[OT] Mac App Store

[Alex Tweedly]

  Hi Sarah - very interesting perspective on the App Store. I was 
particularly struck by one point.

On 25/10/2010 01:36, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
>
> The other iOS phenomenon I would expect to see on the Mac, is greater
> numbers of small, cheap, single-use apps. LiveCode is ideally suited
> to this market, provided we can get the native controls etc, that the
> App store will require.
>
I am building a small app (primarily, if not entirely) for my own use. 
It does two related, but kind of different, things, which need slightly 
different user input. And I've been struggling with how to handle that

Should I
  - display all controls
  - have modes, and disable those controls that don't currently apply
  - hide those that don't apply
  - use modal / wizard style for the more complicated one ....

Oh, so many choices. And your point above gave me the right answer for 
this case - make it two separate apps. Make each one totally focused, no 
complications arise over what controls to show or what to display.

Sometimes the answer is too simple :-)

Thanks,
-- Alex.