let's see what the app store says

[Chad Nelson]

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.
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>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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