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We start today by raving about our recent trip to the NSNorth conference, which was held in Ottawa, Canada. Then we change gears and jump into our main topic: WWDC. We don’t cover all the hints and tips we gave in our WWDC episode from last year, but Charles does explain the strategy he used to save 50% on his hotel costs. (Some planning required.) We also discuss a great restaurant we discovered last year, the best after hours parties we attended, the latest news from AltConf, and how to stay productive while you’re in San Francisco. See you all there!
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Today, Charles and Joe discuss the recent version 3.0 releases of their respective apps. Charles discusses his transition of backend providers and some of the problems and unexpected benefits that came up during the process. He also describes some of the challenges he faced in communicating these changes to his customers. Next, Joe catches us up on the release of Bombing Brain Interactive’s Teleprompt+ 3.0. He explains why they released it as a new SKU that has to be repurchased from the App Store, how they communicated that change to their customers, and how they helped their customers find the new app once it was released. Joe also shares how releasing the update as a new SKU has impacted their ranking in App Store search results, and gives his opinion on what types of apps can successfully release an update as a new SKU.
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We continue last week’s discussion of changes that we’d like to see in iOS 8 from our perspective as developers and business owners. We look at what we’d like to see change with App Store ratings and search results, discuss a possible way that developers could be allowed to respond to reviews, and consider the role that App Store reviews play in the purchase process. We close by looking at some improvements that we’d like to see in developer tools and how Apple could help strengthen the relationship between developers and their customers – if Apple wanted to.
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In this episode, we begin making a wish list for iOS 8. First up: Problems that we experience as users. We share tales of woe connected to the keyboard, autocorrect, music player, and Siri. Then we take a broad look at some rough edges that were never rounded over in iOS 7 on the iPad, and a few changes that were new to iOS 7: Control Center, Notification Center, and borderless buttons. Next, we change gears and consider what we’d like to see changed in iOS 8 from the perspective of a business owner. We talk about the changes that we’d like to see in the App Store, the possibility of opening up Touch ID to third party developers, and inter-app communication.
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