I have nine as far as the ones I've installed:
Candy Crush Saga
Words With Friends (new and old version)
Find my iPhone
ESPN Radio
Facebook
Cookie Jam
First Alert Weather (from local NBC affiliate, WLBT)
I'm awaiting a new app called Candy Crush Soda. It'll be available in a couple of week for smartphones.
I have a YouTube app as well, but I believe it was already on the phone.
Here's 2 pages of my apps...
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Jesus, check your email lol
At any rate, I like categories
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Apps page 1: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15679652592/
Apps page 2: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15492182589/
Apps page 3: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15678064015/
(Most of the important ones for me are on page 1) :-D
This is my Android "phone" (it's not really a phone without a SIM card, is it?)
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Some of the more interesting ones: AndChat is my IRC client, Pleco and Jsho are Chinese and Japanese dictionaries respectively (I also have a hard copy Chinese dictionary), Learn is the Blackboard app, Piazza is a Q&A platform we use for two of my CS classes.
If I could take a screenshot of a Windows Phone, I'd post it here too.
I personally refuse to allow the Facebook app anywhere near my tablet.
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on October 31, 2014, 11:53:29 PM
I personally refuse to allow the Facebook app anywhere near my tablet.
Mine's just sitting there. I've never even signed in to it. :)
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on October 31, 2014, 11:53:29 PM
I personally refuse to allow the Facebook app anywhere near my tablet.
This is how I felt about messenger, but I downloaded it out of convenience and never enabled the settings so that it can access stuff on my phone, so it's clunky but works.
Lol, as for apps, I used to have eight pages worth, but now have five. Some in categories, some not. I could probably get it down to three if I tried. Most of them were free. I have over 20 that are map related.
iPhone
It's asinine that Apple still won't provide for nested folders.
I swear, no company ever got as much praise for cosmetic updates without real functional improvements. I'm about to replace a four-year-old iPhone and am still disappointed at the amount of "Think Different, but use your phone the way we tell you to" still built into the damn things.
Oh, and up yours, "Stocks."
Stupid hippie cult.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on November 01, 2014, 05:50:02 PM
It's asinine that Apple still won't provide for nested folders.
I swear, no company ever got as much praise for cosmetic updates without real functional improvements. I'm about to replace a four-year-old iPhone and am still disappointed at the amount of "Think Different, but use your phone the way we tell you to" still built into the damn things.
Oh, and up yours, "Stocks."
Case in point, I wanted to set my iPad home screen background to a picture of a dragon (http://www.denexa.com/wp-content/themes/denexa-custom/images/shadow_eating_small.png) that a friend had drawn me. It was a PNG they had drawn in Photoshop, so I downloaded it to my iPad and tried to set it to the background...apparently iOS doesn't expect you to choose a background image that doesn't match the resolution of the device, because it automatically cropped the top and the bottom of the image, resulting in the middle portion of the image being set as the background, which isn't at all what I wanted. I finally had to take a screenshot of the image loaded in Safari and scrolled to the right place and set
that as the background.
On Android when you set something as the background it just lets you draw a box representing the portion of the image you want it to use. More "complicated" than the iOS interface, but it's much simpler to get it to do what you want it to do.
The problem with Apple products is that they design the interface first and then the processes behind it to fit the interface
1. This results in a nice interface which is easy to use as long as your mental process matches that which the devs had in mind. If you go about things a different way, or try to use the software in a way that wasn't anticipated, then the software just won't let you do anything.
The better way to do it, which is followed nearly-religiously on Unix-based system Linux and sometimes by third-party software vendors on Windows, is to build the core functionality of the software first and then design the UI around that. That allows your user to sometimes use the software in novel ways you weren't expecting.
1. Raymond, Eric S.
The Art of Unix Programming. 2003. ISBN 0-13-142901-9.
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 02, 2014, 03:21:11 AM
The better way to do it, which is followed nearly-religiously on Unix-based system Linux and sometimes by third-party software vendors on Windows, is to build the core functionality of the software first and then design the UI around that. That allows your user to sometimes use the software in novel ways you weren't expecting.
That may or may not be a Linux thing in general. On Windows there's the one UI which you can't change, but on Linux there are many different command-line shells (
bash,
tcsh,
dash,
fish, etc.) and desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, etc.) or even window managers (Openbox, i3, awesome, dwm, etc.). The DEs and WMs are layered on top of the X Window System (X11), which doesn't even come as part of the base distribution. Because the user needs to have options.
If none of these fit the user's needs, they can write another one themselves (which is really how all of these came about). :)
Some apps I have that are worth mentioning (all of them Apple):
- Avenza PDF Maps: allows one to store and open PDF maps. If the PDF is geo-referenced, it plots your GPS position on the map. This became my go-to for offline topographic maps when National Geographic discontinued its Trails app. I've also created geo-referenced PDF maps in ArcGIS and imported them into the app, mostly for areas around northern Vermont here where we have limited cell service.
- GPX Master: uses the GPS receiver in the phone to record a GPS track, and saves it in the GPS-standard .GPX format. Has an option to directly link/sync your tracks with Dropbox, or you can manually pull them when you plug your device into a computer.
- INRIX Traffic: my go-to traffic app.
- Strava: there are several apps for outdoors types to record their hikes, runs, and bike rides. Strava's my preference.
- RadarScope: an expensive app ($10), but the best weather radar app I've seen for the US. Includes most Level 2 and Level 3 NEXRAD products for the WSR-88D radar network (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam), and also includes airport Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) network radars (smaller radars located at several of the major airports) and the Canadian radar network (though they're missing the McGill/Montreal radar). Also displays Tornado, Severe Thunderstorm, and Flash Flood Warnings.
- WunderMap: one of the Weather Underground apps...excellent way to get quick weather observations from Weather Underground's weather observation system as well as forecasts.
- Bixou: if you're in cities that have bikeshare systems and are interested in using those systems, this is a great app for locating bikeshare stations and seeing how many bikes/bike docks are available at a given station, in real or near-real time. The app includes bikeshare systems for dozens of cities worldwide, including smaller US systems like B-Cycle in Des Moines, IA or Spartanburg, SC.
- NHL: the official NHL app. Because hockey.
- GoSkyWatchPlanetarium: an awesome astronomy app for locating stars, constellations, and even planets and the sun/moon.
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It doesn't look like a lot, but if all those categories didn't exist, I'd fill like ten pages with all my apps. My favorites are all my metronome and tuning apps, my ATV trail app, and google drive. If I could figure out how to take a screenshot with it, I'd post pictures from my galaxy camera, too. :cool:
I don't much care for phone apps. On the Iphone, I usually just use Safari for sites that badger me to download an app (including this one). On the work Samsung Galaxy, I've downloaded a total of 2 (not counting the junk that came preloaded which I don't use) - original Jelly Bean keyboard to get autocorrect since Samsungs come with it removed (thanks to Apple's lawyers) and a WAV file player for voicemail (another odd omission).
Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tapatalk, Snapchat, PlayStation, Shazam, Photo Editor, Maps, and that's all I can think of.
I just got a new phone a few days ago. Aside from all the crapware it came with, all I've downloaded thus far is Facebook and a scientific calculator app (since the phone's native calculator app is four-function only and that simply will not do). I will also put Twitter on there at some point, but I haven't bothered yet.
Interestingly, my freshly downloaded Facebook app still allows messaging, though it does nag me every other time I go into there to download messenger. It also nags me every few times I launch it to download their "hangouts" app. And it forces me to hit a few buttons to get to "most recent" every time. All in all I'd say Facebook is doing a great job making their app more difficult to use.
I have a Droid Razr M, and in the first few weeks I had it, I did load a few apps,
THEN
one night, my phone became bored and lonely while I slept, and it decided to call 12 people in my directory. After I found out what was going on, and I apologized to everyone bothered that night, I called Verizon and wanted to know WTF happened.
Verizon had no idea, but tech support had me delete all my apps before troubleshooting my phone. Nothing definitive was ever figured out. Almost 2 years later, I've never loaded another app. For a year I kept a Faraday box handy to put my phone in if I thought it was doing something hinky. (The battery is unremovable on my phone, if it goes beserk, and a Faraday box isn't handy, I would have to euthanize my phone) The phone never did the random phantom calls again.
The software upgrade last summer screwed it up pretty good, it barely works now, and since it is an 'early' Razr M, there isn't anything they can do. I get a new phone in a month or two, and I think I would be happy with a soup can and a piece of string.
Quote from: Duke87 on November 02, 2014, 11:08:48 PM
I just got a new phone a few days ago. Aside from all the crapware it came with, all I've downloaded thus far is Facebook and a scientific calculator app (since the phone's native calculator app is four-function only and that simply will not do). I will also put Twitter on there at some point, but I haven't bothered yet.
Interestingly, my freshly downloaded Facebook app still allows messaging, though it does nag me every other time I go into there to download messenger. It also nags me every few times I launch it to download their "hangouts" app. And it forces me to hit a few buttons to get to "most recent" every time. All in all I'd say Facebook is doing a great job making their app more difficult to use.
Eventually it will force you to download Messenger. It's a good app but if you have a phone with low memory like mine, it sucks.
(And don't worry about that unrestricted access to recording you without your knowledge part.)
No point in my posting a screenshot because I move many of the icons into groups due to my dislike of scrolling through several screens full of icons to find something.
Some stuff I have on my iPhone aside from stuff like banking and various navigation is as follows; this is by no means everything I have, just some highlights that haven't been mentioned already:
Parkmobile–allows you to pay the meters in DC via mobile phone (there is a flat fee of 45¢ per transaction, but it's still easier than carrying a load of quarters)
A pedometer–as the name indicates, I use it when I go for a walk in the morning to keep track of how far I went
iExit–travel app containing information about what businesses and services are located at exits on the Interstate. Tapping on a particular business brings up more detailed info, including an icon that lets you call the business (useful for when it's late in the day and you want to call ahead to find a hotel, for example).
DirecTV–program the DVRs remotely
Carrier Infinity–operate our home thermostat remotely
Pitfall–iOS version of the classic Activision game. I haven't really tried to play it much, though.
GV Connect–a Google Voice app that's better than the one Google publishes
Tapatalk–this forum and several others to which I belong support this app. On my iPhone I find it much easier to use than the Safari browser. On my iPad it's more of a tossup.
DaysFrom–I specify a date and it then tells me the date, and day of the week, that is the number of days away (before or after) that I designate. For example, if I give it today's date (Monday, November 3, 2014), it tells me 21 days is Monday, November 24; 30 days is Wednesday, December 3; etc. The day of the week is relevant for deadlines that move to the next business day if they fall on a weekend or holiday. This sounds trivial, but it is a really useful app compared to the old way of counting out days on a calendar.
The notable app I use on my iPad but not on my iPhone is GoodReader. It's a sort of file manager for organizing documents. I sync stuff to and from my PC using Dropbox. Excellent way to take a folder full of documents in electronic form instead of carrying paper files when I go somewhere.
On both devices I have various research apps that would not interest most people (the US Code; the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Evidence, Appellate Procedure, etc.; the Fastcase legal research service). I also have JotNot Pro, an app that uses your phone or tablet's camera as a .PDF scanner. Great app for use at the library because rather than spend money on the photocopier I just scan the pages I want. It's also surprisingly useful in the kitchen, of all places–some cookbooks are unwieldy or otherwise inconvenient to set on the counter, even in a cookbook stand, so I just use JotNot to scan relevant recipes into the iPad and then I put the iPad in the cookbook stand behind the glass shield (after I disable the auto-lock).
I don't do Facebook chat or instant-messaging on it. I keep Facebook chat turned off on my desktop. I treat Facebook messages like email messages. I read them and respond when it's convenient.
If you want access to Facebook messages but don't want to install their Messenger app, which may or may not take over your phone and start broadcasting your phone's cam to the world or all the other spooky stuff that makes people so wary of it, then use your browser to access the Facebook site and read and respond to your messages that way.
I have an easier solution: No Facebook account. Never really understood the appeal of it, frankly.
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 03, 2014, 01:18:16 PM
I have an easier solution: No Facebook account. Never really understood the appeal of it, frankly.
Heh. I don't have a grudge against social media but I never personally got into Facebook. I had an account in 6th grade, did some stupid crap, and my parents de-activated my account (for the better, too). I now primarily use Instagram in terms of social media. I personally like it a good bit better, for I actually post a lot of road pics on there. On Instagram you just post a picture and have a caption. It also has the follow/following thing like Twitter.
Also, briefly getting back on the topic of Facebook (since this thread is about apps anyway), after my account was de-activated I still kept the Facebook app on my phone for a while because a bunch of my kids at my school were addicted to Facebook, and I let them use the app on my phone all the time. Sometimes I even got some cash for it so keeping the app for another year was not a waste :sombrero:
Quote from: sammi on November 01, 2014, 12:10:25 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on October 31, 2014, 11:53:29 PM
I personally refuse to allow the Facebook app anywhere near my tablet.
Mine's just sitting there. I've never even signed in to it. :)
Oh don't get me started. I've told a friend that I refuse to use Messenger and yet he sends me messages on FB anyway. He seems not to realize that I can't check the f'n message until I open a PC and check it there since Facebook took "private messaging" away from us.
Tinder
That's pretty much it.
Quote from: hbelkins on November 03, 2014, 11:39:41 AM
If you want access to Facebook messages but don't want to install their Messenger app, which may or may not take over your phone and start broadcasting your phone's cam to the world or all the other spooky stuff that makes people so wary of it, then use your browser to access the Facebook site and read and respond to your messages that way.
The fears over Messenger's permissions are overblown. A lot of apps have those permissions and they need them in order to perform various actions. Messenger needs access to your phone's camera so you can take pictures and message them to people. The ordinary FB app also has this permission so you can post photos. People need to stop paying only selective attention.
The problem I have with Messenger is not with the permissions but with the inherent philosophy behind making it a separate app. Messenger as its own package is pretty much designed to turn FB messages into a substitute for texting. Someone messages you, it's delivered to your phone instantly the same as a text, and you don't need to open full Facebook to read it. Makes it very convenient to send a lot of FB messages (so Facebook can analyze their content to learn more about you, of course).
But this goes directly against my desire to not be disturbed or distracted by my apps. My phone only makes a noise and pushes me a notification when one of two things happens: either I get a text, or someone calls me. That's it. I can access Facebook, Twitter, and email on my phone, but I have both notifications and auto-sync for all of these things turned off. I have therefore intentionally set them up so that I will only see any content generated by them if I deliberately go to check it. This, I find, is necessary to prevent them from distracting me. If my phone alerts me every time I have a FB notification, email, etc. I will be inclined to drop whatever I am doing to go and check it. This would prevent me from ever getting anything productive done and in turn drive me batshit insane.
So, essentially, having a separate Messenger app provides zero benefit to me, and were I to install it I would have to mess with settings in order to fight back against the very nature of it.
Quote from: Duke87 on November 03, 2014, 08:06:02 PM
But this goes directly against my desire to not be disturbed or distracted by my apps. My phone only makes a noise and pushes me a notification when one of two things happens: either I get a text, or someone calls me. That's it. I can access Facebook, Twitter, and email on my phone, but I have both notifications and auto-sync for all of these things turned off. I have therefore intentionally set them up so that I will only see any content generated by them if I deliberately go to check it.
I don't have my Facebook app set to send me notifications on anything, and I don't have email pushed to my personal phone. If I want to check email messages on my phone, I actively check them. I wish I could turn texting off in a similar manner, like I can Google Voice. If I don't want to be bothered by GV, I simply sign out.
Quote from: corco on November 03, 2014, 07:26:23 PM
Tinder
That's pretty much it.
Swipe right, ask questions later...
As for what I have on my phone, other than the apps that came with my iPhone 5, I have Google News and Maps, First Class (a UMaine email system), Instagram, Twitter, iAlien (Reddit app), Snapchat, Flickr, Skype, Soundcloud, Facebook and Facebook Messanger, Tinder, Yik Yak, Pandora, and Fade.
No one has any porn apps? LOL
Quote from: jwolfer on November 04, 2014, 11:10:34 PM
No one has any porn apps? LOL
Well, there's tumblr! ;)
I did see some Snapchat
aCalendar, Facebook (no messenger), Juice Defender, Tapatalk, and Weather Bug Elite.
Quote from: jwolfer on November 05, 2014, 11:59:12 PM
I did see some Snapchat
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