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Apps I’d like to see

20 points by cleverjake 15y ago

jonursenbach 15y ago
Safari for Android? Never thought I'd hear anybody ask for that.
- Navarr 15y ago
  I still can't think of a reason to ask for it.
- dubya 15y ago
  It does sound odd, but when Chrome for Android was released there was suddenly a lot of talk about how bad the original browser was. But I assume Chrome would fulfill this one.
  - jsight 15y ago
    Yes, I can see the appeal. I haven't used mobile safari enough to know if it is a lot better than the stock browser in ICS. It is definitely better than all previous Android browsers, though. The stock ICS browser is much better. It's actually better than the current chrome beta, imo.
purephase 15y ago
Some of the suggestions are a bit odd, but I wholeheartedly agree on the Android simulator. I had to do some site QA recently and trying to figure out how to get it up and running on a Mac was painful. Eventually just found someone with an Android device and borrowed it.
- Navarr 15y ago
  I can't disagree. In all honesty though, I believe its due to people expecting it to be a simulator when its a full ARM emulator. Apparently, if you have an Intel VT enabled processor, you can make it more usable with the "Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager" - http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager/ http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-hardware-acce...
- pegli 15y ago
  If you have homebrew, it is easy to install and update the SDK with "brew install android-sdk android-ndk".
killnine 15y ago
The email app is more of an email app feature
- vasco 15y ago
  It's more like a limitation.
- zerovox 15y ago
  In Thunderbird, Account Settings -> Server Settings -> Enable Check for new messages every 3600 minutes, disable "Check new messages at start-up". You might also want to remove the get new messages button from the toolbar.
- dfc 15y ago
  This is something that RMS advocates: "Once or twice or maybe three times a day I connect and transfer mail in and out. Before sending mail, I always review and revise the outgoing messages. That gives me a chance to catch mistakes and faux pas." [1] As other commenters have pointed out it is a feature that is present in a lot of email clients. I suspect that the author uses a web based email solution. [1] http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/
- mirski 15y ago
  Is there anything like this in Gmail Labs?
saro1 15y ago
We're working on a web app version of #4, a version of pgAdmin that doesn't look like it's from 2001. Except with support for more databases besides PostgreSQL and with a lot of cool features you can only get from a web-based database admin and dev tool.
- jiggy2011 15y ago
  Fantastic , I hope it will work for mysql too. For DB admin the only nice simple tool I've ever found is SQLYog which is Windows only. PHPMyadmin doesn't have a very nice user experience. I don't need a massive feature set, just something that allows me to fiddle with testdata easily, define and edit table structure and do things like copy tables, DBs between hosts with a couple of clicks.
  - culturestate 15y ago
    If you're on OSX, have you given Sequel Pro a try?
    - jiggy2011 15y ago
      No, on linux so a web app of some kind would be ideal.
- clarkevans 15y ago
  In this case, would you kindly fill out contact information in your "about" handle.
jakeonthemove 15y ago
1. Set Outlook to send/receive every 1440 minutes :-); 2. WinAutomation inside a VM (?); 3. SnagIt; 6. Adobe Device Central; 7. WinAutomation inside a VM (?); 10. Built in browser is great (seriously, how is Safari better?);
- eloisant 15y ago
  In many ways Safari is better than Android stock, in particular in the HTML5 features supported. But if you have ICS, Chrome for Android actually beats Safari.
icodestuff 15y ago
defaults write com.apple.mail PollTime '1440'
54mf 15y ago
"An app that sets up and updates Xcode and command line developer tools automatically." As someone who just spent 2 days dealing with bugs specifically related to the Xcode 4.3.1 / iOS 5.1 release, PLEASE GOD NO. NO. GOD NO. I'll update Xcode manually and with as much advance warning as possible, thank you very much.
huhtenberg 15y ago
> Screen recording software that’s not weird. If you are on OS X, I heard lots of good things about http://screenyapp.com http://screenyapp.com
tzm 15y ago
How much would you pay for each of these apps?

20 points by cleverjake 15y ago

jonursenbach 15y ago

Safari for Android? Never thought I'd hear anybody ask for that.

Navarr 15y ago
I still can't think of a reason to ask for it.
dubya 15y ago
It does sound odd, but when Chrome for Android was released there was suddenly a lot of talk about how bad the original browser was. But I assume Chrome would fulfill this one.
- jsight 15y ago
  Yes, I can see the appeal. I haven't used mobile safari enough to know if it is a lot better than the stock browser in ICS. It is definitely better than all previous Android browsers, though. The stock ICS browser is much better. It's actually better than the current chrome beta, imo.

purephase 15y ago

Some of the suggestions are a bit odd, but I wholeheartedly agree on the Android simulator. I had to do some site QA recently and trying to figure out how to get it up and running on a Mac was painful. Eventually just found someone with an Android device and borrowed it.

Navarr 15y ago
I can't disagree. In all honesty though, I believe its due to people expecting it to be a simulator when its a full ARM emulator. Apparently, if you have an Intel VT enabled processor, you can make it more usable with the "Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager" - http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager/ http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-hardware-acce...
pegli 15y ago
If you have homebrew, it is easy to install and update the SDK with "brew install android-sdk android-ndk".

killnine 15y ago

The email app is more of an email app feature

vasco 15y ago
It's more like a limitation.
zerovox 15y ago
In Thunderbird, Account Settings -> Server Settings -> Enable Check for new messages every 3600 minutes, disable "Check new messages at start-up". You might also want to remove the get new messages button from the toolbar.
dfc 15y ago
This is something that RMS advocates: "Once or twice or maybe three times a day I connect and transfer mail in and out. Before sending mail, I always review and revise the outgoing messages. That gives me a chance to catch mistakes and faux pas." [1] As other commenters have pointed out it is a feature that is present in a lot of email clients. I suspect that the author uses a web based email solution. [1] http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/
mirski 15y ago
Is there anything like this in Gmail Labs?

saro1 15y ago

We're working on a web app version of #4, a version of pgAdmin that doesn't look like it's from 2001. Except with support for more databases besides PostgreSQL and with a lot of cool features you can only get from a web-based database admin and dev tool.

jiggy2011 15y ago
Fantastic , I hope it will work for mysql too. For DB admin the only nice simple tool I've ever found is SQLYog which is Windows only. PHPMyadmin doesn't have a very nice user experience. I don't need a massive feature set, just something that allows me to fiddle with testdata easily, define and edit table structure and do things like copy tables, DBs between hosts with a couple of clicks.
- culturestate 15y ago
  If you're on OSX, have you given Sequel Pro a try?
  - jiggy2011 15y ago
    No, on linux so a web app of some kind would be ideal.
clarkevans 15y ago
In this case, would you kindly fill out contact information in your "about" handle.

jakeonthemove 15y ago

1. Set Outlook to send/receive every 1440 minutes :-); 2. WinAutomation inside a VM (?); 3. SnagIt; 6. Adobe Device Central; 7. WinAutomation inside a VM (?); 10. Built in browser is great (seriously, how is Safari better?);

eloisant 15y ago
In many ways Safari is better than Android stock, in particular in the HTML5 features supported. But if you have ICS, Chrome for Android actually beats Safari.

icodestuff 15y ago

defaults write com.apple.mail PollTime '1440'

54mf 15y ago

"An app that sets up and updates Xcode and command line developer tools automatically." As someone who just spent 2 days dealing with bugs specifically related to the Xcode 4.3.1 / iOS 5.1 release, PLEASE GOD NO. NO. GOD NO. I'll update Xcode manually and with as much advance warning as possible, thank you very much.

huhtenberg 15y ago

> Screen recording software that’s not weird. If you are on OS X, I heard lots of good things about http://screenyapp.com http://screenyapp.com

tzm 15y ago

How much would you pay for each of these apps?