Right… about the app now. I basically started from scratch after I found out that I completely over-architected the app and that I was stuck. After reading up on a few best practices, I decided to use the Feather Framework. Although I did need to tweak it quite a bit, this framework and its components are an excellent starting point. I am also building this application so that it automatically and optimally uses the available screen size. Below is a screenshot of the app running on a Nokia E71. You can see that the components automatically adapt to the wider screen size.
I also recorded a quick sneak peak of the current build of the application. I recorded this from a Nokia N95 and I hope that it gives you a bit of an idea on the performance.
The application is far from ready though. There’s still a lot to do, but I think I am making good progress. Some people thought I was going to release it today… Now don’t get me wrong… I do appreciate your enthusiasm! However, I don’t want to rush things. I want to make sure that everything works and that the user experience is just as good as other Twitter apps you may be using. So… stay tuned! I will update you on my blog when I have more…
> Right now, that gives me a potential install base of 27 million user…
> Now, if they all donate $1, that would make me very happy ;-)
LOL!!!!! I don’t use Twitter at all (and never will), but that’s very cool Serge. Well done. I can’t wait for everyone else to use it.
PS – Not using Twitter is the new Twitter. The anti-Twitter.
Hey Serge,
App’s looking great, can’t wait to see the finished version.
A note about your last comment: you say “Now, if they all donate $1, that would make me very happy ;-)”. Thing is, this demonstrates the problem with FlashLite: there’s no way to monetize it. Even if 10% gave you $1 you’d be ridiculously happy. :) Heck, even 1%, if they could actually *buy* your app, would make you $270,000.
But if FlashLite is going to get developers to use it, it has to move beyond donations as a business model.
Nice, I would use it, I just thought about creating a twitter application myself for the Nokia, All the available ones are crap ( Sorry if its any one of the commenter apps ). But if you need help developing this, drop me an email or @me at @cg219.