The cautionary tale of iA Writer Pro

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Dec 30, 2013 at 01:01 AM

Steve, I think you’ve touched on a real problem with regard to apps and the dumbed down aspect many of them reflect.

I’ve seen many dumbed down or plain dumb apps for Android. Similarly with the weird and wacky world of Windows 8. Some app versions of the software that runs on the desktop are pathetic. I wonder why anyone would want to use the apps in the world of Metro or whatever it’s called (the whole concept was poorly thought out, and poorly designed).

Web sites almost always run better in the browser than they do in an app format whether it’s on Android or Windows. On Android some sites automatically give you the mobile version on the browser, and it’s often very difficult to get back to the desktop version which I find often better on the seven inch Nexus than the mobile site (which is really mean for phones).

My preferred Android browser was Chrome. I found Firefox, Opera and the others weren’t able to do justice to as many sites as Chrome did. However, in the latest Android release the latest Firefox beats Chrome, and it’s “request desktop” setting is better than Chrome’s.

Tablets are great. I love my Nexus. But please developers, spare us the deluge of crappy apps.

Daly