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Re: I don't want to download your app

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Post by rhizome »

stevoski wrote: post #145
rhizome wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't be surprised if responsive/web-OK site views were budgeted away in favor of app development. They should be complementary, but this is an airline we're talking about.

Remember Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. After being inside large, bureaucratic organisations, I've learnt that this is often the best explanation.

Right, and the stupidity is twofold: that external access to resources (site/app) is a zero-sum game where x developers must be allocated to one or another goal without any coherence between them, which is source of the schism between app and mobileweb UXes, and that apparently nobody has spoken up to say that both products suck.

Re: I don't want to download your app

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Post by gte910h »

jburwell wrote: post #12

Amen. To borrow a quote from Alton Brown, "I hate unitaskers." -- applies to apps, as well as, kitchen tools.

He hates unitaskers in the kitchen because they take up finite space and money. These don't really apply to tiny free apps. It's like complaining about an extra key in a keyring you never use in a drawer you never open.

Re: I don't want to download your app

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Post by chiph »

dkarl wrote: post #54

The Delta iPhone app saved my ass and let me check in right before the cut-off for flight I needed to make, while I was stuck in traffic in a cab outside the airport. However, downloading the app was preceded by ten minutes of trying desperately to check in using the Delta web site on my iPhone. I was stymied by a combination of strangely sized fonts (which forced me to zoom way in on a huge page in order to locate a…

The Delta app is actually very useful - I don't categorize it as "apptrash" at all. It tells me the gate, reminds me when I'm able to check in, and even has a spot for me to record where I parked my car. :)

My only beef is that not all of their gates have scanners capable of reading the boarding pass barcode off the phone, so I end up printing the passes anyway.

Re: I don't want to download your app

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Post by hub_ »

ruswick wrote: post #165

This is especially problematic with companies like Quora, which coerce you into downloading their app. They literally obfuscate all answers and tell you to download the app, which is absurd. Here is the actual wording: http://cl.ly/image/1n3P0e072m0F

But Quora has also had a douchey attitude wtr to login and things like that. If you are logged out you almost get coerced to log back in. And it does not behave the same if you were never logged in.

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Post by kragen »

baddox wrote: post #117
jburwell wrote: post #12

Amen. To borrow a quote from Alton Brown, "I hate unitaskers." -- applies to apps, as well as, kitchen tools.

I guess he wouldn't much like the Unix philosophy as summarized by Doug McIlroy.

No, he's articulating the Unix philosophy: tools should do one thing (knives are for cutting), and their user should be able to use that one thing for many different purposes, in conjunction with other tools.

Re: I don't want to download your app

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Post by catshirt »

johncoltrane wrote: post #111
catshirt wrote: post #81

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i suppose this opinion would vary by recipient. more importantly, already addressed, is the context it provides around the time spent on a response. in most cases, when responding on a mobile device, you simply can't put the same time into a response. i think it's considerate.

What about using a real computer, instead? I'm tired of my boss's one liners full of typos.

not always possible if your intent is to reply in a timely manner.

Re: I don't want to download your app

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prophetjohn wrote: post #60
__david__ wrote: post #45

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Hacker News is usable on mobile Safari, but it's not as good as it could be. Try using Alien Blue to browse reddit on an iPhone (and especially an iPad). It is a superior experience to using the plain web site (even m.reddit.com). I very much wish there was an equivalent for Hacker News.

Hacker Node works pretty well, but doesn't support voting, commenting or submitting.

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Re: I don't want to download your app

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Post by [deleted] »

prophetjohn wrote: post #60
__david__ wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hacker News is usable on mobile Safari, but it's not as good as it could be. Try using Alien Blue to browse reddit on an iPhone (and especially an iPad). It is a superior experience to using the plain web site (even m.reddit.com). I very much wish there was an equivalent for Hacker News.

Hacker Node works pretty well, but doesn't support voting, commenting or submitting.

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