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Re: Show HN: An app for developing great habits

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Post by bigbossman »

samvj wrote: post #8
bigbossman wrote: post #7

This is probably the best looking of the habit tracking/streak apps I've used. However, there's no way to track progress and view history, so I'll stick with Habit List. I'll happily download it again after you add that feature.

Thanks for the feedback! This is definitely something that's on top of the priority list. The first version collects the history, and as soon as the second version is released, you'll have a new "Performance" view so you can see how you're doing on all of your routines, as well as performance graphs for each one.

A few other suggestions while we're at it:

1. The pull down to add is not intuitive. Just use a + button in the right hand corner.

2. Have the ability to export history to email (csv, json, whatever).

3. Indicator of how many days there has been a streak.

Re: Show HN: An app for developing great habits

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Post by samvj »

bigbossman wrote: post #11
samvj wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback! This is definitely something that's on top of the priority list. The first version collects the history, and as soon as the second version is released, you'll have a new "Performance" view so you can see how you're doing on all of your routines, as well as performance graphs for each one.

A few other suggestions while we're at it: 1. The pull down to add is not intuitive. Just use a + button in the right hand corner. 2. Have the ability to export history to email (csv, json, whatever). 3. Indicator of how many days there has been a streak.

1 and 3 are also coming in the second version. I just added 2 to the backlog. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: An app for developing great habits

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Post by kranner »

OP, you seem to have localizations enabled probably because of a third-party library (appirater?), because I see that your iTunes descriptions are not localized. You may want to exclude those localizations from your build until you decide to localize the app or at least the iTunes metadata. Sometimes users complain the app is in English when they expected it to be in their language, as advertised.

Re: Show HN: An app for developing great habits

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Post by samvj »

kranner wrote: post #13

OP, you seem to have localizations enabled probably because of a third-party library (appirater?), because I see that your iTunes descriptions are not localized. You may want to exclude those localizations from your build until you decide to localize the app or at least the iTunes metadata. Sometimes users complain the app is in English when they expected it to be in their language, as advertised.

Good catch! Just added it to the bug list.

Re: Show HN: An app for developing great habits

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Post by david_shaw »

samvj wrote: post #2

This is my first iOS app release. There were a million features I wanted to get in, but I'm ecstatic about the feature set that made it in. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

> This is my first iOS app release.

Wow! Color me very impressed. Not only is the app itself fluid, functional, and well-designed, but I'm sure it's the first of many you'll be releasing on iOS.

If you don't mind my asking: what resources did you use to learn iOS development? How long did creating this app take you?

Furthermore, what did you use for the main webpage? It's very well-designed--I probably wouldn't have clicked-through, otherwise.

I haven't had a chance to use the app yet, but I'll let you know when I do :)

Re: Show HN: An app for developing great habits

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Post by samvj »

david_shaw wrote: post #16
samvj wrote: post #2

This is my first iOS app release. There were a million features I wanted to get in, but I'm ecstatic about the feature set that made it in. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

> This is my first iOS app release. Wow! Color me very impressed. Not only is the app itself fluid, functional, and well-designed, but I'm sure it's the first of many you'll be releasing on iOS. If you don't mind my asking: what resources did you use to learn iOS development? How long did creating this app take you? Furthermore, what did you use for the main webpage? It's very well-designed--I probably wouldn't have…

Haha, thanks! I watched the WWDC sessions to learn about the frameworks, features and see the intricacies of Interface Builder. And then spent a lot of time in iOS developer docs, stackoverflow, and cocoacontrols.com.

For the website, it was designed in photoshop, and coded using Zurb Foundations, SASS and Skrollr.js.

I'll be doing a post on how I got started on iOS and lessons I learnt to help others get ramped up quickly. So look for that in the next few weeks!

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