![]() ![]() There is a manual and it comes preinstalled as an app out of only around 10 apps on the default screen and yet people still complain about the lack of a manual. They might not notice there is a nicer way to move the cursor but it doesn't really matter. Users don't want to read the manual because they can use their phone perfectly fine without it. ![]() They then put an app on the phone by default called "Tips" which explains all this stuff with images and videos.Īt some point you just have to admit that there is realistically nothing more that can be done. When you start the iphone the first thing it makes you do is log in and then click through a series of tips and tricks pages but nothing stops you from clicking next through them without reading. I just opened my iphone 13 box and there is a paper slip that says "before use, please refer to the user guide " Along with a few of the main safety points printed on the paper itself. While I still have traces of that mindset, these days I value my time more than money, especially if the cost isn't too much. Also, we enjoy the benefits of so many open source s/w, and I think it creates a subconscious expectation to get everything for free - or at least to hunt for free stuff, even via piracy. If it's niche & the problem domain isn't a showstopper, people may not care. ![]() These kinda apps are tricky if it's simple, the market will be flooded with options. For instance, I badly needed a window manager, so I'd have even paid $50 if there were no viable option. I called it WIYS (What If You Saved)Īnyway, I think with software, a combination of necessity, choice & culture plays an crucial role in making people pay. Wonder if I should just complete it and launch. I still have the codebase with some APIs ready. Along with few other stats to encourage saving (but not to a crazy extent we gotta live a little too). Imagine a progress bar, inching toward the goal. The app will then show, for each item in your wishlist, how close you're to it's price. And, every time you feel like spending money on something that's either excessive or not really necessary (like a $5 coffee), you enter how much you saved. The core idea was dead simple: you make a list of things you want to buy or do, along with the price. With DockMate even though I've set a delay - it seems like it affects only the first preview pop up but from there as you move cursor left and right - content of the popup changes instantly not allowing you to move over other apps preserving what you see.> I have been guilty of agonizing over spending $5 on a phone app while drinking a $5 cup of coffee.Ĭouple years ago I was working on a side project that touched upon what you said. UPD: Just checked how it is done in Windows - looks like it is even simpler - after the preview pop up appears you can move your cursor anywhere including over other apps as long as you quick, so probably there is just a set of delays of different events. And as long as your cursor moves within that triangle - the popup stays visible, even when you move cursor over the neighboring icons. Which part? So they computed the line between your cursor position and the edge points of the pop up menu shown that you want to click. One thing that I've noticed immediately and something that could be improved - when you hover over and app that has, say 4 windows and you try from there to move your mouse to the 1st or the last - it hovers over neighboring app icons and a different set of previews pops up hiding the one you was going to click.Ī while back I red about similar issue Amazon was solving with their menu and the gist of is is they made parts (this is important word here) of neighboring icons hover-insensitive. U/w0lfschild, Do you accept bug reports feature requests?Just installed DockMate and it looks very promising! ![]()
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