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Re: PaintCode 2

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Nice, Apple itself is a customer. That's a big thumbs up. In general, do you have to contact companies and ask them permission before you put them on the customer list?

I suspect you can just add them so long as you don't have an NDA. It might result in losing them as a customer if they had an expectation of privacy (for example, if it affected one of their acquisitions) - but that's usually done through an NDA.

Re: PaintCode 2

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No it definitely also runs on iOS, and, interestingly, Xamarin: http://docs.xamarin.com/samples/PaintCode/ I met the authors in person > 1 year ago, when they were thinking about whether Java (Android) code generation would make sense. Would love to learn that they made it happen too.

I think they are referring to what platform the actual app runs on, not the code it generates, which appears to be OS X only.

Right, it generates Objective-C and C# which can presumably be used anywhere those can run, but the tool itself runs somewhere.

Re: PaintCode 2

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I am feeling increasingly frustrated by product websites that assume I already know what their product is. This seems to be especially prevalent on sites of tools meant for developers. Please, don't make me have to guess by reading your tooltips, feature blurbs, and customer quotes like they are puzzle pieces to the question of "what the hell is this thing!" At least PaintCode is kind enough to give an overview in th…

For those looking:

> PaintCode is a vector drawing app that turns your drawings into Objective-C or C# drawing code in real time.

Re: PaintCode 2

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post #11

I am feeling increasingly frustrated by product websites that assume I already know what their product is. This seems to be especially prevalent on sites of tools meant for developers. Please, don't make me have to guess by reading your tooltips, feature blurbs, and customer quotes like they are puzzle pieces to the question of "what the hell is this thing!" At least PaintCode is kind enough to give an overview in th…

Oh, really? I don't personally develop iOS apps, but as a technical guy, I understood what this thing is within 10 seconds of the page loading.

It is a technical product with a niche. Maybe they weren't trying to market to you?

Re: PaintCode 2

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Try and contact the authors, it's likely that they will give you at least a better upgrade price for version 2. Some companies also give out upgrades like that for free for people who bought previous version just before the launch.

It's on the Mac App Store, which doesn't permit this kind of thing. It's not so bad: I'll try the free trial and if it fixes some of the problems I have with PaintCode 1, I'll pay for the upgrade. The app itself is a tool which helps me make money so it's not hard to justify. I'm starting to think that an honorable and smart thing for developers to do is to run a sale a month or so before the release of a new paid ve…

but you'd have to tell the customers the reason for the sale. Otherwise they would feel cheated and would demand the new version.

And revealing release month before actual release has its own shortcomings...

Re: PaintCode 2

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I am feeling increasingly frustrated by product websites that assume I already know what their product is. This seems to be especially prevalent on sites of tools meant for developers. Please, don't make me have to guess by reading your tooltips, feature blurbs, and customer quotes like they are puzzle pieces to the question of "what the hell is this thing!" At least PaintCode is kind enough to give an overview in th…

Oh, really? I don't personally develop iOS apps, but as a technical guy, I understood what this thing is within 10 seconds of the page loading. It is a technical product with a niche. Maybe they weren't trying to market to you?

I was pretty sure I knew what it was in 10 seconds, but they didn't tell me, so I had to guess. My guess was slightly off - I thought this was for making websites. It's better they tell me what their thing does rather than making me guess, even if it's an easy guess.

Re: PaintCode 2

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post #11

I am feeling increasingly frustrated by product websites that assume I already know what their product is. This seems to be especially prevalent on sites of tools meant for developers. Please, don't make me have to guess by reading your tooltips, feature blurbs, and customer quotes like they are puzzle pieces to the question of "what the hell is this thing!" At least PaintCode is kind enough to give an overview in th…

Yep, I had no idea what it was either.

And it looked interesting!

Re: PaintCode 2

#30

Nice, Apple itself is a customer. That's a big thumbs up. In general, do you have to contact companies and ask them permission before you put them on the customer list?

You generally ask the company for permission, and they generally say yes because it's free marketing for them.
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