TNR Tip: bring back original TweetDeck icon – Windows Tutorial

Yesterday I published a link to a tutorial by our talented and adorable Lizette Gagné – in which she outlined (in text and in video/audio forms) the steps to change the TweetDeck logo back to its original “sans-yellow” form.  That tutorial was for the Mac and today we figured out how to change TweetDeck’s icons on the Windows platform.  So as promised, head on over to this post on Lizette’s blog and get rid of that yellow background for yourself!

On a side note – I’m starting to actually like the yellow background of the new logo.  On my Mac, I enabled the option to periodically change my desktop backgrounds; when the background is black, it makes the black bird icon difficult to see in the OS X Dock.  The yellow border makes it stand out and visible if the desktop background is black/dark.  Being visible… well, that’s always always a good thing, right?

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Do Adobe AIR apps pose threat to Mac user interface guidelines?

Ask any Mac user why he uses (and swears by) his Mac and you will most likely get many responses.  One of such replies might be the fact that applications on the Mac all have a uniform “look and feel”, making the user feel right at home with any application, new or old.  But there is an evil spirit flying in from the south, one that can put an end to this beautiful uniformity.  This spirit goes by the name of Adobe AIR.  Read on to find out what it brings. Read more »

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