I'll be curious how you like the iOS vs Android OS's. I recall a few years ago (so things may have changed since then) when my staff were giving me hard time for being the only one with an iPhone, and they all had 'droids. And her phone would crash a LOT. And my bosses phone would do an update overnight that would make some of his apps not work. And the complaints that if an app is installed on the phone, it's running all the time and slowing it down (or some such, I didn't understand that one). I shrugged at some of the cool apps they had that iPhone didn't. But I laughed when my phone just worked. And theirs.... not all the time.
Likewise, the other day, I was exchanging contacts with neighbor. So I handed my iPhone to him so he could enter his info on an empty "new contact". He first commented that the screen is so small. But then went on to say, "oh wow, that is way easier to enter info than on mine".
When I plug in my phone to my laptop, iPhoto recognizes it as a camera and downloads the photos.
That isn't dependent on your phone--I have to stop my laptop from doing that to all my shit.
I'm not sure what "running all the time" is supposed to mean--most well-written Android apps, I thought, were supposed to save and suspend when you stopped using them. That's why if I'm gone from my browser for more than however-many minutes in some other apps, it reloads the page again--memory management turfed that shit.
I was a late Android adapter, relatively speaking, but the things that don't just
work
with my phone are on the level of "Why can't I get it to pop up my entire shopping list whenever I go into a Ralph's?" As a phone/address book/contact keeper--the bare minimum--it's exceeded my requirements (now that I can search on company name, that is).
Do people really have Android phones they can't use? What are they trying to do???
most well-written Android apps, I thought, were supposed to save and suspend when you stopped using them
They are supposed to save, but Android decides when to throw them out and restore them vs. just leaving them in memory.
Apps can also install services that do run all the time, which is something you cannot do on iOS.
Apps can also install services that do run all the time, which is something you cannot do on iOS.
I'm assuming that's what gives us the joy of a Tasker or a Locale, etc, right?
I found an article oohing and ahhing over the iOS list management app Clear, and talking about its release for OS X--they seemed to like it, but didn't think it was as revolutionary on the new OS, and as such, $14.99 was expensive in a market with Wundelist, etc.
So...since I'm kinda pouty about Astrid (I want to like them, honest) I stopped by and noticed that a) all my platforms and b) free. So I kinda downloaded it--not tested yet.
Anyone use it? Can compare? And also--what's their income stream? Given that they seem to be hosting web lists too, and I don't see the premium option like Astrid (I don't get how they fund themselves either, BTW).
But the idea of multiple lists versus tags is already getting me.
Back to Tasker for the mo--can I insert variables into HTML popups?
Also, the delete button is too close to--everything. I haven't lost anything big, but it's definitely a possibility. Needs to have more confirmation popups.t
Clear is bullshit. don't waste your time.
If it's not on Android, I'm not interested--it's Wunderlist I'm checking out.
But why do you think it's bullshit? I always want to know dish.
because it is a waste of time. if it wanted a pretty list. I'd use the papyrus font in multicolor!
seriously, it is more design over function. OmniFocus is better if you are going to go all in with cash for a to do list.
