these applications are clearly not in first installed order, but I have no idea what order they might be in

That's interesting. I think by date of addition is as dumb as anything you can't choose, so it might as well be random. I do know for sure that the first row of mine is in added order, as are the last two rows. Kinda fuzzy on the rest.

A discussion I was reading on skeumorphism cited Paper on the iPad as the last good example of it, and while I have no idea how well it works, it is certainly absolutely gorgeous. Wow. I want something like that for...for anything. I have Artrage Studio on OS X, and I thought that was a stunning example, but it pales in comparison to Paper.

My understanding of skeuomorphism is when functional elements of an older design are kept in a new design for purely ornamental purposes. I'm not sure that applies to Paper.

The example most cited is the fake leather stitching on calendar.

My understanding of it is that it's a visual element of the physical original that is not necessary in the new design. So if turning a page looks like a page flip, or if your tools look like a pencil or brush but doesn't need to, that's skeuomorphism. And Paper counts on that front.

I mean, if Photoshop doesn't need it for successful graphics application, it's a visual metaphor that's adornment.

Good skeuomorphism isn't purely ornamental, because it's informational, but it's not all good by a long shot.

Purely ornamental purposes was how it was put in the definition I read. I'm not sure I'd agree that there's anything in Paper that meets that definition, but it's certainly highly subjective.

The definition I'm familiar with would mark UI components like the first and third as skeuomorphism (god, it's a delight to page through their site): [link]

I'm not sure I agree on the first one, the page flipping animation has benefits in user comprehension.

The third one might be less functional, I'm not sure what function the elastic band could possibly have in the UI.

the page flipping animation has benefits in user comprehension

That's not mutually exclusive as I understand it.

To quote erinaceous (in her complete definition in WSJ):

A skeuomorph is a design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material

The page metaphor fits that criterion, as does the notebook metaphor.

Windows 7 question: I have my wallpaper set up so that it's iterating through a folder of 70 images. After a while (Days? Over a week or so?) it stops iterating, and when I go into Personalise it's set to a single picture instead of "Slide Show" and the theme is no longer "ita" (Either of those--why are there two now?) but Unsaved Theme.

I'm setting Slide Show to

• Picture position: fill
• Change picture every 10 minutes (The awkwardness of "change picture every 1 minute" is striking me now, but at least it's singular, albeit easier because not dynamically generated.)
• Shuffle: yes
• When using battery power, pause the slide to save power

Is it that last option? I use my laptop off battery maybe once a month or two, but I do regularly put it into sleep to transport to and from work. But seeing the "pause" there I assumed it would restart once back on mains, not create this Unsaved Theme which I keep deleting to no avail. What is the what?

So, I tried to add the number of notes to posts on the Good Stuff [link] but it's clearly not right -- I'd want it to be higher up and also actually be a working link. Anyone know how to fix it? Do I need to give you more info than that? I just googled up the code and don't actually know anything about html.

HTML isn't that hard, but changing templates is "fun" no matter what the environment. Rather than risk the insanity of learning the templates like LJ, I have been cherrypicking the templates instead. So I don't even know the degree of difficulty.

Being lazy is definitely something to consider, but I can have a look once I'm back at a desktop.

Speaking of not being at desktops, does anyone have a suggestion for how I can look at the HTML of a web page that can only be loaded inside the hospital, where I never take anything but iOS (Touch, but not upgraded to the newest version yet) and Android?

I did install an Android HTML viewer app, but the page is encrypted (and the certificate is expired to boot). I thought I had managed to pull something off with the Dolphin add on, but I can't find what I had "determined" was the amazing solution while on a great deal more dilaudid. Such are are the vagaries of the opium den.

Just ask that one guy that was here that time.