I’ve noticed that programming time tends to squeeze out blogging time. And vice-versa. But I guess eventually I’ll become a more efficient blog writer and it’ll just flow out of my head like the code does.
Today was pretty good – making improvements in the layout to hide more advanced features until they are necessary or when users call upon them. I try to focus on ease of use – because that’s what I wish more apps have. There are lots of apps with lots of features but few apps that are actually easy and fun to use. I’d rather have less features done really well. I think this is sort of a Mac ethos.
I also improved the Spotlight support. So you’ll be able to find related webnotes in your Spotlight searches. This is another one of the great things about OS X: the tight integration that it offers between third party applications and the operating system.
BTW I’m starting to wonder if I should call the full version “WebnoteHappy” or “WebnoteHappy Pro”. I was leaning towards just calling it “WebnoteHappy” because that already is a mouthful and it really is meant to be used by everyone, not just certain audio or video or graphics professionals. Then again, with the arrival of the blazing fast MacBook Pro, maybe “Pro” is not a bad thing to have in the name. Any marketing-savvy people out there have advice on the name for the full shareware version?
I’d go for WebnoteHappy, without the Pro. It’s more like the way it’s usually done: a shareware “name” and a freeware “name lite” with only a subset of the features. The “Pro” implies there already exists a shareware without the “Pro” with less advanced features (think of OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner).
sg – That makes sense. I see that naming pattern working for apps like NetNewsWire and NetNewsWire Lite.
Interesting that there doesn’t seem to be any Foo Lite, Foo, and Foo Pro combinations out there.