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Re: Show HN: Make your iPhone app look beautiful

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Post by ceejayoz »

eloisant wrote: post #47
mootothemax wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Until more than one person uses this template, and you have many apps that look identical. Which, as Bootstrap proves on a daily basis, is a non-problem for the majority of the world.

Well, I don't know about you but I'm a bit bored of the Bootstrap design. There are so many sites using it that now the ones it looks shallow... ...Unless they customize it heavily, but then again it's designer work.

That's the point, though. Most people aren't bored of Bootstrap, because most people don't care what CSS framework is being used for a website. HN is very much a niche in that regard.

Re: Show HN: Make your iPhone app look beautiful

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Post by megablast »

bennyg wrote: post #38
marknutter wrote: post #3

Kind of like Twitter Bootstrap but you have to pay for it.

Makes me want to create an open source, but free version of nice Xcode UI templates with documentation.

There is nothing wrong with someone charging for work that took them time and skills to do.

And there is nothing wrong with you doing the same and open sourcing it.

Re: Show HN: Make your iPhone app look beautiful

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Post by CanSpice »

danielgrieve wrote: post #55
pretz wrote: post #19

If you can't get the capitalization of Xcode's name right, can I trust your code?

You're right, that is definitely an indicator that his code is absolutely horrible. He should have spent more time obsessing over which letter to capitalize.

An important part about design is the attention to detail. Missing a fairly easily-caught detail that will be glaringly obvious to his target audience that he missed it isn't showing the proper attention to detail, and it makes it less likely that his target audience is going to use his product.

Re: Show HN: Make your iPhone app look beautiful

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Post by wlindner »

niico wrote: post #8
BaconJuice wrote: post #7

How about an Android version?

Sure, I wanted to "test the waters" before releasing other versions. But definitely will release an android version!

Have you considered creating this as a Xamarin theme component? http://components.xamarin.com/ It could be an easy way to get the theme in front of more buyers.

Re: Show HN: Make your iPhone app look beautiful

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Post by gte910h »

potatolicious wrote: post #34
mootothemax wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"No design skills required!" is not something you should read when making design decisions for your app. Period. So what's your alternative? Either investing a load of time in learning, or a load of money in hiring a designer? If you don't have the time/money/talent, this solves a very real problem.

> "Either investing a load of time in learning, or a load of money in hiring a designer?" Yes. The app store era has significantly raised the stakes - it's no longer enough to ship something functional, people demand that it also be beautiful and usable. For every product niche worth tackling, there is a competing app that has had the proper love of a designer. And it will win. The success of a modern iOS app hinges…

Bullshit

For every AAA app out there, there is a niche "Organizer for Real Estate Agents" that uses default UI components to okay effect and makes decent enough sales for there to be a V2.

This is a replacement for THOSE people. It isn't a replacement for the next funded startup. It's a replacement for the MVP for the unfunded startup with the guy who can barely do iOS code

Re: Show HN: Make your iPhone app look beautiful

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Post by BHSPitMonkey »

I'm not quite understanding this. How does getting handed a .psd template help me make the app? Is this simply one possible alternative to the stock UIKit skin that's been packaged up as an idea to reuse? (Like Bootstrap, if Bootstrap was just a Photoshop document instead of usable CSS/HTML?)
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