That’s right. I’ve decided to make the app free for the time being. The plan is to add some super awesome paid features in upcoming releases, but the core functionality of Listenr will remain available pro bono. Much thanks to everyone who supported me by purchasing the app over the last few months. Now on to the new features:
The two big ones this time are Last.fm Scrobbling and Search. Also, all avatars and post metadata is stored locally on your phone, so this should result in a snappier experience.
To enable Last.fm scrobbling, just head on over to the Settings App, and under Listenr, flip the switch to ON. The next time you open the app, you’ll be asked once for your credentials. Rest assured, Listenr never stores your Last.fm password.
Enjoy! Leave a nice review if you dig the app. And if not, pop me an email or a Tumblr message. I’m always open to suggestions.
Huzzah! And I’m working on reblog support, among other things, as I type this.
Hao and I are thrilled to announce that Listenr has been submitted to the App Store. Hopefully it’ll be in your hands in a week’s time.
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This is what I’ve been working on over winter break with my buddy Hao Lian. It’s a music player for audio posts on Tumblr. For now, it’s restricted to songs in your Dashboard and Liked posts.
I fear I might be out of the country when it hits the App Store. I leave for Israel on the 3rd. Here’s to hoping for a quick, painless review process.
Nial Giacomelli has done a bang-up job with Showtime, his web app for keeping track of your favorite TV shows. It’s not fabulous “for a web app”, it’s fabulous period.
John Gruber has two fair and true complaints about it:
Scrolling (it’s slow even at maximum speed.)
The ON/OFF toggle switch has to be tapped (instead of the deeply satisfying native ability to slide it as well.)
As someone who’s into iPhone web apps, I’m going to side with Nial and focus on the positive.
The latter problem, the toggle, is fully solvable. There’s no technical reason this can’t be done with Javascript; it’s just not a ton of fun recreating native behaviors (who am I kidding - yes it is, sometimes!) If Nial doesn’t fix this soon, I’ll take a crack at it. But here’s the punchline: when it’s fixed, it’ll be fixed on everyone’s copy of Showtime the next time they launch it. How much would SDK developers give up to gain that ability?
The former problem - scrolling - may be trickier, or even unsolvable (or not!) It’s a bummer. But, I can live with it. I know Nial’s developing this with a pocket knife and a can of plumber’s putty, so I’m granting him a generous handicap.
iPhone-style checkboxes with touch events are entirely feasible. There’s even a jQuery plugin available to do just this. I’ve never used it in a project myself, but their demo page works as expected on my phone, dragging and all.
It’s been submitted to the App Store and should be live this week! Here’s a preview from its wonderful developer, Jeff Rock:
Video posts. Choose from your camera roll or capture a new video right from the app (iPhone 3GS only).
Native editing. Need to add tags or update a post on the go? Just tap the ‘edit’ button on a post in the Dashboard to load it up in a native post editor.
Search. Supports searching across Tumblr, in your Dashboard or on just your posts.
Built-in web browser. No more losing your place when you tap a link in Dashboard. Now a web browser will pop up and let you investigate the interwebs.
Post upload status. Never wonder how long it’s going to take that Audio post to upload again.
Post geotagging. Even I’m not sure what this is for, but I’m sure that it’s going to be awesome.
Rewritten Dashboard tab (replaces the Sites tab). See all your posts from each of your blogs, including drafts and queues.
Rewritten Advanced Post Options. New support for Save as draft, Add to Queue, Publish on, Custom post URL’s, Send to Twitter and Ask a question.
Dashboard now only reloads on command. Not every time you tap the tab. Sorry about that one :P
Better quality photo posts. Photos are now sent with less compression.
New bookmarklet format for links. More info coming once 1.1 goes live.
Note: The rest has been removed for brevity’s sake.
Whoa.
I’m excited. And the first thing I did upon reading this was start playing with URLs. Turns out the tumblr website components of the 1.1 release are already up and running. See:
This is a big deal. I know support for grouping functionality has been much contested across desktop and iPhone Twitter applications. Making it a native API feature is going to change things. Looks like Mr. Brichter has his work cut out for him.
The feature appears to have a custom-tailored interface to boot. Twitter is discernibly driving forward with updates abound. I’m excited.
To whoever is responsible for the redesign of Tumblr’s mobile site. I’m guessing an updated Tumblr app isn’t too far off. I just wish there was an apple-touch-icon for the mobile dashboard and an option to view the page in chromefree mode from the homescreen. The application is nice, sure, but nothing beats full screen landscape browsing goodness.
Updates to Safari don’t end there, however, as Apple has also (yes!) given us the option now to open links in new pages (the iPhone equivalent of tabs). Tap and hold on a link, and a menu pops up with the link path listed on top, and the option to Open the link (in the current page), Open in a New Page, or Copy to the clip board. As this is the same gesture used to allow Image Save in iPhone 2.0, if the link happens to be a picture, Image Save is rolled right into the same menu as a an additional option.
Cool. Just what I wanted. Albeit a different implementation.
Has anyone gotten a Default.png file to work on a full screen iPhone web app (either 2.2 or [REDACTED])? Was secretly hoping it’s possible.
As far as I can tell, that’s not doable. Sites running in the fauxapp mode from the home screen default to a screenshot of the last position the user visited prior to adding the icon to the springboard. In a way, this is kind of like the default.png, since it displays what the app looks like.
I’ve got a counter-question. Have you been able to get rotation detection working in full-screen app mode? For some reason changes in window.orientation don’t seem to register in this mode.
Via: Listenr App
