Comments on: Do You Use This? http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sjk http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133634 sjk Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:38:49 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133634 <blockquote>What do you think?</blockquote> That it's already a significant improvement. :) The "release" date is the most obvious thing missing from the compact listing. Similar to MU/VT, that would be useful to me for simple by-date item grouping though still not as useful an indicator for when developers actually add/update their software as it is on MU/VT. I can send you more detailed feedback about that and other issues directly instead of further hijacking's Daniel's space.

What do you think?

That it’s already a significant improvement. :)

The “release” date is the most obvious thing missing from the compact listing. Similar to MU/VT, that would be useful to me for simple by-date item grouping though still not as useful an indicator for when developers actually add/update their software as it is on MU/VT.

I can send you more detailed feedback about that and other issues directly instead of further hijacking’s Daniel’s space.

]]> By: Marcus Ramberg http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133574 Marcus Ramberg Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:26:16 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133574 Hi. Thanks for useful feedback. We're trying out an alternative layout at http://osx.iusethis.com/compact/ What do you think? Hi.
Thanks for useful feedback. We’re trying out an alternative layout at http://osx.iusethis.com/compact/

What do you think?

]]> By: sjk http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133557 sjk Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:13:54 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133557 <blockquote>IUseThis wastes valuable front page real estate w/ excessively long app descriptions</blockquote> Yeah, information on the iUseThis main page has been worthless to me compared to the more compact product summaries on MacUpdate and VersionTracker.

IUseThis wastes valuable front page real estate w/ excessively long app descriptions

Yeah, information on the iUseThis main page has been worthless to me compared to the more compact product summaries on MacUpdate and VersionTracker.

]]> By: ted http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133544 ted Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:09:05 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133544 I like iUseThis, but I find MacUpdate more useful. Mainly because w/ MacUpdate, I can see two days worth of new releases. With iUseThis, I see 6 entries per page. And I have to click on the link to see just New Releases. IUseThis wastes valuable front page real estate w/ excessively long app descriptions. Those should be saved for the detail page, not the home page. But I really admire the guys at IUseThis, and champion their support of the Mac community. I find myself tied in to them via their RSS feed, but still check MacUpdate constantly, almost like they are serving crack. Competition is good though. Remember the days when VersionTracker was the only game in town for Mac apps? I like iUseThis, but I find MacUpdate more useful. Mainly because w/ MacUpdate, I can see two days worth of new releases. With iUseThis, I see 6 entries per page. And I have to click on the link to see just New Releases. IUseThis wastes valuable front page real estate w/ excessively long app descriptions. Those should be saved for the detail page, not the home page.

But I really admire the guys at IUseThis, and champion their support of the Mac community. I find myself tied in to them via their RSS feed, but still check MacUpdate constantly, almost like they are serving crack.

Competition is good though. Remember the days when VersionTracker was the only game in town for Mac apps?

]]> By: Mo http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133525 Mo Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:01:49 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133525 This almost makes me wish I'd only started being so diligent with my iusethis, uh, flags (I guess?) a few days ago :) (Mind you, MarsEdit 2 is easily worth the money) Congratulations Nick! This almost makes me wish I’d only started being so diligent with my iusethis, uh, flags (I guess?) a few days ago :) (Mind you, MarsEdit 2 is easily worth the money)

Congratulations Nick!

]]> By: Daniel Jalkut http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133518 Daniel Jalkut Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:04:35 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133518 Michael: probably a bit of everything. Definitely a lot of it is public image, which is shaped by public behavior. For all ya'll know I'm a subsidiary of Microsoft. :) Michael: probably a bit of everything. Definitely a lot of it is public image, which is shaped by public behavior. For all ya’ll know I’m a subsidiary of Microsoft. :)

]]> By: Michael http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133517 Michael Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:01:22 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133517 At what point does an indie software developer become a not-indie software developer, I wonder? Is it based on number of employees? Annual revenue? Organization type (corporation or other)? Public versus private? Venture versus privately funded? Or just the cool factor? At what point does an indie software developer become a not-indie software developer, I wonder? Is it based on number of employees? Annual revenue? Organization type (corporation or other)? Public versus private? Venture versus privately funded? Or just the cool factor?

]]> By: Rob... http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133515 Rob... Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:50:33 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133515 This is why I like smaller companies! Rob... This is why I like smaller companies!

Rob…

]]> By: nick http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133513 nick Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:03:58 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133513 i like the idea, too! ;) thanks for this amazing software! i like the idea, too! ;)
thanks for this amazing software!

]]> By: Jerome http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this/comment-page-1#comment-133512 Jerome Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:31:01 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/398/do-you-use-this#comment-133512 I must say that I like that idea, pretty cool. :) Damn if only I went to say i used MarsEdit sooner! I must say that I like that idea, pretty cool. :) Damn if only I went to say i used MarsEdit sooner!

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