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Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory

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soapdog wrote: post #26
TiredOfLife wrote: post #19

TIL universal app means it runs only on iOS

Universal in Apple terms means the binaries run on both Apple Silicon (ARM) and x64. It is mostly something that macOS users need to know.

From the linked website: Universal app Tapestry has native support for both iOS and iPadOS

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jimkleiber wrote: post #13

There was an app called Tapestry by Betaworks, inspired by Robin Sloan's idea of a tap essay, that I absolutely loved and wish it would come back. > "I saw it, and I loved it so much,” Borthwick said. “It felt like an intimate and immersive form of reading on the phone. I thought, could you not make a platform to publish more of these?” Still haven't found anything close to it and social media stories don't seem to m…

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Post by p_l »

xnx wrote: post #28

Would only be interesting with Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. support. ToS prevent that, so no business would attempt that integration. However, that doesn't mean it can't be done. I look forward to (and might write my own) agent to "read" Twitter, Instagram, etc. and put them into a user friendly and ad-free format.

Interestingly, there was some early work in the timeframe of Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.x) to create unified social media stream, something that AFAIK was also done with specialized apps on some BlackBerry Android based device IIRC.

Didn't go anywhere, probably because of ad revenue needs.

Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory

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Post by mattl »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #6
troupo wrote: post #5

One 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…

Iconfactory is a Mac/iOS company so I’m not surprised to not see anything else.

Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory

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Post by wonnage »

I found Tapestry through a Verge article, but had many of the complaints echoed elsewhere here. The same article mentioned Feeeed (iOS only - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/feeeed-rss-reader-and-more/id1...). It's similar in spirit but I found it much more tailored to reading. There are several killer features for me:

1. First off, it defaults to a pretty good reader mode

2. Next, you can easily switch to an embedded browser view if automatic reader fails

3. Even better, your preference persists per-site, so you don't have to keep switching if the reader is broken for some reason

4. Feature I've not found anywhere else - the automatic reader mode appears to use the same session cookies etc. as the browser view. So you can actually get reader mode for sites that need a login.

5. Finally, the browser view applies automatic dark mode

Main thing that's missing is a mark-as-read-on-scroll.

Lastly, it's completely free! Author seems to just want to make a good reader app. I can't even find a tip jar link in the app.

Re: Tapestry by Iconfactory

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Post by ben_w »

jeffgreco wrote: post #23
theshrike79 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For developers the "Apple tax" is easier. They don't need to deal with refunds or customer complaints about payments not working.

For developers the “Apple tax” is a forced tax slurping up a big portion of our income.

In my day, the IDE/compiler weren't free (~50% the price of a new computer), the OS wasn't free (~10% the price of a computer, for each update), account handling was such a mess for everyone that I bought software with an actual chequebook and when I cashed in my Kagi* account they sent me an actual cheque too, and the only way to do subscriptions was a direct debit that wouldn't work in every country. Also lots of American companies wouldn't sell me software directly, I had to get friends willing to do the transaction for me and give them money for it.

I'm not saying Apple is entirely fair or well priced (although they were back when the App Store was new, the world changed around them) but I am saying you'll save a lot less than you're expecting to when you do all this stuff yourself — and I'm speaking as one who has.

Keeping track of 190 different sales tax rates is, even by itself, not fun. Best to offload what you can — same reason loads of business go to "the cloud", use site builders or wordpress, or contract out to third-party payroll services.

* payment processor, not search engine; same domain, otherwise completely unrelated.

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