Episode 44

44: A Plague With Very Minor Effects

Do you want to give us 5 stars, keep your criticism to yourself, or be asked again every week?

December 18, 20131h 51m

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Show Notes

What if the new USB connector is too similar to Lightning? (John Gruber on Lightning)
Potential for 5120-wide Retina displays to overcome Thunderbolt bandwidth limits by using "dual-input displays"?
John's "quick" tips for TV calibration. (THX TV-calibration app)
"Rate This App" dialogs:
- The Talk Show's excellent discussion.
- Marco's post.
- Underscore David Smith on App Store quality standards.
- How Apple could process "report as inappropriate" at scale.
- The effects of web popularity on Casey and Marco's respective unpopular apps (Fast Text and Bugshot).
- 5 Whys exploring why developers use "Rate This App" dialogs.
What could Apple do to improve this?
App Store discoverability vs. search, and how search could be improved.
How much developers should be responsible for their own app marketing, and the uncomfortable reality that many apps just aren't compelling enough to sell well.