Before Mojave, if you wanted to keep an eye on newly released software in the Mac App Store, you could choose a category, such as "Productivity", and see all the corresponding apps sorted by date released, making it easy to note newly released software. In Mojave, as far as I can tell, this is no longer possible. Indeed, there appears to be no way to view newly released apps. The Mac App Store has been made to resemble the iOS App Store, and has thereby lost some significant functionality. On a computer running an older version of macOS, it appears that one can still view newly released apps as before.

I think most of those features (all?) are still there in the new App Store for Mojave. In the right sidebar there's a choice of broad categories, and under the "Categories" see "Productivity". Or we can search for "Productivity" in the search box and then set the Filter "Sort by Release Date". Under which I just happened to notice the top item is an interesting app called "Sunset Micro Journal" that will be released on October 18 2018.

http://www.sunsetmicrojournal.com

Onward, CRIMP!!

Lucas wrote:

Before Mojave, if you wanted to keep an eye on newly released software
in the Mac App Store, you could choose a category, such as
"Productivity", and see all the corresponding apps sorted by date
released, making it easy to note newly released software. In Mojave, as
far as I can tell, this is no longer possible. Indeed, there appears to
be no way to view newly released apps. The Mac App Store has been made
to resemble the iOS App Store, and has thereby lost some significant
functionality. On a computer running an older version of macOS, it
appears that one can still view newly released apps as before.

Thank you, Paul. I stand corrected! Onward...

On a side note, I've been disappointed in the speed of my iMac over recent months. It responded so slowly to my trackpad I set it aside.

There are known issues with bluetooth interference that can cause trouble, and I figured I was seeing some of that. Maybe.

After the upgrade to Mojave, by iMac is back up for full speed. That could be because Mojave is that great, or it could be that something broken got cured by side effect.

Either way, I'm happy. When my iMac became much slower than my Macbook Air, I had to employ more patience than I wanted to.

Now, all's well.

And you get the revolutionary "Dark Mode"! Now you don't have to be ashamed anymore next to the black dressed designers at Starbucks.

Bernhard wrote:

And you get the revolutionary "Dark Mode"! Now you don't have to be
ashamed anymore next to the black dressed designers at Starbucks.

Most software developers as well, not just designers, like dark modes for their software, not because it is « fashionable », but because it’s easier on the eyes when you spend long hours in front of the screen, and it is less distracting.

Most software developers as well,

Being one of them i prefer the middle way of blue/yellow mode.
I'm not sure if i would buy the dark mode is easier to read argument on good monitors but it is for sure that syntax coloring only works well on darker backgrounds. And syntax coloring was one of the best inventions in the world of code editors since we moved from edlin to emacs.

Paul Korm wrote:

I think most of those features (all?) are still there in the new App
Store for Mojave. In the right sidebar there's a choice of broad
categories, and under the "Categories" see "Productivity". Or we can
search for "Productivity" in the search box and then set the Filter
"Sort by Release Date".

This worked until yesterday, but after updating to 10.14.6 today, this method no longer appears to work as expected. The apps that show up when I select "Sort by Release Date" are not actually sorted properly by release date. I assume this is just a temporary bug. Any other new software watchers noticing this?

Well, the App Store and the Mac App Store have never sorted reliably by release date (or indeed, by any other filter criteria). It's a major weakness.

Oh yes, Emacs has had dark mode for 40 years!

Lothar Scholz wrote:

>Most software developers as well,

Being one of them i prefer the middle way of blue/yellow mode.
I'm not sure if i would buy the dark mode is easier to read argument on
good monitors but it is for sure that syntax coloring only works well on
darker backgrounds. And syntax coloring was one of the best inventions
in the world of code editors since we moved from edlin to emacs.