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Andrew @lisagui.com · 27/09/2026

The Finder is buggy. Double-clicking folders doesn't always open them, and sometimes opening folders can take up to a second. I guess this is why it's still best to wait for the .1 or .2 release…

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 27/09/2026

Mission control and spaces in Golden Gate are absurdly buggy. Dragging windows to the top bar in exposé doesn't even make them fullscreen. Desktop switching is a bit broken too; sometimes fullscreen windows remain overlaid on top of other desktops when you try to swipe away from them.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 27/09/2026

Hi, I took a photo with my phone and it's not copying. Some stupid thing about "insufficient disk space." Please help, thanks

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 25/09/2026

Filling in the ink traps/light traps of these Lisa typefaces. Typographers: forgive me, but it must be done. It's too unsightly.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 23/09/2026

*Clearly* the best time machine concept is the Omega 13 device from Galaxy Quest

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 22/09/2026

hey guys (hey guys (hey guys (hey guys check this out) check this out) check this out) check this out

an analog clock but each number is a smaller analogue clock showing where the hands would be at that time

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 19/09/2026

LisaGUI’s piano is partially based on the Lisa Toolkit example. I was also inspired by the Macintosh’s piano demo from the “MOUSING AROUND” tutorial on the original “Guided Tour of Macintosh” disk from 1984. #appleLisa #macintosh #apple #1bit #pcspeaker

A window containing a piano keyboard running on the Lisa Office System, with keys spanning 3 octaves.

A window of the Piano demo section of the original Macintosh’s “MOUSING AROUND” tutorial. It contains a smaller piano keyboard, with keys spanning about 4.5 octaves.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 19/09/2026

I'm not gonna add modeless file renaming to LisaGUI (i.e. if a single file icon is selected, allow keyboard input to start renaming it immediately) as it's not a priority. If I do add that it will have to be an optional setting. Case in point:

folklore.org

Folklore.org: A Floppy named lsadkfjalhkjh

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 18/09/2026

You know what this means! We can have at least one more cat themed macOS release if Apple ever gets around to it.

nytimes.com

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 17/09/2026

Using larger font sizes will mean options for 28pt, 36pt, and 48pt fonts. Otherwise, 24pt would be the largest, for now. Typographically, it will be a bit awkward since the line weights of the 28pt fonts are designed for a 14pt font, for instance.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 17/09/2026

The Lisa had high res copies of its fonts used when printing at a higher quality setting. Debating whether to implement this feature, or if I should use larger fonts as extra options at the same DPI. Leaning heavily towards the latter. #typography #fonts #retrocomputing #appleLisa #apple #1bit

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 12/09/2026

...And yes, I serialized this. So sue me! The current codebase doesn't have any graphics primitives; I didn't really need any... Obviously I'll be adding those in once I write a real painting app; then I'll just redraw these every time and shave a few kilobytes off the main script.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 12/09/2026

Using base64 for inline image serialization now. It's kind of cool how you can sort of see the image through the encoding.

A 1-bit bitmap of a triangle encoded into base64

The same triangle as it appears in the ui.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 06/09/2026

Fixed some minor formatting issues with the latest blog post. Also, accidentally reverted it to a version from several hours ago when I was trying to fix them on my phone. I hadn't noticed my phone's browser had cached the older, incomplete post. That's fixed too, thank God

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 01/09/2026

Updated the blog to use GNU Unifont for the body text. I adjusted the colors for the light and dark themes; I'm still playing around with them so don't hate it too much

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 01/09/2026

With this on the homepage, how can you doubt the year of the Linux desktop is upon us

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 30/08/2026

This is really cool and I had no idea it existed. Seems like it would be perfect for taking a cropped "screenshot" of a TUI running through a terminal.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 29/08/2026

The video didn't upload, lol, so here it is in a reply. Well now I have more room so here are some tags: #appleLisa #1-bit #1bit #retrocomputing #apple #macintosh #javascript #gui #ux #ui

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 29/08/2026

Reorganized the preference pane system. It purposefully no longer remembers the selected pane, which is more in-line with the actual Lisa, and settings apps on other OSs. I also added the "Set all convenience settings to defaults" option from the original Lisa. Added it to the animations pane too.

Items in the view menu are bulleted to indicate their subordinacy to their parent panes.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 28/08/2026

The only thing really missing from my blog's design is custom cursors. Anyone with more TUI experience than myself have any thoughts on some good cursor designs from that era? I don't want to just add the MS windows pointer, that's boring.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 27/08/2026

Sure, half the people who even look at this blog have ad blockers which will filter these out, but that doesn't mean I still can't have fun. Naturally, had to add :focus-visible selectors so you can tab through the page #css #blog #dos #textmode

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 27/08/2026

Added some share links. I should be able to have share links. Other blogs have share links! I'll admit right now, I have no idea if some of these work correctly. I'm not even on all of these platforms, lol. I'll be sure to add a few more untested links sometime later

Social media share links on my blog, dark theme

Social media share links on my blog, light theme

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 23/08/2026

Oh, what could have been… www.folklore.org/Square_Dots....

folklore.org

Folklore.org: Square Dots

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 22/08/2026

I know what you're saying. But then again, I'm also on Bsky and Mastodon, and use them mostly to post updates to what I'm working on at a higher frequency then my site. At the very most, I'd be doing the exact same thing there as here, mostly linking back to my sites and blog.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 22/08/2026

Considering making an account to post on threads and/or instagram, if only because when I meet people in real life, they often ask for IG. Having more reach to share my work would also be nice. Not saying I'm a fan of Meta's practices over the years or their reckless disregard for privacy.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 20/08/2026

Also, will there be a title bar option? I hate it when OSs and browsers throw everything into the title bar with barely any room to drag the window!

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 20/08/2026

Nice choice of pages to browse, lol

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 18/08/2026

I decided it does make sense to use the Lisa's horizontal pointer cursor for these selectable lists. It's a bit awkward, but it makes sense.

A vertical list of textual menu items. A pointer cursor (a hand pointing to the right) is pointing to one of them.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 16/08/2026

I moved the "About LisaGUI" item back to the File menu. The "Decorate Desktop" menu option, displayed when the desktop is active, now lives in the Edit menu.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 16/08/2026

I think it's a fair tradeoff. LisaGUI has three extra options for sorting list views. For a while I was keeping all the view options in a separate menu. It seemed unnecessary since the disk and wastebasket operations are disabled most of the time.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 16/08/2026

Decided to recombine LisaGUI's view and housekeeping menus. To keep the menu's length under control, the visibility of some items is now determined by the active context (disk root, desktop, trash, or ordinary window), as opposed to just disabling the irrelevant items.

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Andrew @lisagui.com · 16/08/2026

- An "hourglass" dialog is briefly displayed at startup, for startup dialog parity with an actual Lisa. - The "Change Startup Delay" setting now affects every stage of the startup sequence, for a faster startup (if that's what you want). - Misc. bug fixes

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