Comments on: eBuddy iPhone – Messaging for Everybody http://www.fuelyourapps.com/ebuddy-iphone-messaging-for-everybody/ Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:04:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chad Engle http://www.fuelyourapps.com/ebuddy-iphone-messaging-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Chad Engle Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:37:04 +0000 http://fuelyourapps.com/?p=640#comment-335 @alex I agree to an extent with the first point. Robb had mentioned in the post that he didn't like it setup that way. I understand what you mean about having the app open when you are using IM most of the time. However I don't use mine all the time and still have it online. It would be nice to see a little preview of what the message is. For example: we use AIM at work and someone may just be sending a note that says "IM me when you back from lunch". That doesn't need a direct reaction to launch the app but would be nice to know when I got it. Now changing facebook to names instead of number should've been launched from the get go. I don't really understand how you are supposed to know who is who unless you memorize their number. Push Notification limits: I think that if it gave more options that would be great. If you wanted to set yours at 30mins you could and if someone else wanted to set theirs at 3 days they could. I think that depending on how you use your IM clients you may or may not want them signed on for an extended duration. It is basically like having the mobile version of AIM active. I do agree that there would be more charging involved if you had it active for 100% of the time. Thanks for the comments! :) @alex I agree to an extent with the first point. Robb had mentioned in the post that he didn’t like it setup that way. I understand what you mean about having the app open when you are using IM most of the time. However I don’t use mine all the time and still have it online. It would be nice to see a little preview of what the message is. For example: we use AIM at work and someone may just be sending a note that says “IM me when you back from lunch”. That doesn’t need a direct reaction to launch the app but would be nice to know when I got it. Now changing facebook to names instead of number should’ve been launched from the get go. I don’t really understand how you are supposed to know who is who unless you memorize their number.

Push Notification limits:
I think that if it gave more options that would be great. If you wanted to set yours at 30mins you could and if someone else wanted to set theirs at 3 days they could. I think that depending on how you use your IM clients you may or may not want them signed on for an extended duration. It is basically like having the mobile version of AIM active. I do agree that there would be more charging involved if you had it active for 100% of the time.
Thanks for the comments! :)

]]> By: Alex Priest http://www.fuelyourapps.com/ebuddy-iphone-messaging-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Alex Priest Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:18:47 +0000 http://fuelyourapps.com/?p=640#comment-291 I've got to say, I really like the eBuddy app, and I think that a few of the things you listed as negatives for the app, I'd actually consider pros, particularly with regards to the push notifications. With regards to having to open the app to read a received message: Well, that's true, but at the same time why would you bother just reading the message and not replying? If I'm on instant messenger, it is rare that I would just abruptly decide to stop talking to someone. If this were a text message, it would be a problem, but since it is IM, usually used for more free-flowing conversation, I'd say 95% of the time you're planning on opening the app up anyway. I do with that Facebook names were given for Facebook messages as opposed to just the numbers. Hopefully that's one thing they can work on for the future. And in regards to the 30-minute push notification time limit: I like this a lot actually. Personally, I don't always want to be accessible via IM for very long--particularly if I'm connected to Facebook where a much larger number of people could try to reach me. Plus, if I'm not in a situation where I can use my phone and people are trying to reach me, this might make them feel snubbed (which I try my best to avoid!). The 30-minute timer doesn't start until you close the app, so as long as you are actively using it, you have nothing to worry about anyway. And of course, once you have signed out people can always contact you via text message or phone call if it's important. Lastly, push notifications do have a slight effect on battery life, as they require a certain amount of dedicated connection bandwidth to continue receiving updates. If push notifications were enabled for 24 hours or even worse, indefinitely, you might be charging your phone a little more often (especially if multiple apps enabled push notifications for significant periods of time, simultaneously). Anyway, just my thoughts. Great post, as usual! Follow me: alexpriest.com \\ twitter.com/alexpriest \\ linkedin.com/in/alexpriest \\ facebook.com/alexpriest I’ve got to say, I really like the eBuddy app, and I think that a few of the things you listed as negatives for the app, I’d actually consider pros, particularly with regards to the push notifications.

With regards to having to open the app to read a received message:

Well, that’s true, but at the same time why would you bother just reading the message and not replying? If I’m on instant messenger, it is rare that I would just abruptly decide to stop talking to someone. If this were a text message, it would be a problem, but since it is IM, usually used for more free-flowing conversation, I’d say 95% of the time you’re planning on opening the app up anyway. I do with that Facebook names were given for Facebook messages as opposed to just the numbers. Hopefully that’s one thing they can work on for the future.

And in regards to the 30-minute push notification time limit:

I like this a lot actually. Personally, I don’t always want to be accessible via IM for very long–particularly if I’m connected to Facebook where a much larger number of people could try to reach me. Plus, if I’m not in a situation where I can use my phone and people are trying to reach me, this might make them feel snubbed (which I try my best to avoid!). The 30-minute timer doesn’t start until you close the app, so as long as you are actively using it, you have nothing to worry about anyway. And of course, once you have signed out people can always contact you via text message or phone call if it’s important. Lastly, push notifications do have a slight effect on battery life, as they require a certain amount of dedicated connection bandwidth to continue receiving updates. If push notifications were enabled for 24 hours or even worse, indefinitely, you might be charging your phone a little more often (especially if multiple apps enabled push notifications for significant periods of time, simultaneously).

Anyway, just my thoughts. Great post, as usual!

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