Tapestry by Iconfactory
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Tapestry by Iconfactory
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Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#2The initial install lets me add two in-built choices
USGS Earthquakes being one, and that fills every slot.
I am unable to add any feeds I choose. I don't want a lot, maybe 3, just to see the UI and options I then have.
This feels pre-alpha.
Edit:
I have many RSS feeds (ty NetNewsWire). I have Bluesky, I have Mastodon, I have podcasts I follow ........ and Tapestry tempts me how?
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#3The initial install lets me add two in-built choices USGS Earthquakes being one, and that fills every slot. I am unable to add any feeds I choose. I don't want a lot, maybe 3, just to see the UI and options I then have. This feels pre-alpha. Edit: I have many RSS feeds (ty NetNewsWire). I have Bluesky, I have Mastodon, I have podcasts I follow ........ and Tapestry tempts me how?
A typical playbook of many iOS and macOS apps: crippled free version as a vehicle for subscriptions, with an extremely expensive lifetime offering that takes a decade to break even (very few apps make over a decade, a lot many just change the TOS to pretend lifetime plan did not exist in the first place after a few years of offering them).
On the first blush, there’s a hint of promise. I like that I can add both plain RSS and podcasts (have yet to find an RSS reader that handles podcast feeds seamlessly). Many other players (Reeder [1] and Surf [2]) are attempting to tackle similar usecase.
[1]: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/reeder/id6475002485
[2]: https://surf.social
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#4The initial install lets me add two in-built choices USGS Earthquakes being one, and that fills every slot. I am unable to add any feeds I choose. I don't want a lot, maybe 3, just to see the UI and options I then have. This feels pre-alpha. Edit: I have many RSS feeds (ty NetNewsWire). I have Bluesky, I have Mastodon, I have podcasts I follow ........ and Tapestry tempts me how?
A typical playbook of many iOS and macOS apps: crippled free version as a vehicle for subscriptions, with an extremely expensive lifetime offering that takes a decade to break even (very few apps make over a decade, a lot many just change the TOS to pretend lifetime plan did not exist in the first place after a few years of offering them). On the first blush, there’s a hint of promise. I like that I can add both plai…
Well... you can just subscribe for a month, cancel it immediately, and try it for month
The thing that annoys me more is the Apple dependency/tax ; i'd rather pay the Developer directly, in cases where they offer this on their own website (i always check.)
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#5One thing all these "all in one apps" get wrong is this: while I do want to consume multiple services in one app, I definitely do not want to consume them in a single unified timeline.
Mail clients have run into the same issue several years ago and still doggedly try to make "unified inbox" happen.
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#6One thing all these "all in one apps" get wrong is this: while I do want to consume multiple services in one app, I definitely do not want to consume them in a single unified timeline. Mail clients have run into the same issue several years ago and still doggedly try to make "unified inbox" happen.
Are there any "all in one apps" like this? That's the first one I ever saw. I've been wondering for years now, why ain't anyone trying it.
The unified timeline is the whole point. However, for me, this app gets two things wrong:
1) I'd also want IM feeds on the same timeline. Like, Messenger, Teams, WhatsApp, etc. I know it's probably impossible due to how obstructionist and anti-user the chat vendors are, but I keep dreaming about it. Most chat conversations are, in my mind, in the same general category as HN links or incoming e-mail: "thing that I need to pay a minute of attention up front, and then possibly 15+ minutes dealing with".
2) It's iOS only.
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
A typical playbook of many iOS and macOS apps: crippled free version as a vehicle for subscriptions, with an extremely expensive lifetime offering that takes a decade to break even (very few apps make over a decade, a lot many just change the TOS to pretend lifetime plan did not exist in the first place after a few years of offering them). On the first blush, there’s a hint of promise. I like that I can add both plai…
Well... you can just subscribe for a month, cancel it immediately, and try it for month The thing that annoys me more is the Apple dependency/tax ; i'd rather pay the Developer directly, in cases where they offer this on their own website (i always check.)
For developers the "Apple tax" is easier. They don't need to deal with refunds or customer complaints about payments not working.
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#8One thing all these "all in one apps" get wrong is this: while I do want to consume multiple services in one app, I definitely do not want to consume them in a single unified timeline. Mail clients have run into the same issue several years ago and still doggedly try to make "unified inbox" happen.
Windows Phone 7 had a genuinely unique twist on the unified inbox.
The operating system deprioritized apps with their own feeds, and instead provided a number of "hubs" that were like topical inboxes that collected data from multiple APIs.
There was a People hub that showed your contacts aggregated across phone contact book, Windows Live, Facebook, Gmail, Twitter... Notifications about people you know would show up in this screen regardless of the service. And there was a Photos hub that similarly showed photos from everywhere: local, Facebook, etc.
It was a truly original idea for a social media oriented phone. But companies like Facebook and Twitter were not too happy about the idea of being API pipes with little or no control over the user interface on the user's phone. Of course they had some good reasons not to trust Microsoft on this, given Microsoft's past behavior. I think FB shut down the necessary APIs completely a few years later and replaced them with more limited options.
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#9One thing all these "all in one apps" get wrong is this: while I do want to consume multiple services in one app, I definitely do not want to consume them in a single unified timeline. Mail clients have run into the same issue several years ago and still doggedly try to make "unified inbox" happen.
exactly. having an unified inbox makes me feel like losing context. i dont want to keep checking which message is this, where is this coming from, how should i reply, etc....
Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory
#10One thing all these "all in one apps" get wrong is this: while I do want to consume multiple services in one app, I definitely do not want to consume them in a single unified timeline. Mail clients have run into the same issue several years ago and still doggedly try to make "unified inbox" happen.
Are there any "all in one apps" like this? That's the first one I ever saw. I've been wondering for years now, why ain't anyone trying it. The unified timeline is the whole point. However, for me, this app gets two things wrong: 1) I'd also want IM feeds on the same timeline. Like, Messenger, Teams, WhatsApp, etc. I know it's probably impossible due to how obstructionist and anti-user the chat vendors are, but I keep…
Does the new Reeder app count?