Here at TidBITS, we spend a lot of time on screenshots: composing them, taking them, editing them, bordering them, and more. The goal is always to end up with a screenshot that illustrates something ...

Why browsers still allow pop-up dialogs, which are favored by scammers, is a mystery that baffles techies. As one user on HackerNews recently complained: "There are still malware and advertising sites ...

I'm sitting here, listening to a podcast and restoring my iPhone to a firmware when I realize - I want to hear some music. NO PROBLEM I'LL GO CHANGE IT. OH WAIT. I can't. When are these modal dialog ...

There's a time and a place for transparency in the user interface and Mac OS X usually is right on the mark (unlike Windows Vista). However, Sheets, the animated window that holds buttons for some ...

I restored a firmware over the weekend, with the latest iTunes (10.2?) on OS X, and I think it was not modal, I think it happened in the track-playing-UI at the top. Wouldn't put money on it, though.