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| From | Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, uk.comp.sys.mac, comp.mobile.ipad |
| Message-ID | <2014060817541660217-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> (permalink) |
| References | <do_ray_me-DEE327.12310308062014@aioe.org> <080620141935091461%star@sky.net> |
| Subject | Re: The trouble with software |
| Organization | http://www.panic.com/unison/ |
| Date | 2014-06-08 17:54 -0700 |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2014-06-08 23:35:09 +0000, Davoud <star@sky.net> said: > dorayme: > >> The trouble with software is often a result of it chewing off more >> than it can swallow. There is often an impossible aim to be everything >> to everyone. >> >> It's a big world, better for app makers to make *small* apps that do a >> *very* limited number of things well, let other apps do other things. >> >> In making apps for iPads, for example, where prices are generally low, >> there is surely less pressure to make hugely complicated apps, the >> marketing is simpler. The pressure that app makers feel to go >> complicated is perhaps psychological rather evidence based. > > Thank you for advising me in another thread that I am a "pretentious > stuck up little shit." > > Taking that as read, I would argue that some apps are designed to > perform complex tasks, and thus cannot be small and very limited. I > hold up Software Bisque's TheSky X (Mac, Windows, iOS) as an exemplar. > Star charting with fast response, telescope mount control, guide-camera > control, imaging-camera control, astrometry, mount alignment utility... > All related tasks, all easier to use when they are available in tabs in > the same application. Ideal for pretentious stuck up little shit > astronomers like me. TheSky HD for iPad looks like a great App. However, for those not as into astronomy as you are, or are on a tighter budget (they don't want to spend $30) they should take a look at Sky Guide, a bargain at $1.99. It lacks the camera and telescope controls, but still provides good information. < https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sky-guide-view-stars-night/id576588894?mt=8 > -- Regards, Savageduck
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The trouble with software dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-06-08 12:31 +1000
Re: The trouble with software Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2014-06-08 08:27 +0100
Re: The trouble with software richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2014-06-08 11:49 +0000
Re: The trouble with software Jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 08:53 +0100
Re: The trouble with software Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-06-08 10:09 -0400
Re: The trouble with software Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-06-08 19:35 -0400
Re: The trouble with software dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-06-09 10:41 +1000
Re: The trouble with software jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2014-06-09 12:51 +1200
Re: The trouble with software Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-06-08 17:54 -0700
Re: The trouble with software RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2014-06-09 08:26 +0100
Re: The trouble with software ampersand@RhEyMpOnVoEtTiHsImS.co.uk (Martin S Taylor) - 2014-06-09 10:44 +0100
Re: The trouble with software Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-06-09 12:07 -0400
Re: The trouble with software Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-06-10 09:44 +1200
Re: The trouble with software "Alan Richardson" <jared.r@xtra.co.nz> - 2014-06-10 09:55 +1200
Re: The trouble with software Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-06-09 18:01 -0700
Re: The trouble with software RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2014-06-10 05:08 +0100
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