![]() In addition, my initial impression was that the “Creator” field always took priority over the “Title” field, which meant that it was effectively impossible to have a list of all your titles in pure alphabetical order. It seems to me that, since Delicious Library is so intimately linked to Amazon’s data sets, using a data structure that assumes that all the data sets are in perfect condition, with all fields properly filled out, is rather ridiculous. (And of course all these items that have nothing in their “Creator” field take up as much vertical space as those who do have something, so there’s lots of wasted screen real estate here.) When you know how inconsistent Amazon’s info is, especially for movies, this means that, for example, various seasons of a single TV show on DVD (say, Breaking Bad) will end up being listed separately, because some seasons have something in their “Creator” field whereas other seasons do not. The only column option available is an option called “Title and Creator”:īy default, this column uses a sorting rule that follows a rather non-obvious logic, separating those items that do have a creator from those who don’t have one. Worse still, you apparently can no longer sort this list by title or by creator alone. There are still various viewing options, but these options are too limited and make the experience of using Delicious Library downright annoying.įor instance, the “ View as List” option, which is the only one that enables you to view your collection in a workable format, now uses two lines for each item, which of course significantly reduces the number of items that can be seen at any given time. That tells you something about the flexibility and customizability that they have sacrificed, probably in the name of “simplifying” the user experience. One of the first things you will notice is that the application no longer has a “ Preferences” dialog box. I have no time to review all its new features, but I have to report that, for my own purposes and in my own daily use, the new version is a major disappointment. (The iOS application, while no longer available from the App Store, still works on my aging iPad and iPod touch devices, but it’s probably only a matter of time before I have to give up on it altogether.)Īll this brings us to the major upgrade that is Delicious Library 3. Unfortunately, Amazon then imposed new restrictions that made it impossible for Delicious Monster to continue to offer the iOS application - as if it was “competing” with Amazon’s own on-line offerings as opposed to actually encouraging people to buy more stuff from Amazon. There was even a golden era when Delicious Monster was actually able to provide an iOS application that would seamlessly sync with the desktop application and enable you to carry your entire collection around in a convenient portable form. The user interface had a few quirks, but on the whole the experience of using it for cataloguing and browsing my ever-expanding collection was a pleasant one. But when Delicious Library came about, with its built-in access to Amazon’s data, I quickly made the decision to switch to this particular tool. Please let me know what you think as the web apps roll out.I used to have a custom-made FileMaker Pro solution for cataloguing my books, my music, and my movies. We will be writing everything in jQuery, jQuery mobile, and many add-on Javascript libraries, and then putting them on our server for distribution. Web apps also allow GDA to distribute apps across all platforms and change code instantly. There is also the consideration that HTML5 web apps could make app stores irrelevant, even apps you use when you don't have an internet connection. All of this results in longer and longer development schedules. The process for submitting an app (uploading to Apple) can take a full work day. The review process can take longer than the development time. The development process for an app going on the Apple app store is too labor intensive for our small software development apps. While we will continue to upgrade and distribute our current thirteen iOS apps, we will start no new projects designed to go on the Apple app store, unless, of course, you want to pay me to make one for you or your company, in which case let's talk! Going forward, GDA is going to develop web apps exclusively. We have dabbled in releasing Android and web apps but nothing really serious. Since we opened our doors, the concentration has been iOS apps. We are going to change our direction here at Golden Delicious Apps. ![]()
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