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Site looks good. - I would prefer a smoother transition to play the video, otherwise it seems I navigated to a different page. Better yet, I would prefer to se

by mping 12y ago

Site looks good. - I would prefer a smoother transition to play the video, otherwise it seems I navigated to a different page. Better yet, I would prefer to see the video without "leaving" the landing page - the screenshot with the 2x3 menu looks but, but I would love to see a drilldown to get a feeling of what kind of suggestions I can get Anyway I would love a product like this IF the suggestions match my taste. As a geek, I must ask: are the suggestions curated, 100% automatic or a mix? I'm guessing a mix between user suggestions and some kind of recommendation system And why U no android? :)

supercoder 12y ago
I can't speak for the developer, but my response to 'why not android' is generally: - Development is easier on iOS (APIs, number of devices etc), and a higher level of quality can be achieved with less effort. - It's hard to saturate a market of 700 million devices. Basically until it seems like all iOS that have downloaded will, there seems no need to go Android. You're doubling the development effort, support costs etc for little gain.
- antihero 12y ago
  I'd counter that with the fact that this is a social app, and thus depends on being able to saturate networks of people. This means that if someone that does interesting things wants to share those on this app, and happen to have Android, you could have lost a really valuable "node" that could have helped you saturate both markets more.
  - supercoder 12y ago
    Yeah totally, in theory it makes sense with a social app to consider as many platforms as possible. Though in practise I haven't seen it hurt social networks that start on iOS. Instagram is the obvious example. Keep in mind 700million is a really big number of addressable users, and there will be plenty of valuable node / users there. I guess my point is still that if you're struggling on iOS in the early days, it's not because your app isn't available to 'enough' people, its because something else is wrong, which more platforms almost certainly won't fix.

by mping 12y ago

supercoder 12y ago

I can't speak for the developer, but my response to 'why not android' is generally: - Development is easier on iOS (APIs, number of devices etc), and a higher level of quality can be achieved with less effort. - It's hard to saturate a market of 700 million devices. Basically until it seems like all iOS that have downloaded will, there seems no need to go Android. You're doubling the development effort, support costs etc for little gain.

antihero 12y ago
I'd counter that with the fact that this is a social app, and thus depends on being able to saturate networks of people. This means that if someone that does interesting things wants to share those on this app, and happen to have Android, you could have lost a really valuable "node" that could have helped you saturate both markets more.
- supercoder 12y ago
  Yeah totally, in theory it makes sense with a social app to consider as many platforms as possible. Though in practise I haven't seen it hurt social networks that start on iOS. Instagram is the obvious example. Keep in mind 700million is a really big number of addressable users, and there will be plenty of valuable node / users there. I guess my point is still that if you're struggling on iOS in the early days, it's not because your app isn't available to 'enough' people, its because something else is wrong, which more platforms almost certainly won't fix.