Apple life has been pretty good these days. With the new Macs, iPhone, iPad and iPod, the company has gone from near death to the most valuable public company in the world. But after hitting the top, where can Apple go from here? Actually, I see lots of potential for Apple. There’s still room for growth. You can tell by the missing features. Even though the company has grown so much, there are still some odd things about Apple — some surprisingly missing features.
Author: Photics
Branch Designer Review
As a developer, I like nice reviews of my apps. Apparently, I’m not the only one. After my review of Icon Maker, I received a complimentary promo code for Branch Designer — a vector-based tree illustration program. While researching Icon Maker, I learned about the other Mac app from Tricycle Design HB (Sweyla.com). I was surprised to see that Branch Designer was actually twice the price of Icon Maker, as I have more of a need to make icons than trees, but that didn’t matter now. I had a free copy of Branch Designer to test out.
Arch Fiery — Wall Jumps
After the disappointing sales with BOT, it took a while to feel that enthusiasm again. For over two months, I wasn’t quite sure what to do with my game development projects. I struggled to come up with a new idea for a game. There was a great feeling of futility. How can I compete on the iTunes App store, when so many developers are simply giving away their games for free? Today, that changed. I was excited about a new game project. That project is called “Arch Fiery”.
Icon Maker Review
As a Mac / iOS developer, I have a lousy time trying to make good icons. This is incredibly important, as that’s what helps to sell apps. If a customer sees a poor icon, they might lose interest in the software. That’s why I decided to buy a copy of Icon Maker. My objective was to acquire software that would allow me to quickly and easily improve the quality of my app icons. And in theory — better icons would improve my sales. I haven’t actually done that yet with Icon Maker, but I think this software could eventually be helpful.
Improving The Photics App-Book Engine
After the Kindle Experiment, I knew that I had to put Revisions back on the iTunes App Store. Yet, I didn’t just want to chuck the same old code up on the site. This was my very first iPhone app. Two years later, it needed some improvement. I decided to push myself and battle with code. It’s been a grueling past few days, but I think the “Photics App-Book Engine” has improved improved significantly. The relaunch of Revisions includes four-way auto-rotational support, universal binary support and zooming. This should dramatically improve the books readability.