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Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by indiekid » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 3:55 PM UTC

athesyn wrote: post #10

rrhoover wrote: post #3

Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney ( http://davidmckinney.com/ ). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!

> I like making things Don't know about the app, but whats with the lame attempt to sound as unpretentious as possible. It still comes off as pretentiousness.

He likes making things? What's so wrong with that? There's pretension in that statement, or a lack thereof either.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by ins0 » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

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Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by lachlanjc » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

rrhoover wrote: post #8

goeric wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congrats! "Text me a link" feature isn't working for me. It's been a few minutes now, no link :(. Also, sign in with Twitter is crashing the app.

Yikes! Sorry about that, goeric. Mind emailing me your phone number and twitter username to ryan@producthunt.com? We're working through some bugs now. EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!

Have you seen Plivo? It's pretty awesome.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by topherjaynes » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

rrhoover wrote: post #8

goeric wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congrats! "Text me a link" feature isn't working for me. It's been a few minutes now, no link :(. Also, sign in with Twitter is crashing the app.

Yikes! Sorry about that, goeric. Mind emailing me your phone number and twitter username to ryan@producthunt.com? We're working through some bugs now. EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!

phew, I thought I just didn't know my number and sent it to the wrong phone

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by jbail » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

rrhoover wrote: post #3

Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney ( http://davidmckinney.com/ ). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!

Why build a native iOS app? What capabilities of the phone are you utilizing?

I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device.

Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't understand the iOS lock-in and the need to have the most recent iOS version. I mean, I do get it from a developers point of view...it's less devices to test...but it comes at the cost of a lot of people not being able to use it.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by lachlanjc » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:25 PM UTC

osconfused wrote: post #4

Neat and interesting timing. This morning I had a dream about a product hunt app for iOS with a tinder-like interface. "Swipe left" to upvote.

Someone actually built that, it's called ProducTind :)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/productind/id891384124?ls=1&...

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by smackfu » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

jbail wrote: post #15

rrhoover wrote: post #3

Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney ( http://davidmckinney.com/ ). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!

Why build a native iOS app? What capabilities of the phone are you utilizing? I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device. Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't und…

A 4S supports iOS 7 and 8. Are you still running iOS 6? I think that's a very small group of people at this point.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by fourstar » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

rrhoover wrote: post #3

Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney ( http://davidmckinney.com/ ). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!

What did he get out of making it for you?

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by roc123 » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

rrhoover wrote: post #3

Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney ( http://davidmckinney.com/ ). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!

How do you plan to keep it from overflowing with product submissions? The more submissions you get the harder it becomes for a product to get seen, seems like the same problem that most app stores have. Do you have a daily limit for product submissions? Will the list be curated?

Also a top weekly and top monthly would be good IMO.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by ecesena » Thu, Aug 21, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

osconfused wrote: post #4

Neat and interesting timing. This morning I had a dream about a product hunt app for iOS with a tinder-like interface. "Swipe left" to upvote.

[self-promo/feedback req] if you're a fan of swipe left for upvote, I'd be interested in your opinion on Theneeds iphone app. Also, if you don't mind, what do you think about the tooltips to explain the feature?