Comments for Chewy Apps http://www.chewyapps.com Home of Henning Hoffmann, an iPhone developer who creates apps for others and himself. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:37:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on What Apple will Not Announce by henning http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/05/28/what-apple-will-not-announce/comment-page-1/#comment-88 henning Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:37:48 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=196#comment-88 No, that's not the case. But it's also not the issue. The iPhone is very much like a games console. Sony doesn't release a new PlayStation every year for several reasons. The one I am harping on is the fact that developers prefer to have one target device. Having many target devices splits a developer's resources, and revenue from each is smaller. Developers don't want to have to make 3 different versions for 3 different devices. That's why most developers will probably NOT target the new 3GS if the 3G will suffice. There's just less money to be made per man-hour of effort. No, that’s not the case. But it’s also not the issue.

The iPhone is very much like a games console. Sony doesn’t release a new PlayStation every year for several reasons. The one I am harping on is the fact that developers prefer to have one target device. Having many target devices splits a developer’s resources, and revenue from each is smaller. Developers don’t want to have to make 3 different versions for 3 different devices. That’s why most developers will probably NOT target the new 3GS if the 3G will suffice. There’s just less money to be made per man-hour of effort.

]]> Comment on What Apple will Not Announce by Raymond H http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/05/28/what-apple-will-not-announce/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Raymond H Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:46:06 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=196#comment-87 Why should this be any different than Dell offering faster computers when the technology allows it? If Apple can put a faster processor in their iPhone, then all the better. I don't know whether it will be up to the developer, or the iPhone OS to ensure games look the same on both phones or not (I've never written video games before, so I'm not sure exactly how it would work), but internal system processing can be sped up, but the frame rate for games can (and would, or could) remain the same. I don't think that just because a processor is twice the speed, that means the enemy spaceship will whizz by you at twice the speed when you play the same game. Why should this be any different than Dell offering faster computers when the technology allows it? If Apple can put a faster processor in their iPhone, then all the better. I don’t know whether it will be up to the developer, or the iPhone OS to ensure games look the same on both phones or not (I’ve never written video games before, so I’m not sure exactly how it would work), but internal system processing can be sped up, but the frame rate for games can (and would, or could) remain the same. I don’t think that just because a processor is twice the speed, that means the enemy spaceship will whizz by you at twice the speed when you play the same game.

]]> Comment on Cool Looking Apps like Groups by Bandar http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/08/28/cool-looking-apps-like-groups/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Bandar Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:20:52 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=214#comment-82 Sweet post :) Being the interface designer of Groups, a post like this keeps encouraging me to enhance the Groups UI and do more good looking apps .. and my partner (the developer) feels the same .. I hope Groups makes this "boring task" a joy to you and all users .. Thanks :D Sweet post :)

Being the interface designer of Groups, a post like this keeps encouraging me to enhance the Groups UI and do more good looking apps .. and my partner (the developer) feels the same ..

I hope Groups makes this “boring task” a joy to you and all users ..

Thanks :D

]]> Comment on Push a Bust? by henning http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/08/17/push-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-75 henning Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:49:16 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=207#comment-75 Wow, thanks for the quick reply! Maybe the problem isn't Boxcar's at all, like you're saying. I'll wait a few days and see how it goes. Wow, thanks for the quick reply!

Maybe the problem isn’t Boxcar’s at all, like you’re saying. I’ll wait a few days and see how it goes.

]]> Comment on Push a Bust? by Jonathan George http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/08/17/push-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Jonathan George Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:34:27 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=207#comment-74 Hi Henning, Thanks for trying out and buying Boxcar. I'd love to help you figure out the problem, feel free to send me an email at support@boxcar.io. As you note above, we have many, many satisfied customers. The last few days have been far from optimal, but unfortunately it's been out of our hands. Twitter is still under an ungoing Denial of Service attack, and our uptime is only as good as theirs. :) As a result we've had to throttle back our polling. As soon as Twitter gives us the all clear, we'll turn it back up to normal which is polling your account every 2 minutes. Feel free to peruse the following threads to find out additional information about the ongoing attacks and how it is affecting *all of us*. http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/b1ad8dcce4781cba# http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/4655448e637baa81/d7d1ef0c71ff6152?lnk=raot#d7d1ef0c71ff6152 http://status.twitter.com/ Hi Henning,

Thanks for trying out and buying Boxcar. I’d love to help you figure out the problem, feel free to send me an email at support@boxcar.io.

As you note above, we have many, many satisfied customers. The last few days have been far from optimal, but unfortunately it’s been out of our hands. Twitter is still under an ungoing Denial of Service attack, and our uptime is only as good as theirs. :)

As a result we’ve had to throttle back our polling. As soon as Twitter gives us the all clear, we’ll turn it back up to normal which is polling your account every 2 minutes.

Feel free to peruse the following threads to find out additional information about the ongoing attacks and how it is affecting *all of us*.

http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/b1ad8dcce4781cba#

http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/4655448e637baa81/d7d1ef0c71ff6152?lnk=raot#d7d1ef0c71ff6152

http://status.twitter.com/

]]> Comment on TouchXML for the Win! by Louis St-Amour http://www.chewyapps.com/2008/09/25/touchxml-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Louis St-Amour Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:25:24 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=28#comment-70 Cool, I figured as much. I was writing more to clue others in -- it's likely why TouchXML is read-only, you shouldn't use XML for your internal storage, but you may need to parse it from elsewhere. Cool, I figured as much. I was writing more to clue others in — it’s likely why TouchXML is read-only, you shouldn’t use XML for your internal storage, but you may need to parse it from elsewhere.

]]> Comment on TouchXML for the Win! by henning http://www.chewyapps.com/2008/09/25/touchxml-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-69 henning Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:22:16 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=28#comment-69 Yeah that's what I do now. Back then, I didn't know. :) Yeah that’s what I do now. Back then, I didn’t know. :)

]]> Comment on TouchXML for the Win! by Louis St-Amour http://www.chewyapps.com/2008/09/25/touchxml-for-the-win/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Louis St-Amour Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:19:18 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=28#comment-68 If you're the only application to use the data, why not use a plist file instead of XML, it's built-in and works perfectly -- e.g. Save an NSDictionary, get one back. Plus on a Mac you can instantly create them with the Property List Editor and other languages also have plist modules, e.g. Ruby's plist gem. If targeting 3.0, I'd suggest Core Data also/instead, because NSFetchedResultsController is so much fun. One of these days, I should write a tutorial for an NSFetchedResultsController implementation of SearchResultsControllerDelegate, as I just figured it out yesterday, and it highlights the simplicity of using FetchedResultsController with Core Data instead of managing your own data source manually. If interested, feel free to email me at LSTA at yorku dot ca, which will encourage me to write it up. If you’re the only application to use the data, why not use a plist file instead of XML, it’s built-in and works perfectly — e.g. Save an NSDictionary, get one back. Plus on a Mac you can instantly create them with the Property List Editor and other languages also have plist modules, e.g. Ruby’s plist gem. If targeting 3.0, I’d suggest Core Data also/instead, because NSFetchedResultsController is so much fun. One of these days, I should write a tutorial for an NSFetchedResultsController implementation of SearchResultsControllerDelegate, as I just figured it out yesterday, and it highlights the simplicity of using FetchedResultsController with Core Data instead of managing your own data source manually. If interested, feel free to email me at LSTA at yorku dot ca, which will encourage me to write it up.

]]> Comment on Chewy Xbox by Stewart http://www.chewyapps.com/chewy-xbox/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Stewart Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:45:56 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?page_id=75#comment-67 I think the Chewy Xbox app is great. I use it a lot on my iPhone to keep an eye on how often my sons are online. They know I can check they don't play too much etc Stewart I think the Chewy Xbox app is great. I use it a lot on my iPhone to keep an eye on how often my sons are online. They know I can check they don’t play too much etc
Stewart

]]> Comment on Chewy Xbox by richard http://www.chewyapps.com/chewy-xbox/comment-page-1/#comment-47 richard Tue, 05 May 2009 21:19:20 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?page_id=75#comment-47 hey man i love the app, love to check whos online whilst im stuck at work haha, i was just wondering if theres going to be a new update for the avatar pics to change as they are the same from when i first added them. once that changes it will be the best app for xbox hey man i love the app, love to check whos online whilst im stuck at work haha, i was just wondering if theres going to be a new update for the avatar pics to change as they are the same from when i first added them. once that changes it will be the best app for xbox

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