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Pretty slick experience from Mobile Safari!


It is indeed Electron on Linux, but we're not doing anything special to make it more snappy on Linux.


The hardest part of the watch portion is just the testing and debugging. It takes a long time to install on the device and get a real feel for the speed of the app.

The other hard part is figuring out what feels right on the wrist, that part I'm still figuring out.


I thought about doing some sort of free version of the app with IAP, but it was very hard to find a way to do it that didn't make the app feel too restricted. I might toy with the idea in the future, are there any good examples that you like?

I get the items using the GeoData extension of the MediaWiki API: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData


Maybe full version for a week, month or X usages, then restrict to some kinda distance/amount of items or add ads.

Or just keep it as it is, it might yield more with less downsides for you.


Yeah it's a tough call what to do. I remember that the Reddit client Alien Blue did a pretty good job of free/paid separation.


Bummer, I'll try and hunt down the crash logs and see what's happening.


After a phone restart all is well now. Nice clean app that will definitely a new go-to when trying to kill a few minutes (ie. waiting in a line).

I thought it would be cool if you could go to other cities and see what article pop up there, but then noticed you have that already!


Weird that it worked after a restart. iOS ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Glad you found the location search feature, let me know if you think anything else would be cool.


It's 100% Swift, with some Obj-C libraries.


Multiple weather panels will be allowed in a future update. We removed them for the launch. Stocks will also get better.

Sorry that it's not there yet, but hopefully we'll do a better job with a few more iterations and refinements.


Multiple weather panels will be available in an update. We had it enabled in beta versions, but it could get confusing so we only allowed one for 1.0.

The flight tracker idea is a good one, I'll look into it. Thanks!


Tap on a panel and select the right circle. It'll give you more panels to choose from.


Forecast.io, They are awesome!


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