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Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by untog »

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…

I agree, but Product Hunt has a very, uh, rareified air of user. Probably safe to assume they all have the latest iPhone with 64GB storage.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by ecesena »

mmahemoff wrote: post #26
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.

I'm curious: Wouldn't 2 buttons be better than a swipe interface? Perhaps Tinder needs swipe because there's more downside of an error; but I'd think a Hot and a Not button would be faster and still reliable enough for general product liking.

In my experience, swiping is more engaging.

In our app we have both swipe and buttons. When I show the app to people (in person, I mean) what I usually see is that as soon as they discover swiping, the switch using that.

As I said, it's just a limited and in person experience, I have no data, but I'd be interested if anyone could support/confute my thesis.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

#33

Post by untog »

jjmardlin wrote: post #30
jbail wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I think the reasoning would also be fairly similar to the reason that the big players are unbundling their apps. The most valuable real estate is the homescreen of your phone. A website bookmark isn't likely to get that placement. A website bookmark that you can download from the App Store on the other hand...

The most valuable real estate is the homescreen of your phone. A website bookmark isn't likely to get that placement.

The sad thing is, it's incredibly easy to add a website to your home screen.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by thinkling »

cllns wrote: post #24

Re: "Fight the FOMO" This app is seems to be feeding the fear of missing out, rather than fighting it.

Ah, that's what FOMO means, thanks.

Yeah, my first impression is that this is most useful to people with discretionary income burning a hole in their pockets, looking for something to spend it on. Not what I'm looking for, personally.

Am I missing the point?

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

#35

Post by mcculley »

untog wrote: post #33
jjmardlin wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the reasoning would also be fairly similar to the reason that the big players are unbundling their apps. The most valuable real estate is the homescreen of your phone. A website bookmark isn't likely to get that placement. A website bookmark that you can download from the App Store on the other hand...

The most valuable real estate is the homescreen of your phone. A website bookmark isn't likely to get that placement. The sad thing is, it's incredibly easy to add a website to your home screen.

I think it's easy, but not quite obvious to the non-technical user. Then they have the issue that once they've tapped on the icon on the homescreen, they are thrown into Safari. And doing the multi-tasking gesture shows them Safari, not the website directly as a first class app, so it's not obvious how to get back. If they tap again and the URL is not identical to what they are currently viewing, they will get a new tab. So there's good reasons to ship an app, even it is just a webview.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

#36

Post by mirsadm »

jbail wrote: post #22
smackfu wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I am on iOS 6. I've stopped upgrading (intentionally) because every iOS upgrade significantly downgrades the performance of the device. My iPad is a few versions old for the same reason

From what I've seen iOS 7 runs pretty well on the 4S.

Re: Product Hunt iOS App

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Post by hashtag »

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…

Can't speak for others but I wouldn't use the mobile version (never did) but with an iOS app I will now.
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