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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I don't know programming--but I know the difference between "simple" and "complex" programs. This is simple....
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The "idea" may be simple, but the implementation is not.
We sometimes do it the way you say -- and we sometimes don't. Sometimes print links exist -- and sometimes they don't. Sometimes pages need logins and cookies, sometimes they don't. Sometimes the information is obscured behind full page advertisements (roadblocks), sometimes the target page requires a redirect... and on and on...
The desktop version has about 1000 lines of actual code. This doesn't include the server side code and the server database. Parsing dynamic pages is never "simple" because it's a moving target.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Setting the feed/aggregator and UI to work with Mac programming may not be as easy as for Windows, and might involve an entirely different packet of code--but has the potential of winning over many, many more customers than dialup-friendly support.
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"Proof of Concept" and "Low Hanging Fruit."
When studying proof of concept, it makes sense to write the application for an operating system with the greatest number of users: Microsoft Windows.
"Low Hanging Fruit" is spending an hour to change the install program so that students and people without Internet connection can run News2PDF from a flash drive.
More "Low Hanging Fruit" is changing 50 lines of code (out of 1000) so that the program still provides minor function to Dial-up users when not connected to the Internet.
Slightly higher fruit is providing Mac early adapters methods to use the "proof of concept" Windows version, regretfully, even if there's cost and minor inconvenience involved. We're sorry using it on the Mac is an inconvenience, but we'd love to get the Windows version right before we get into the next operating system. Yes, we have Mac users, they're mostly using VMware Fusion (not Parallels).
I really do appreciate your constructive criticism.