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This first showed up in Tweetie, whose author filed for a patent on it, so be aware: http://gorumors.com/twitter-patent-drag-to-refresh/2754292 http://gorumors
by zach 16y ago
This first showed up in Tweetie, whose author filed for a patent on it, so be aware:
http://gorumors.com/twitter-patent-drag-to-refresh/2754292 http://gorumors.com/twitter-patent-drag-to-refresh/2754292
Edit: Since there is curiosity about the claims, here's the application:
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=C3PTAAAAEBAJ http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=C3PTAAAAEBAJ
- boctor 16y agoThe Reeder functionality is slightly different: it is not used to refresh but to get to the previous/next article. Of course it is possible that the patent is broad enough that it covers this too...
- alanh 16y agoWow, a patent? I wonder if theoretically “infinite scroll” web pages could be considered prior art? This also might explain why Apple isn’t busy updating Mail on iPhone to also use pull-to-refresh…
- gte910h 16y agoI thought non-transformational software patents were deemed invalid last year? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-or-transformation_test http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-or-transformation_test
- wallflower 16y agoI thought the general consensus of the iOS community is that Loren filed the patent defensively to protect anyone using pull-to-refresh from being sued by someone else who could have patented it.
- zach 16y agoThat's good to hear. I was intimidated by the patent's existence myself. As an aside, I thought all that's required for that kind of defense is a provisional application. And if you really want it to pass into the public domain, you can simply let a year lapse without completing application. Is that right? I'm not an expert and I've never patented anything. Maybe it's better to actually get the patent.
- brown9-2 16y agoHmm, the Facebook iPhone app has the same drag to reload functionality. I thought perhaps it was just a (newish) iOS widget.