Comments on: Pownce APIs Coming http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/07/pownce-apis-coming/ Just an average guy trying to drink above average beer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Donald Burnett http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/07/pownce-apis-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3393 Donald Burnett Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:13:07 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=961#comment-3393 I agree an alpha product is an alpha product running on a beta runtime. Is it possible that the confusion is because people's expectations are getting managed badly or is it because the limitations are based on what AIR can do? More and more people think if you hand them software and tell them that it is unfinished, they don't take that under advisement anymore because so many folks don't really hand out early stuff anymore, they hand out late almost finished work and call it early?? It seems unfair I hope the community understands situation it's in and evaluates fairly. I agree an alpha product is an alpha product running on a beta runtime. Is it possible that the confusion is because people’s expectations are getting managed badly or is it because the limitations are based on what AIR can do? More and more people think if you hand them software and tell them that it is unfinished, they don’t take that under advisement anymore because so many folks don’t really hand out early stuff anymore, they hand out late almost finished work and call it early??

It seems unfair I hope the community understands situation it’s in and evaluates fairly.

]]> By: Donald Burnett http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/07/pownce-apis-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3392 Donald Burnett Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:13:00 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=961#comment-3392 I agree an alpha product is an alpha product running on a beta runtime. Is it possible that the confusion is because people's expectations are getting managed badly or is it because the limitations are based on what AIR can do? More and more people think if you hand them software and tell them that it is unfinished, they don't take that under advisement anymore because so many folks don't really hand out early stuff anymore, they hand out late almost finished work and call it early?? It seems unfair I hope the community understands situation it's in and evaluates fairly. I agree an alpha product is an alpha product running on a beta runtime. Is it possible that the confusion is because people’s expectations are getting managed badly or is it because the limitations are based on what AIR can do? More and more people think if you hand them software and tell them that it is unfinished, they don’t take that under advisement anymore because so many folks don’t really hand out early stuff anymore, they hand out late almost finished work and call it early??

It seems unfair I hope the community understands situation it’s in and evaluates fairly.

]]> By: Chris S http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/07/pownce-apis-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 Chris S Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:16:57 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=961#comment-3391 Like Brandon I'd rather use Pownce but my motives are not so unknown. I like it simply because it's AIR based (I'm biased...guilty as self charged). I will say some of things it doesn't do have little to do with the fact it's alpha or based on a beta AIR (manual refresh?....ouch). Pownce gets a lot of press so I guess we take the good with the bad. I know there a lot of people who wouldn't know what AIR is if it weren't for the blog and press activity Pownce gets. Seeing as Facebook is basing Muse on AIR it will be interesting to see how they impact the social network game and to see what they can do with AIR as well and overall it's all good for the platform itself. Like Brandon I’d rather use Pownce but my motives are not so unknown. I like it simply because it’s AIR based (I’m biased…guilty as self charged). I will say some of things it doesn’t do have little to do with the fact it’s alpha or based on a beta AIR (manual refresh?….ouch).

Pownce gets a lot of press so I guess we take the good with the bad. I know there a lot of people who wouldn’t know what AIR is if it weren’t for the blog and press activity Pownce gets. Seeing as Facebook is basing Muse on AIR it will be interesting to see how they impact the social network game and to see what they can do with AIR as well and overall it’s all good for the platform itself.

]]> By: Brandon Ellis http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/07/pownce-apis-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3390 Brandon Ellis Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:10:34 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=961#comment-3390 Hey Ryan, The desktop app reads "alpha" right on the top. I think that should be fairly self-explanatory to folks. :) Alpha software will have bugs and a limited feature set. That's how it goes. I gotta say, I'd rather use the Pownce desktop app. bugs and all rather than going to the web everytime someone posts something. Some people just don't get it. Hey Ryan,

The desktop app reads “alpha” right on the top. I think that should be fairly self-explanatory to folks. :) Alpha software will have bugs and a limited feature set. That’s how it goes.

I gotta say, I’d rather use the Pownce desktop app. bugs and all rather than going to the web everytime someone posts something.

Some people just don’t get it.

]]> By: Cyril http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/2007/07/pownce-apis-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-3389 Cyril Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:32:37 +0000 http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=961#comment-3389 Happy to hear that there's finally a public API even if i'm using more Twitter than Pownce for the moment. Pownce seems very promising. Happy to hear that there’s finally a public API even if i’m using more Twitter than Pownce for the moment. Pownce seems very promising.

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