nitro2k01 wrote:See my general opinion on "apps" here: http://chipmusic.org/forums/post/95774/#p95774
What functionality will this provide? Will it actually parse the RSS feed and maybe show a number when there's new music, like Mail and Phone? If this is essentially a bookmark similar to the app in the link above, it might just easier for cm to add a <link rel="apple-touch-icon"...> definition, which gives the same result.
I understand your concern. There are many apps that don't really need to be native apps. But I think this will be more useful as a native app than just visiting a web page, or even a html 5 web app.
Currently the app is mainly useful for very quickly listening to songs, and saving them for later. Then you can use them to make playlists. You can also put it in shuffle mode, put the device to sleep and listen to random songs while you work out or something. You can use the playback controls on the lock screen to skip tracks. When you find one you like you can favorite it so you can come back to it. It would be tricky to get this from the current web site. I already have searching functionality created but will be adding it in a future release to maintain good performance on older devices. I need to optimize some things first. My initial impulse to do this was to make the music more mangeable, searchable, categorized.
I actually hadn't considered Badge notifications (the little numbers for new songs). That's a good idea.
nitro2k01 wrote:In my opinion, the legitimate use of the word is for things that require privileges that a regular web page can't provide. Say, permanent local data storage, ability to be used offline, ability to intercept communications or interact with arbitrary web pages.
I will actually be adding all of these categories. I will be adding the ability to save mp3s on disk for offline use. That was in the plan from since the first day. I will also be adding commenting. So you can log in and leave comments for tracks you like. Another feature will be retrieving a song list for a specific artist. These features aren't too far off. They will start being pushed out pretty soon after it gets released. But I think it's useful in it's current form. Here are some screenshots.
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Last edited by breakphase (Mar 26, 2012 3:18 am)
