let's see what the app store says

[Christian Sciberras]

Yay! Never mind trolls, let's all burn Apple haters!

Oh I know, while at it, let's all start posting at disjointed threads too.

Who cares about flooding mailboxes, just ignore an email or two, no?







On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Thomas Humiston <tom at jumpingrock.net>wrote:


> Never mind, I found the link.

>

>

>

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

>

> > Does this list have a moderator?

> >

> >

> >

> > 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.

> >> *

> >> *

> >> *

> >>> 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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