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You really seem to have captured how people usually go hunting for recipes, i.e. they type something into Google and browse the myriad available sites. Giving p
by ugh 16y ago
You really seem to have captured how people usually go hunting for recipes, i.e. they type something into Google and browse the myriad available sites. Giving people the ability to easily structure and sort what they like seems like exactly the right thing to do.
I would think that it would be an excellent idea to continue on focusing on exactly that instead of adding shiny features. Recipe apps have to fight proven and battle tested procedures already in place in any kitchen worth its name for collecting and organizing recipes. (I know: 1. Print it out. 2. Put it in transparencies. 3. Put them into a folder. Easy and robust.)
I can think of several things that could help you streamline that process and fight the good fight against paper. Apps have benefits but they are slight so it’s not easy.
You could try to further automate the recognition of recipes on sites you don’t yet know. Try to prefill if you can, the standard selection process of the iPad is not all that much fun to use. If everything else fails don’t force your users to go through that tedious selection process, allow them to save the webpage wholesale. Lower, lower, lower the boundaries of saving a recipe. You are already on that path and I encourage you to follow it. Great app!
- stevenwei 16y agoYup, that's exactly how I go hunting for recipes, and exactly how I collected recipes pre-iPad (print them out, stick them in a folder). The goal was to build a tool that suited that workflow the best, while removing the drawbacks of organizing printed stacks of paper: searching through your collection for a specific recipe or a specific category of recipes (e.g. all chocolate desserts). Thanks for the thoughts, I totally agree on the importance of streamlining recipe saving.