Erica Sadun
erica at ericasadun.com
Erica Sadun | 9:08 am | July 27, 2008 | AppStore, Feature Requests
I’m almost ready to submit To Do 2 to App Store. It offers optional badging (number of to-do items that are not marked as “done”) and one-tap to-do creation. Here’s your last chance for feature requests.
Erica Sadun | 6:48 pm | April 28, 2008 | Feature Requests, 2.0, Update, Applications, iPod touch, Software, iPhone
The new 2.0 SDK version of XLaunch combines all the features you use and love in the 1.1.4 version plus several new options. I’m pleased that I was able to upgrade the application without losing features along the way–and especially happy that I was able to merge MakeItMine and Banner in without destroying the simple interface.
You can still launch webclips and badge apps, and assign applications to the home key for double-taps. You can still browse in both table or coverflow modes.
Now you can also set carrier text and the banner text via the Customize options. And I’m considering adding other customization features there as well. If you have any other suggestions or feature requests, please speak up! Now’s the time to jump in while the design remains fluid.
Erica Sadun | 2:32 pm | April 27, 2008 | Experimental, 2.0, Feature Requests, Applications, iPod touch, Software, iPhone
So I’ve been hard at work on the new SDK and have been developing an application that more or less merges a lot of the functionality of SendSong, SendFile, SendPics, etc. Some features have been ellusive–Apple apparently disabled email attachments from the iPhone–others work well, such as Bonjour file sharing.
Here is the current feature set along with planned areas. Now’s the time to speak up if you’d like to see a feature added or have questions about how the program works. It’s basically a file browser that allows you to walk through the entire UNIX Application tree–wherever Apple’s sandboxing allows, that is–preview, inspect, and share files.
Erica Sadun | 6:24 pm | March 2, 2008 | Bug Reports, Feature Requests, Admin
SendPics Last night, I think I cracked the whole getting pictures from the library as well as the DCIM folder thing. Is anyone interested in my expanding SendPics (which sends full-resolution images by email) to pictures that weren’t snapped on the iPhone?
SendFile SendFile is still a big-old hack. Depending on how Apple delivers the SDK, do any of you think it’s worth a re-look? I’d have to redesign it from the ground up. So think about what you might want SendFile to do and give me some ideas of where you’d like to see it go.
SendSong I updated SendSong to 1.1.3 as a favor for a friend. Is there still any compelling reason for it to exist?
ToDo ToDo has been in limbo for a while because I find it useful as is and want to avoid any duplication of effort if I can send tasks to Mobile Cal. Any urgent feature requests?
XLaunch Icon hiding isn’t going to be a feature because of some deep-seated philosophical issues I have about running as user mobile and respecting ownerships. Any other requests?
Erica Sadun | 2:57 pm | January 31, 2008 | Feature Requests, Update, Admin, Software
I’m once again updating voice notes to try to make it work more smoothly this time with core telephony, such as phone interruptions. If you’ve got any feature requests, now’s the time to speak up.
Erica Sadun | 3:56 pm | January 9, 2008 | Test Requests, Bug Fixes, Feature Requests, Update, iPhone
Beta 6 should let you know whether the server is down rather than just that it couldn’t find the song.
Erica Sadun | 2:49 pm | | Test Requests, Feature Requests, Update, iPhone
Beta 5 offers several new features. First and most obviously, there’s now a button that starts song sampling. After sampling one song, you can sample another without leaving and restarting the application.Once sampling has finished, the status bar brightens when it tells you “connecting to server”. This allows users to know when they can relax and let Listen.app do its job. It’s a small change but one that I very much like.I no longer use an alert sheet to offer options. After a song has been identified, a navigation bar allows you to “Send Note” by email and, as mentioned, the sampling button also re-appears. p.s. Please use Beta 5, not Beta 4. Version 4 does not bring back the button if a song is not found.
Erica Sadun | 8:42 pm | January 8, 2008 | Test Requests, Bug Fixes, Feature Requests, Software, iPhone
Beta 3 adds UTF8 string encoding. For whatever reason, the iPhone doesn’t seem to handle full unicode–or maybe it’s not recognizing that NSUnicodeStringEncoding = 10. Anyway, please give this a try and let me know how much or how little this improves internationalization.
Erica Sadun | 2:19 pm | | Test Requests, Feature Requests, Software, iPhone
Beta 2 is ready to be tested. Unfortunately, Mobile Safari bombs on the search request (it tells you that you can’t perform the search on your device) but you can now send song information by email. Also, the interface is a little prettier.
Things not in this version: Multiple searches per launch. Foreign character support. Saving samples for later searches.
Erica Sadun | 12:16 pm | December 4, 2007 | Test Requests, Feature Requests, Software, iPod touch, iPhone
I’ve put an experimental version of SendFile into the test folder. This version scans ~/Downloads as well as ~/Media/Documents. It’s meant to be used with the Safari download plug-in. Feedback appreciated.