I like how they had a little party to celebrate getting ice cream, but I'm wondering, how much did that ice cream cost to bring to space? I think it's about $10,000 to launch a pound of something into space.
At earth parties, $10,000 gets you a lot of drugs/alcohol. At space parties, it gets you a tub of ice cream.
I'm actually a little surprised that this passed apple's App Store screening. Clearly not in compliance with the infamous "Human Interface Guidelines".
Also irks me every time I use the app, as there is no quick way to archive and move onto the next item.
As a paid app, and a pricey one at that, one expects a little polish.
I have a problem with the idea that $9.99 is expensive. I bought a croissant to go with my coffee this morning and ended up spending that.
The idea that using hours that bill at $150-$200 (current stab at journeyman iOS dev rate) to build products that sell "pricey" at anything over $1.99 is a problem. Problem might be the wrong word. Con.
Marco will be fine. Or he won't, I guess. That's not my problem with this line of pricing thinking.
It probably is, but that's not why I paid for it; I paid for it because it's the coffee shop in my building and I'm not going to go out of my way to optimize over 5-6 dollars.
If it was crappy coffee, it would not matter to me if it cost $0.50. I can get crappy coffee for free in the lobby of the parking garage I park at.
Though this is oft-repeated: nothing is "free". Pocket plans to make money off you somehow, whether directly or indirectly. Instapaper is simply more up-front about how and when you will pay.
> Instapaper is simply more up-front about how and when you will pay.
Whatever Pocket ends up doing, nothing's preventing Instapaper from doing it too.
They may not need to, but as we've seen in the past, you can't assume that that one-time purchase means you're now the customer again (and not the product).
The difference, as far as I see it, is that Pocket makes being free a selling point, whereas Instapaper users are used to paying for features. Instapaper can continue to exist without substantially shifting business models for the foreseeable future - Pocket can't.
Apple doesn't enforce the HIG like this. App review will catch big, ugly, user-confounding violations (some times) but not these little fiddly bits around the edges.
To be honest, I think the HIG standard would be to just have the rightmost action icon, that has options for "Delete", "Archive", "Move to Folder", etc. So it wouldn't really be nay faster.
Also, the App Store review certainly doesn't enforce the HIG.
According to the license, "You must attribute The MakerBot Replicator to makerbot (with link)."
"So it's ok (and actually required) for him to mention MakerBot at least once, "(but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work.)"
I don't think Matt suggested that MakerBot endorsed it in anyway, he just attributed the design ALOT!
According to the license, "You must attribute The MakerBot Replicator to makerbot (with link)."
So it's ok (and actually required) for him to mention MakerBot at least once, "(but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work.)"
I don't think Matt suggested that MakerBot endorsed it in anyway, he just attributed the design ALOT!
At earth parties, $10,000 gets you a lot of drugs/alcohol. At space parties, it gets you a tub of ice cream.