Apps are always in
development. Software has always been like that. All the
programs I've ever worked on could always be improved. Most,
though end up on the dustpile of history, as my own efforts are likely
to do as well. If one stops working on them, then someone else
with a slightly different idea, or more money to spend on marketing or
packaging, will succeed in taking over the market. Adobe has done
this remarkabnly well, as has Intuit. Their initial ideas were no
better than others, but they succeeded in finding a large enough share
of the market that the ideas could be improved to the point that
competition couldnt keep up. Then finally you can make money
because monopolies always do better. On the other hand, noone, and I mean noone, gets it right first time. There are always improvements that can be made, or more truthfully bugs that have to be fixed. Those of you who use any "intelligent" device, computer or mobile, know that you are constantly being asked to update your software, either the OS itself, or one of the many apps that you have thought you could use sometime. Most apps are known in the trade as the dead ones, the apps that go nowhere, 'cause they either dont do the job you thought they would, or they just dont have widespread appeal. 99% of the apps on the App store are of this kind. Well, here are my contributions. For apps that are available from the Apple App Store, a privacy policy statement is required. This can be seen here. All my apps have been tailored to run on iPhones, but will run on most iPads. iOS 6, 7 or 8 compatible, and require GPS and email facilities. They are also all fully bilingual, English and French, with the language chosen being that in use on the iDevice. |