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Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney (http://davidmckinney.com/ http://davidmckinney.com/). This version is

Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney (http://davidmckinney.com/ http://davidmckinney.com/). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!

Sujan 12y ago
Very nice first version. Is a crashreporter integrated so you get a report of all the ways I broke it? Also: Who built the landing page? Also great.
athesyn 12y ago
> I like making things Don't know about the app, but whats with the lame attempt to sound as unpretentious as possible. It still comes off as pretentiousness.
- indiekid 12y ago
  He likes making things? What's so wrong with that? There's pretension in that statement, or a lack thereof either.
btrautsc 12y ago
this is awesome.
goeric 12y ago
Congrats! "Text me a link" feature isn't working for me. It's been a few minutes now, no link :(. Also, sign in with Twitter is crashing the app.
- rrhoover 12y ago
  Yikes! Sorry about that, goeric. Mind emailing me your phone number and twitter username to ryan@producthunt.com? We're working through some bugs now. EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!
  - lachlanjc 12y ago
    Have you seen Plivo? It's pretty awesome.
  - topherjaynes 12y ago
    phew, I thought I just didn't know my number and sent it to the wrong phone
jbail 12y ago
Why build a native iOS app? What capabilities of the phone are you utilizing? I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device. Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't understand the iOS lock-in and the need to have the most recent iOS version. I mean, I do get it from a developers point of view...it's less devices to test...but it comes at the cost of a lot of people not being able to use it.
- smackfu 12y ago
  A 4S supports iOS 7 and 8. Are you still running iOS 6? I think that's a very small group of people at this point.
  - jbail 12y ago
    I am on iOS 6. I've stopped upgrading (intentionally) because every iOS upgrade significantly downgrades the performance of the device. My iPad is a few versions old for the same reason
    - gfosco 12y ago
      That's certainly your choice, but I don't think you should expect developers to continue supporting that choice in new releases.
    - mirsadm 12y ago
      From what I've seen iOS 7 runs pretty well on the 4S.
- rrhoover 12y ago
  Good question, jbail. The first version of the app admittedly looks very similar to the web experience. We wanted to get something out sooner, rather than later and the most requested feature since Product Hunt launched, has been an iOS app. Our most dedicated fans visit the site multiple times per day so we wanted to make it more accessible. Although our mobile web version isn't terrible, the native app is faster and easier to use. More importantly, it sets us up to do some interesting things later on, such as interactive push notifications.
fourstar 12y ago
What did he get out of making it for you?
roc123 12y ago
How do you plan to keep it from overflowing with product submissions? The more submissions you get the harder it becomes for a product to get seen, seems like the same problem that most app stores have. Do you have a daily limit for product submissions? Will the list be curated? Also a top weekly and top monthly would be good IMO.

Sujan 12y ago

Very nice first version. Is a crashreporter integrated so you get a report of all the ways I broke it? Also: Who built the landing page? Also great.

athesyn 12y ago

> I like making things Don't know about the app, but whats with the lame attempt to sound as unpretentious as possible. It still comes off as pretentiousness.

indiekid 12y ago
He likes making things? What's so wrong with that? There's pretension in that statement, or a lack thereof either.

btrautsc 12y ago

this is awesome.

goeric 12y ago

Congrats! "Text me a link" feature isn't working for me. It's been a few minutes now, no link :(. Also, sign in with Twitter is crashing the app.

rrhoover 12y ago
Yikes! Sorry about that, goeric. Mind emailing me your phone number and twitter username to ryan@producthunt.com? We're working through some bugs now. EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!
- lachlanjc 12y ago
  Have you seen Plivo? It's pretty awesome.
- topherjaynes 12y ago
  phew, I thought I just didn't know my number and sent it to the wrong phone

jbail 12y ago

Why build a native iOS app? What capabilities of the phone are you utilizing? I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device. Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't understand the iOS lock-in and the need to have the most recent iOS version. I mean, I do get it from a developers point of view...it's less devices to test...but it comes at the cost of a lot of people not being able to use it.

smackfu 12y ago
A 4S supports iOS 7 and 8. Are you still running iOS 6? I think that's a very small group of people at this point.
- jbail 12y ago
  I am on iOS 6. I've stopped upgrading (intentionally) because every iOS upgrade significantly downgrades the performance of the device. My iPad is a few versions old for the same reason
  - gfosco 12y ago
    That's certainly your choice, but I don't think you should expect developers to continue supporting that choice in new releases.
  - mirsadm 12y ago
    From what I've seen iOS 7 runs pretty well on the 4S.
rrhoover 12y ago
Good question, jbail. The first version of the app admittedly looks very similar to the web experience. We wanted to get something out sooner, rather than later and the most requested feature since Product Hunt launched, has been an iOS app. Our most dedicated fans visit the site multiple times per day so we wanted to make it more accessible. Although our mobile web version isn't terrible, the native app is faster and easier to use. More importantly, it sets us up to do some interesting things later on, such as interactive push notifications.

fourstar 12y ago

What did he get out of making it for you?

roc123 12y ago

How do you plan to keep it from overflowing with product submissions? The more submissions you get the harder it becomes for a product to get seen, seems like the same problem that most app stores have. Do you have a daily limit for product submissions? Will the list be curated? Also a top weekly and top monthly would be good IMO.