I couldn't find the vignette filter in this app. Can anybody help?
Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
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Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
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> $5 (way too much in my opinion) I wish people considered how much it costs to develop an app and then looked at the cost, keeping in mind that somebody out there needs to make a living, and apps do not sell in millions. I am really annoyed by what Apple did to software pricing: it seems most people want stuff to be FREE or $1.99 these days. If that is your expectation, do not expect good apps, because it simply doe…
I’ll spend time thinking if I want an app for .99 cents while drinking my $4 latte. I know, it doesn’t make sense.
The difference is that you’ve already decided that the latte is worth $4 to you.
Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
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I disagree. It bugs me not to have an image of the person together with its contact information. Vignette approach is way too plastic for my taste. I carefully curate my contacts and associate photos I take to them. Many people use avatars they do not reflect who they are, I can’t stand that on my contacts. That, mainly, and the fact that the app costs $5 (way too much in my opinion) are the only reason that will kee…
> $5 (way too much in my opinion) I wish people considered how much it costs to develop an app and then looked at the cost, keeping in mind that somebody out there needs to make a living, and apps do not sell in millions. I am really annoyed by what Apple did to software pricing: it seems most people want stuff to be FREE or $1.99 these days. If that is your expectation, do not expect good apps, because it simply doe…
I’m not sure how Apple did anything to software pricing. In the initial days of the iPhone, apps used to sell for as much as Mac apps.
While you’re looking at the effort and cost of developing an app, also consider that not everybody has $4 coffees (like another commenter put it) or can afford to buy many apps that are each $5 or $10 or more. Getting an iPhone is one of the best things someone could do (on privacy and security), and it does cost a lot just to get the hardware. Lower priced apps are a boon to many in countries that are not the US or another developed country.
Some sort of tiered pricing that also takes into account relative pricing power could help the developer reach more people as well as help more people. Note that many people in lower income countries may also buy older or used iPhones (with the market share of the flagships being minuscule) for what is to them a lot of money.
Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
#24Any android plans?
Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
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ATP is one of my favorite podcasts and I wanted to like this app. A long time ago, FB for iOS would sync contacts to your iPhone and include an fb:/... link. I still have a few old contacts with the link. Those are the only ones that were updated and one that had a gravitar link. None of my more recent contacts with FB links worked nor did my professional contacts from LinkedIn. The app was kind of useless to me.
The facebook link problem is fixed in today's 2019.4 update https://twitter.com/caseyliss/status/1132335799817691136
Better. I just tried it out. But, the url you get from your phone is https://m.faceboook.com/....
This is a normal use case. You have to take the m out. But, I am glad he did that instead of forcing a FB login. I trust him based on his reputation, but a lot of people wouldn’t.
Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
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I disagree. It bugs me not to have an image of the person together with its contact information. Vignette approach is way too plastic for my taste. I carefully curate my contacts and associate photos I take to them. Many people use avatars they do not reflect who they are, I can’t stand that on my contacts. That, mainly, and the fact that the app costs $5 (way too much in my opinion) are the only reason that will kee…
> $5 (way too much in my opinion) I wish people considered how much it costs to develop an app and then looked at the cost, keeping in mind that somebody out there needs to make a living, and apps do not sell in millions. I am really annoyed by what Apple did to software pricing: it seems most people want stuff to be FREE or $1.99 these days. If that is your expectation, do not expect good apps, because it simply doe…
> how much it costs to develop an app
i don't care as a consumer how much it cost to develop. If i can see benefit of the app, and that benefit is worth more than the sticker price, then the app is worth it. Most apps aren't worth their sticker price.
Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
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I can almost 100% say that this is never coming to Android. Casey Liss is one of the co-hosts of Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) and they are Apple users through and through. Marco Arment, maker of the great Overcast podcast client, is also a co-host alongside John Siracusa of Mac OS X/Ars reviews fame. TL;DR No this is not coming to Android.
Well Marco did outsource porting Instapaper to Android before he sold it... https://marco.org/2012/06/06/instapaper-for-android But I doubt he would do the same for Overcast.
I really wish I could get overcast on Android, but I'm not hopeful.
Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
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> $5 (way too much in my opinion) I wish people considered how much it costs to develop an app and then looked at the cost, keeping in mind that somebody out there needs to make a living, and apps do not sell in millions. I am really annoyed by what Apple did to software pricing: it seems most people want stuff to be FREE or $1.99 these days. If that is your expectation, do not expect good apps, because it simply doe…
> how much it costs to develop an app i don't care as a consumer how much it cost to develop. If i can see benefit of the app, and that benefit is worth more than the sticker price, then the app is worth it. Most apps aren't worth their sticker price.
I think that the Free/$1.99 price trend actually cheapens how much value you think apps provide you with.
Does this app have less value to you than a Starbucks? Does it have less value than a bridge toll or a few hours of city street parking?
I think that to many users, this app would be more useful than those examples above. But when people think about the value that apps provide, they tend to compare the app to Facebook and other free apps made by large companies, which have incredible scale and advertising pipelines on their side.
Re: Vignette: add photos to your contacts by searching public social media profiles
#29Having tried the app, some honest UX feedback:
1. This app doesn't have a good reason to depart from the usual Apple UI style, so don't. The gradient buttons in particular feel very Web 2.0, and out of place in 2019.
2. You need to persist content in the app when I close it, or switch between apps. Ideally the app would work away in the background while I do something else, but if not it should at minimum not need to start again from scratch every time I open it.
3. When I tap on a photo to preview it's not obvious that I need to tap on the old photo to get back to the list. Offer a close icon in the corner.
Good idea, useful, execution could take some polish.
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#30For some reason the idea of having pictures of people in my contacts just feels creepy in an indescribable way, even if it isn't my picture but those of others. Perhaps this is because it increases the "you are being watched" feeling. Yet the trend seems to be to plaster every single UI everywhere with the faces of users (and pestering them to upload "profile photos")... I do not need to see a picture of myself every…
I disagree. It bugs me not to have an image of the person together with its contact information. Vignette approach is way too plastic for my taste. I carefully curate my contacts and associate photos I take to them. Many people use avatars they do not reflect who they are, I can’t stand that on my contacts. That, mainly, and the fact that the app costs $5 (way too much in my opinion) are the only reason that will kee…
You remind me of Robin Williams in One Hour Photo, and that's not a good thing. Carefully curating your contacts and thinking that you know more about what reflects them than they do is strange to me, it would feel wrong to override someones appearance with what I think is a better portrait of them.