Bear in mind once it surfaces its got to go through beta, and then probably a few iterations before it works perfectly. I am using Life Balance on the iphone (LB is the mother of MLO) and they only got it working right on the fifth release which took nearly a year I think from the first release. We could be a least a year off from a reasonable implementation of MLO on the iphone therefore is my conclusion. One of the most challanging things is the screen size and the touch interface which requires a complete rethink of the user interface. In the case of LB they have only got the interface right on the 5th version of the iphone app.
On 10 July, 13:52, dskeeles <[email protected]> wrote: > Likewise - I've had my iPhone 3GS for a week now, and am surviving > with MLO on my PC, and ToodleDo on the iPhone (was cheap & usable) for > jotting down notes until I get back to my laptop. I was another who > held off iPhone for over 6 months - partly while waiting for what > turned out to be the 3GS, and mostly because I would miss MLO. > > An iPhone version would rock! Ominfocus is useless without a synced > Windows client (I spend my productive day at my /work/ PC - how many > office workers have Macs?). Things, RTM, etc with a web-based > interface, are poor compromises. > > I can see Andrey's challenge though - churn out a reasonable iPhone > implementation, and although we'd be happy, any non MLO-loyalists who > blindly download it may rate it poorly vs flashier iPhone apps like > Omnifocus with features like geo-awareness, and it may get poor > ratings as a result - despite still being everything the loyal PC- > based MLO user wants. MLO also benefits from all the advanced configs > and lists that require 'busy' screens, which is something the iPhone > GUI discourages. > > Go the other way, and spend ages developing flashy features before > release, and those of us bouncing off the walls waiting for a version, > will wait for a long time. However, if it then does well in the App > Store ratings, then more newcomers are likely to buy it (since, hey, > people just spend more when it's as easy as clicking "Buy Now"), and > they will then be directed to the PC version and thus spend again. > > I'm obviously with the former group; I need it yesterday! It seems the > only time I have to check my tasks are when I'm travelling, and so if > it's not on my PDA, then I'm not using it. :-( > > D --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
