Seriously though we got drug out for like 4 years on an iPad version that never saw light of day. Christian even talked about showing a video when he posted about shutting Apollo down. And of course the video has never been released.
He probably wanted to do something too ambitious and feature-rich, and then could never finish it (sunk cost fallacy and all that); although many users would’ve already appreciated something simpler too, like the screenshot.
I’m also glad Christian isn’t making a Lemmy app. This enables other apps like Memmy and Mlem to gain traction and do it better. These aren’t solo developers. They are also OSS.
He wanted to do quite a bit more than a simple (semi-automatic) layout with a sidebar and main content. While this may look great at first glance, how useful it it really? There’s a lot more to UX.
Officially more feature complete than Apollo ever was /s
Seriously though we got drug out for like 4 years on an iPad version that never saw light of day. Christian even talked about showing a video when he posted about shutting Apollo down. And of course the video has never been released.
He probably wanted to do something too ambitious and feature-rich, and then could never finish it (sunk cost fallacy and all that); although many users would’ve already appreciated something simpler too, like the screenshot.
Yep he wouldn’t release it because he wanted it perfect (his words). I seriously doubt he put much work into it nor considered product plan for users.
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I’m also glad Christian isn’t making a Lemmy app. This enables other apps like Memmy and Mlem to gain traction and do it better. These aren’t solo developers. They are also OSS.
Well said I agree to it all.
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He could still release the video though…?
He wanted to do quite a bit more than a simple (semi-automatic) layout with a sidebar and main content. While this may look great at first glance, how useful it it really? There’s a lot more to UX.
But he didn’t right?
Did yesterday: https://mastodon.social/@christianselig/110713348563959302
Thanks for posting.