jgrall

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by jgrall 13y ago
I can definitely see how .xibs and storyboards might be useful for prototyping or quickly mocking up and iterating on a design that is changing rapidly. Whether or not you ship the app with the .xibs intact I think depends on whether you ca
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by jgrall 13y ago
I've written 3 fairly sophisticated iOS apps that have highly customized user interfaces (most recently "Just Landed"). I dumped Interface Builder a long time ago and haven't looked back. For those interested, here's why... I remember lovin
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by jgrall 14y ago
Thanks! Graham Beer & Sean Nelson did an awesome job on the app design and site design respectively.
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by jgrall 14y ago
Thanks! We support the iPhone 3GS and newer.
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by jgrall 14y ago
It's correct. The numbers won't match your back-of-the-envelope calculations because it's a tad more involved than you're assuming. Among other factors, there's additional time for the plane to debark and for passengers to make it to baggag
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by jgrall 14y ago
As it turns out, accessing significant amounts of real-time flight data, as required by this app, is neither publicly accessible nor cheap (hence the need to charge for the app). There are also many other costs associated with developing ev
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by jgrall 14y ago
Thankfully lots of other people (limo and taxi drivers in particular) feel differently. Some ppl have actually stated that they would pay significantly more than the current price.
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by jgrall 14y ago
Startup idea: Waze for waiting in lines - insights into line length/wait times, when to join the line etc. Potential applications: airports; theme parks; customs; popular restaurants; product launches; movie premieres.
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by jgrall 14y ago
Yes, I think you're correct. I didn't build the landing page, but perhaps I will optimize that. It's currently just shifting the various cloud layers using JQuery's animate() method. I imagine the main hit is layout & rendering, but tha
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by jgrall 14y ago
When pg comes to your defense, it's a good day ;)
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by jgrall 14y ago
Props to @partlysean for the site design. :)
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by jgrall 14y ago
Just Landed's times are actually quite accurate (especially for major carriers), but they differ from the times that the airlines some other sources publish for two important reasons: - The airlines publish scheduled gate arrival times, whe
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by jgrall 14y ago
Yeah, everyone has their own airport pickup estimation method. I guess after mine failed me enough times, I decided to solve it with computers ;)
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by jgrall 14y ago
Yes, unfortunately Just Landed is only officially supported in the US & Canada for now. The limitation stems from getting good enough global flight data (surprisingly difficult & expensive). The app actually works reasonably well in
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by jgrall 14y ago
Not quite, as far as I know.
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by jgrall 14y ago
To my surprise, there is :)
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by jgrall 14y ago
LOL. Seriously though, there are real benefits: don't be late or forget to go to the airport and leave your guest stranded; don't go to the airport too early in the event of a delay and spend hours hanging out at the terminal. I've done bot
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by jgrall 14y ago
The latter converts to better since there's one less step to get to the download :)
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by jgrall 14y ago
The app is really designed for the person who is doing the picking up (it shows no departure information), and does notify them when to leave (as well as prompting you to text your passenger on arrival at the airport). It sounds like you'd
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by jgrall 14y ago
Thanks for using the app, and I'm sorry if we let you down on an international arrival. It happens - customs and baggage claim are both pretty unpredictable. As it turns out, we do try to factor additional time for international customs, bu
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by jgrall 14y ago
Disclosure: I created Just Landed. Thanks for posting the app on HN! @frisco: I can understand how you lumped Just Landed in with other Silicon Valley startups some of whom are creating frivolous apps and raising vast sums of money agains
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by jgrall 14y ago
Music is gone :)
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by jgrall 14y ago
We're going to add 3GS support :)
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by jgrall 14y ago
Glad to hear we found a problem that matters to you :)
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by jgrall 14y ago
We know about updates to the flight if it gets delayed and has to circle, and yes we do additional queries to FlightAware on the user's behalf even if the app is closed. We spent a lot of time getting this right, as well as building a good
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by jgrall 14y ago
We just added support for 1000 additional airline codes. Some of the two digits codes were not supported by our data provider because they conflict with airlines in other countries. Anyway this is resolved now, you should be able to find Fr
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by jgrall 14y ago
That's @partlysean handiwork.
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by jgrall 14y ago
Yeah I'm afraid you'll be waiting for a little while. We will do international soon tho and Android if there is enough demand.
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by jgrall 14y ago
Yes it does with the newer iOS APIs for significant location change monitoring and geofencing.
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by jgrall 14y ago
Props to @grahambeer he was responsible for much of the app design.

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