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Looking at the winners there doesn't seem to be anything massively inspiring and only one dedicated OSX app. I'm not sure how much of a big deal these awards a
by shutton 12y ago
Looking at the winners there doesn't seem to be anything massively inspiring and only one dedicated OSX app.
I'm not sure how much of a big deal these awards are.
- nicholassmith 12y agoThey're a reasonably big deal, a lot of the developer community look to see who wins and if there's an emerging pattern that links the winners.
- emsy 12y agoI agree, they are kind of like the obvious choices. But then again, you can only innovate in the boundaries of the App Store approval.
- coldtea 12y agoYeah, but they are quite large boundaries, given that it has over 1 millions apps in all kinds of genres and ideas. If you can't innovate within those boundaries then you might be Frank Zappa or The Residents but you're not Jimi Hendrix or The Beatles. That is, you might be too wild for your own good.
- emsy 12y agoGood point. But let's get to the Beatles and Hendrixes of the App Store world: I actually found the female masturbation app that was rejected recently interesting, seemingly well designed and forward thinking. I wouldn't say the app or its idea was too wild for its own good. But when I hear stories like that, I assume it will create a mental censorship in developers. Good ideas will die in fear of App Store rejection. Sure you have 1 million apps, but you don't have 1 million ideas. They are rare and need to be nurtured instead of extinguished.
- eddieroger 12y agoThey're a big deal for a few reasons, such as they set the norm for what the next year's apps will try to mimic, but I agree that it's a bummer to see so few OS X apps (well, app). Hopefully Yosemite will inspire people to get back to writing award-eligible OS X apps.