Is just like to thank the dev for ALIEN BLUE. I actually prefer using your app than even the reddit site on my PC.
Posted Jul 9, 2010, 9:44 AM UTC
Thanks for the pointer. So much choice in the app store I'd missed it completely but the feature set is much bigger than the official client.
Official client is POS. i.reddit.com and AB are best.
Still missing the NSFW tag, though...
why do you need NSFW on your phone?
'Cos I have the NSFW piccies by the title turned off, and I tend to reddit every morning whist having breakfast in a cafeteria full of work colleagues, who can't help but look over my shoulder as they walk past.
Obviously I can tell from the particular sub-reddit the post comes from, but since it does exist as a feature, the NSFW tag is very useful...
That's all...
Makes sense
I'll have a play around with displaying this information without adding clutter to the post list. Perhaps prepending the title with NSFW or displaying the post title in a different color.
Also, I just need to make sure that this info is pushed through in the public Reddit API.
Thankyou...
Look, I like AlienBlue as much as the next guy. But we don't need these circlejerking threads for him every week. It's getting to be too much. We get a post everytime there is an update, and then we get 3-4 posts about how he's so awesome. We get it. There is supposed to be a AlienBlue subreddit.
Nice try, guy who's too cheap to upgrade to pro.
Yeah I agree this dev has his SHIT together. Bravo!
There's a party in my eyeballs, and everyone is invited!
The app is great, it actually has me reading Reddit more on my phone.
Quick Question: Sometimes I am reading on the PC and I upvote something to get it on my phone later, but haven't found a way to see a list of my upvotes on the phone yet. Where am I missing this?
The best way to do this is to use "Save". When you switch to a PC, you can browse to the Saved tab on Reddit (alongside What's Hot, Controversial etc.)
Perfect, thanks! :)
the photo upload thing is awesome.
I can't wait for it to be abused on r/gonewild when word spreads.
I upgraded to pro 30 seconds ago. Thanks for making my iPhone more awesome, Alien Blue guy!
I love that you can switch b/w user accounts on the fly -- saweet! Now I can troll people without using my main acco.. wait. will be right back.
Awesome update, alienblue.
I'd like to know why submitting something is a Pro feature. Things like Hide All, Multiple Accounts, Casual Subreddits and Tilt Scrolling are ones that I can see why they should be Pro-only, as they are extra things that you aren't even built into the website. But submitting a new post is one of the main parts of Reddit.
Next time I've got money on my iTunes Account, I'll end up buying pro anyway, so it won't affect me for long but I'm finding it a bit odd.
Though, if you've got some reasoning as to why it is, feel free to tell me; I'm trying not to sound like I'm ranting, but that's hard to do over the internet.
This feature was insanity to implement. Everything from the handling of captcha to the way errors are returned from Reddit. Honestly, after tackling it over the course of three days, I understand why they left it out of iReddit.
The Reddit API is different to what is available on the website, and without having access to the admins, it is difficult to get data that I need out of Reddit. As an independent (with an unofficial Reddit app), I don't have access to the admins in the same way as iReddit or Mobile Reddit.
I'm making it look easy... but that feature was quite difficult behind the curtains. With all of the things that can go wrong (like people losing long posts, getting a phone call while entering a post, or needing to submit at a later time etc.), I decided to introduce auto-save mechanisms and made it a PRO feature.
It's much appreciated, I browse reddit exclusively on my phone. Just out of curiosity, any chance of being able to link to other posts in the text of a submission any time soon?
The only way I can think of doing this is to allow you to copy the permalink of a Post to clipboard. Would that work for you?
Nice try Alien Blue dev guy.
I want to have your children Alien Blue™
They'll come out looking like smurfs.
...and I'm a man.
Hey, alienblue, are you making good money on this thing? Enough to keep you in beers anyway? I love that you're getting the appreciation of your peers and all, but I hope it's proving to be financially worth your while too.
I bet he hasn't made more than a couple hundred bucks. Luckily, he's said many times that he's not doing it for the money (though it would be nice I'm sure). He just really wants to have a kickass reddit app on his iPhone. And, though he has denied it, I'm convinced this man eats adderral for breakfast.
On an average day, I usually get between 6 to 10 upgrades. Apple takes about 30-40% (depending on the country) and the tax man takes another 20-30% from that. So what's left over is usually a couple of cups of coffee, or a pizza on a good day. I don't mind that though, I do this out of enjoyment and that is itself the reward.
I think that in the long term, there is potential for income through Alien Blue. The application is known almost exclusively in the r/iphone subreddit, and other Redditors have no idea that it even exists. As the application gets a little more awareness and it's reputation spreads, I imagine that my income level will go up to around 3-4 cups of coffee a day.
** Edit : ** Some stats if anyone is curious: The app has made about $380 after taxes since launch. There are 6,000 active users (who update with each release), and about 450 people who have decided to contribute via upgrade to PRO.
I'm one of the 450, and if you're considering upgrading, just do it. this guy deserves it. :)
keep kicking ass AlienBlue.
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AlienBlue is good.
My only complaint though, which is pretty important, is the gui. It's not intuitive enough for me to dive right in and realize exactly how everything works. I had to figure out how to comment, upvote, etc., which in a good gui should be more apparent. I think this problem could be "fixed" by more similarly copying the actual buttons, text, etc. from reddit.com.
It's easy to figure out, but you shouldn't have to. Love it though, I upgraded to the PRO version. :)
It's easy to figure out, but you shouldn't have to.
You're spot on. This is something I'm still trying to improve. The features outgrew the interface too quickly, and I need to revisit the interface design. It's a tough one to nail when you're the developer of the app, because everything naturally feels intuitive.
I asked my wife to try out Alien Blue, and she was confused by what some of the buttons did - that's never a good sign. I'm hoping to perfect the interface over the next few releases.
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This is fixed now :)
Why are people downvoting the facts?
Oh, right. When I state it like that I realize how stupid the question is.
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This was an oversight. It's now on my list and I'll push it through with the next update. When I've got my head in code all the time, these little details sometimes slip by me. Thanks for the heads up. :)
I know you're working furiously on an iPad edition. Can we so much as politely perhaps point an inquiry into the tentative nature of the status of said edition, without seeming pushy? I'm very ready to be done with i.reddit as well.
p.s., went pro and am happy to support more if possible.
I'm less than 2 weeks away from the beta. The first release will be more or less a straight port, but I'm building the foundation to throw some really cool features on there. I don't want to underwhelm Redditors, but I will have to roll out the nicer look and feel over a couple of updates (rather than on launch).
A straight port would be a fantastic starting point.
No, its a feature.