read where as I find a flat solid interface elements less distracting. I’ve had a look at videos on YouTube regarding macOS Tahoe with reduced transparency and I think I’ll be able to handle it but on iOS I’m not particularly hopeful given that even with reduced transparency on iOS it still looks very glassy (link) which doesn’t give me much hope when compared to OneUI 7 (link) which is more the sort of interface I prefer. There is also Microsoft working on Windows 11 25H2 so let’s hope that they keep making progress on Windows 11 without thinking they have to do something like what Apple has done just to give the appearance that they’re ‘modern’, ‘cool’, ‘hip’ and ‘in with it’.