@johnbrayton I just stumbled upon Flyleaf (https://moehrenzahn.de/project/flyleaf/), which seems to implement themes whilst using a standard NSToolbar. This seems like the sweet spot to me as Bear required a lot of custom UI because of the need to theme.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/peteschaffner/28666129","date_published":"2024-01-01T19:24:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-01-01 19:24","date_timestamp":1704137050,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"26422184","content_html":"I was also able to contribute to the new Triggers feature (which lets you run your own code in response to Tuple events) by making a “mini app” for testing your scripts without constantly asking for coworker to call you 😂 And of course, the toolbar icons were an extension of the new settings pane set.
\nI recently started a new job at Tuple (!!) and had the pleasure of refreshing our settings pane icons. We made variants for both light and dark appearances, as often icons drawn for one end up looking odd (read like a photograph negative) in the other.
\nWe released Bear 2 last week and there has been a lot of positive feedback, but this post on Rands in Repose made my day 300 times over!
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","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com/blog/2023-01-07-1505","date_published":"2023-01-07T15:05:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-07 15:05","date_timestamp":1673103900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138445","content_html":"Sleeve 2 just landed, Mp3tag recently had a nice update, and Doppler 3 is coming next year! Hot dog my music has never looked or sounded so good!
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-23-1953","date_published":"2022-12-23T19:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-23 19:53","date_timestamp":1671825180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138444","content_html":"I decided to set my headings in ITC Garamond (Condensed) as a homage to Apple circa 1984. I think it looks appropriate next to my Finder-y avatars, and actually jives quiet well with the rest of the site’s design.
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-23-1637","date_published":"2022-12-23T16:37:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-23 16:37","date_timestamp":1671813420,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138443","content_html":"Link Styling: peteschaffner.com
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-20-2055","date_published":"2022-12-20T20:55:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-20 20:55","date_timestamp":1671569700,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138441","content_html":"It’s a read-only experience, but following Mastodon timelines using OpenRSS’s Mastodon feeds is pretty cool.
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-18-1049","date_published":"2022-12-18T10:49:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-18 10:49","date_timestamp":1671360540,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138440","content_html":"Thank you @libei@mastodon.social for Mastoot! I’m really enjoying it and would now like to find something as simple and elegant for the Mac.
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-17-1912","date_published":"2022-12-17T19:12:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-17 19:12","date_timestamp":1671304320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138439","content_html":"Like peanut butter and jelly: Doppler + Mp3tag (@mp3tag@indieapps.space)
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-16-2316","date_published":"2022-12-16T23:16:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-16 23:16","date_timestamp":1671232560,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138438","content_html":"Orion’s not quite enough to pull me away from Safari (yet), but it’s so nice to see a browser built on top WebKit instead of Blink. They also took the time to build the UI rather than reskin Chromium. More of this please!
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-09-0833","date_published":"2022-12-09T08:33:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-09 08:33","date_timestamp":1670574780,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138437","content_html":"A Guide to Ellipsising…: peteschaffner.com
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-08-1605","date_published":"2022-12-08T16:05:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-08 16:05","date_timestamp":1670515500,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138436","content_html":"The new MarsEdit 5 app icon by @BradEllis is great! I love the Mars-surface pattern in the background; reminds me of the subtle globe backdrop on the NetNewsWire icons he made.
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-08-1534","date_published":"2022-12-08T15:34:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-08 15:34","date_timestamp":1670513640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"14767402","content_html":"\n\tRalf Herrmann writes on Typography.Guru:\n\n\n\t\n\t\tApple has recently licensed fonts from type foundries such as Commercial Type, Klim Type Foundry and Mark Simonson Studio to be used as system fonts on Mac OS Catalina. But since these fonts are an optional download, many users of Mac OS ... peteschaffner.com","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-07-0330/","date_published":"2022-12-07T03:30:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-07 03:30","date_timestamp":1670383800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138435","content_html":"Ralf Herrmann writes on Typography.Guru:\n\n\"Apple has recently licensed fonts from type foundries such as Commercial Type, Klim Type Foundry and Mark Simonson Studio to be used as system fonts on Mac OS Catalina. But since these fonts are an optional download, many users of Mac OS X are not even aware they have access to them for free.\n\nTo see and install these optional fonts, open the FontBook application and switch to “All Fonts”. Browse the font list and you will see lots of font families that are greyed out — either because they were deactivated or they weren’t downloaded yet. If you right-click o... peteschaffner.com","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-12-07-0330","date_published":"2022-12-07T03:30:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-07 03:30","date_timestamp":1670383800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"14767401","content_html":"\n\tI prefer to use (and make) native software, so it was encouraging to read this Twitter thread by Rich Siegel, the maker of BBEdit.\n\n\n\tI’m going to record it here both so it is easier to read and for archival purposes.\n\n\nTweet 1:\n\n\n\t\n\t\tAll right, let's do this.\n\t\n\t\n\t\tIt is time to spea... peteschaffner.com","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-03-09-2303/","date_published":"2022-03-09T23:03:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-03-09 23:03","date_timestamp":1646866980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138434","content_html":"I prefer to use (and make) native software, so it was encouraging to read this Twitter thread by Rich Siegel, the maker of BBEdit.\n\nI’m going to record it here both so it is easier to read and for archival purposes.\n\nTweet 1:\n\n\"All right, let’s do this.\n\nIt is time to speak of many things. Before I start I want to make a few things crystal clear:\n\nExcept for my own experiences and matters of objective fact, everything I have to say about matters Electron-adjacent is MY OPINION. Don’t @ me.\n\n\n\nTweet 2:\n\n\nMany of my views on these matters come from having learned how to write Mac software at a time whe... peteschaffner.com","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-03-09-2303","date_published":"2022-03-09T23:03:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-03-09 23:03","date_timestamp":1646866980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"14767400","content_html":"\n\t![](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpeteschaffner.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fnight-windows-edward-hopper-1928.jpg\")
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\n\tI wonder if Edward Hopper's Night Windows inspired Hitchcock’s Rear Window 🤔\n
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-03-09-1053/","date_published":"2022-03-09T10:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-03-09 10:53","date_timestamp":1646823180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"21138433","content_html":"I wonder if Edward Hopper’s Night Windows inspired Hitchcock’s Rear Window 🤔
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2022-03-09-1053","date_published":"2022-03-09T10:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-03-09 10:53","date_timestamp":1646823180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"14767399","content_html":"\n\tNo l'X? 🖕\n\t
\n\tNo CDI? 🖕\n\t
\n\tEntrepreneur? 🖕\n\t
\n\tVive la 🇫🇷\n
No l’X? 🖕
\nNo CDI? 🖕
\nEntrepreneur? 🖕
\nVive la 🇫🇷
I recently took a break from my work on Bear and made a new icon for Image2icon. The original was made by Konstantin Datz, and it was gorgeous.
\nIt was a bit intimidating to reimagine it for Big Sur, but I’m happy with how it turned out.
\n\n\tI recently took a break from my work on Bear and made a new icon for \n\t\n\tImage2icon\n\t\n\t. The original was made by \n\t\n\tKonstantin Datz\n\t\n\t, and it was gorgeous.\n
\n![\"Pre](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpeteschaffner.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fimage2icon-app-icon-pre-big-sur.png\"){kind=icon}
\n\n\tIt was a bit intimidating to reimagine it for Big Sur, but I’m happy with how it turned out.\n
\n![\"Big](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpeteschaffner.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fimage2icon-app-icon-big-sur.png\"){kind=icon}
","summary":"","url":"https://peteschaffner.com//blog/2021-02-06-2301/","date_published":"2021-02-06T23:01:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-02-06 23:01","date_timestamp":1612652460,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"3819148","content_html":"@BradEllis Very impressive! I thought the satellite had been rendered in some 3D app and then detailed in PS. Props again and can’t wait to see it in my dock :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/peteschaffner/3819148","date_published":"2019-05-31T06:22:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-05-31 06:22","date_timestamp":1559283748,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"3805366","content_html":"@NetNewsWire The modeling of the satellite and globe are subtle and really elegant. I love it. Great work @bradellis!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/peteschaffner/3805366","date_published":"2019-05-30T08:53:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Peter Schaffner","url":"https://peteschaffner.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F4437.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"peteschaffner"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-05-30 08:53","date_timestamp":1559206394,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}