let's see what the app store says

[Thomas Humiston]

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On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Chad Nelson wrote:


> 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.

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

>>>>> 

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>>>>> 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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