Hey Folks, I am sharing here an experience with the iOS App Store.
I live in the beautiful city of Niterói in the state of Rio de Janeiro (as seen in http://fon.nu/15DD13EL). Most of the citizens of my city work in the city of Rio de Janeiro. There are two ways to go from here to Rio. There is the ferry boat which takes 20 minutes but has queues so long that you can wait an hour and a half to board and there is the famous Rio - Niterói bridge that spans 13km and is the only reasonable way to get to rio by car or bus. The problem is that the bridge tends to be tangled in huge traffic jams that can last forever. So people here face a dilemma, should I take a bus to Rio or a ferry boat. Millions of people suffer that every day, twice a day, on the way into Rio and on the way out of Rio. So to help myself and others, I created this app that can be seen here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amoralabs.eponte It displays in very large letters the current state of the traffic in the bridge and if you want, you can see more details about how it got that way. I built the little backend server thingy that figures out how the bridge is and serve as the place that this thin stack connects to get information. The application has 413 installations here, mostly because I don't make any marketing. So after releasing on Android, I decided to release it on iOS. I did all the juggling and uploaded it to Apple and a week later they rejected it because it was too simple, didn't provide enough features or lasting entertainment and could be done as a website. Well, 3G connection here is not as widespread as in New York so opening a web page on your cell phone every time you want to check on the bridge is a waste of resources and time. My app transmits a very small string so even on edge, it can figure out the traffic easily. Also, this app is actually useful to the thousands of iphone owners who commutes to Rio every day but Apple seems to prefer fart apps and thus my app is not coming to iOS. The lesson here is beware of your features because the app store is getting very picky. Minimal applications that provide a single useful feature are no longer good enough for them. Heck my app wasn't even ugly as some stuff there. Anyway, I just wanted to share the experience for the benefit of those that are building apps as small as mine. This app was built in a day, including the server. It was a "dare" from a friend who said: "how fast can you build something to check on the bridge for Android?" and I said "fast." At least people on Android can enjoy easy access to the traffic conditions. Cheers andre -- http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
