let's see what the app store says

[Christian Sciberras]

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?








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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