let's see what the app store says

[Thomas Humiston]

Never mind, I found the link.



On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Thomas Humiston wrote:


> Does this list have a moderator?

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> 

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> On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Chad Nelson wrote:

> 

>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:22:25 +0100

>> Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 at gmail.com> wrote:

>> 

>>> He's been called a troll several times before, what make his Apple

>>> propagandist remarks any better now?

>>> 

>>> Or is it that there's too much Apple fanboys to let it pass through,

>>> hmm?

>> 

>> Apple may be a religion to some, but it's also the manufacturer of one

>> of the arguably most popular platforms in existence today. For a mailing

>> list devoted to Markdown, talking about its adoption on that platform

>> seems pretty on-topic.

>> -- 

>> Chad Nelson

>> Oak Circle Software, Inc.

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>>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Alan Hogan <alanhogan at gmail.com>

>>> wrote:

>>> 

>>>> I also find it quite a stretch to call Bowerbird a troll! Usually the

>>>> worst you could call him is "opinionated" and "too frequent a poster

>>>> for some tastes."

>>>> 

>>>> I found his App Store updates interesting.

>>>> 

>>>> Your vitriol adds nothing.

>>>> 

>>>> I bet if we all got together and had a couple drinks, there'd be

>>>> none of this silly name-calling.

>>>> 

>>>> On Nov 21, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 at gmail.com>

>>>> wrote:

>>>> 

>>>> Yeah, it would be ironic of trolls to call each other "troll".

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Sherwood Botsford

>>>> <sgbotsford at gmail.com>wrote:

>>>> 

>>>>> Someone pee  in your cornflakes this morning?

>>>>> 

>>>>> I don't see the Bowerbird's post as a troll.  I found it

>>>>> informative. Until I read that I didn't realize that there were

>>>>> *ANY* other markdown like front ends other than the one that

>>>>> Fletcher was working on.

>>>>> 

>>>>> Mind you it's not a discussion I've followed with care.  My text

>>>>> editor of choice is vim.

>>>>> 

>>>>> Respectfully,

>>>>> 

>>>>> Sherwood of Sherwood's Forests

>>>>> 

>>>>> Sherwood Botsford

>>>>> Sherwood's Forests --  http://Sherwoods-Forests.com

>>>>> 780-848-2548

>>>>> 50042 Range Rd 31

>>>>> Warburg, Alberta T0C 2T0

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

>>>>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:00 AM, Christian Sciberras

>>>>> <uuf6429 at gmail.com>wrote:

>>>>> 

>>>>>> I'm sure the world will dearly mourn the failures of markdown-based

>>>>>> crAppStore apps.

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> Now go troll somewhere else, kid.

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> 

>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:36 PM, <Bowerbird at aol.com> wrote:

>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> "multimarkdown composer" has been out for 4 weeks now,

>>>>>>> so let's mosey on over to the app store to see what it says...

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> "composer" is #184 in productivity apps, a bit disappointing,

>>>>>>> considering that it was in the top-20 when it first came out...

>>>>>>> it's gained only 5 reviews over the 18 it had right off the bat.

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> perhaps even more surprising, to some, is that "marked" is

>>>>>>> at #356 in productivity apps, which is a solid indication that

>>>>>>> the editing+display coupling produced by "composer" trumps

>>>>>>> the use-any-text-editor-you-like generality "marked" offers.

>>>>>>> (note also that "marked" is even at a much lower price-point.)

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> and maybe the biggest surprise of all, to some, is the newish

>>>>>>> "markdownnote", which appears at #115 in productivity apps.

>>>>>>> "markdownnote" has been available on ipad for a while, and

>>>>>>> is something of an enigma.  its big liability is that it supports

>>>>>>> nothing more than gruber's flawed formulation, but its asset

>>>>>>> is that it has the edit-on-one-side-with-display-on-the-other

>>>>>>> basic interface which i consider to be vital for this type of app.

>>>>>>> (you might recall that fletcher disagrees with me on this point.)

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> "markdownnote" pulls off this _simple_interface_ better than

>>>>>>> any other app i've found so far, which might well help explain

>>>>>>> its good ranking, as there's little else of note in its

>>>>>>> feature-set.

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> ***

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> one other finding of significance is that a search for "markdown"

>>>>>>> returns 9 app-store hits now, revealing new high price-points of

>>>>>>> $10 ("markdown pro"), $20 ("ulysses") and $25 ("markmywords".)

>>>>>>> 

>>>>>>> -bowerbird

>> 

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