You should have made it into a game, but with real traffic conditions. Bob
On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:50 AM, Andre Garzia wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
