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· One min read

Kase 4 is coming! But first, Moments 2, and pixelLogic 2! Both of these are near final, and will be released soon.

Moments​

Moments 2 adds encryption to its iCloud syncing capability and has a lot of other improvements.

pixelLogic​

pixelLogic 2 introduces a History feature backed by Core Data and iCloud sync with data encryption.

Kase​

Kase 4 is a long time in the making. It is a much improved Kase. The list of improvements will be long. Cloud syncing is not there yet, but many foundational changes make it ready...

You will like it.

· 6 min read

(2022/04/01: updated and expanded)

NSUserDefaults → UserDefaults​

In the beginning, when Cocoa was hot (circa 2001), there was already NSUserDefaults, a thoughtful API for the seemingly simple task of persisting preference settings.

Swift (since 2014) gave it a cleaner name (UserDefaults, without the NS prefix), but it also created new expectations that the plain old class was not delivering:

  • strong type checking
  • easy value types usage
  • modern Swiftness, etc.

This is where Swiftified UsersDefaults libraries come in. Here we look at a few of them:

  1. SwiftyUserDefaults: "Modern Swift API for NSUserDefaults"
  2. Defaults: "Swifty and modern UserDefaults"
  3. Foil: "A lightweight property wrapper for UserDefaults done right"

· One min read

(last updated: 2022/04/26)

Kase 3 was designed for iOS1 13, and it has been updated numerous times to work well with later releases of iOS 13 and 14.

Kase 4 will be the recommended version of Kase for iOS 15 and greater. This post will document how the older Kase 3 works under iOS 15.

iOS 15​

Generally, iOS 15 seems to be a more refined version of iOS 14 — not many new features and not breaking many things (unlike when iOS 14 was released).

Kase 3 on iOS 15​

issues​

  • Side Menu: section header text is not visible in Light mode (Dark mode is OK).
    • fixed in Kase 4
  • Alternate App Icon
    • earlier releases of iOS 15 (including 15.4) had a bug that prevented this feature from working properly (not just for Kase; other apps are also affected)
    • iOS 15.4.1 has it fixed

recommendation​

While Kase 3 is not designed for iOS 15, it is still recommended over iOS 14.

Until Kase 4 is available, Kase 3 is still fine for iOS 15.

  1. iOS here refers to both iOS and iPadOS,↩

· One min read

updated: 2021/01/01 ⓤ

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🎄 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🙏🇺🇸

This is the 2021 new design for WISD.com. It should be live at 2:30 PM (Pacific Time) on this very first day of 2021.

Please pardon any rough edges for the moment...