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[WP7] Sprout SMS
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15-11-2010 9:44pm#1
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Sprout SMS has gone BETA!!
After a period of intensive testing it will be submitted to the market place!
Artwork is currently being looked at and also some final teaks
Some displayed features did not make the cut as they took away from the current fluidity.
Jolly good! Will be keeping an eye on the marketplace. We need more Irish apps on there!
As for the artwork / graphics, can I suggest a 2d basic metro-style icon rather than a 3d or colour picture of, say, a sprout? Just to keep everything consistent with metro (for example)
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Yay Feeback!
This is the best part!
1. There perhaps should be a recent contacts list (only the last 2 or 3) in the white space underneath the message box?
This is a great idea. I have been trying to work out what to put here. I will check out the feesablity of this over the next few weeks and see if I can add it in without taking away from the ui.
2. If you start typing a message, but then let the phone screen turn off, the incomplete message disappears when you return / unlock
I wasn't aware of this but I think I know how to fix it. Ill work this into the next update as now that I am aware of it, it is annoying.
3. If you write a message and hit the send button without first selecting a contact, then the app seems to go ahead and send the text message anyway... but to who? Quelle mystere! From a usability aspect, hitting the send button without first selecting a contact should bring you straight to the contacts screen, and then automatically send the message once the contact is selected. The contacts button in the main menu should remain as a way of adding one or more contacts, but without the action of sending the message immediately once a contact has been sent
This is currently fixed in the local revision of the code and will be ready for submission on Tuesday. As for the message. Technically it has sent as O2 accepts the message (hence no fail) but after a few days of it pending they refund the spent message. As multiple contacts, it wont be in the next version but it is being worked on. Timing is an issue here as I am not allowed to hog the phones thread too long. Its top priority though.
4. I feel there should be an option somewhere to allow you to manually type in a phone number, without first creating a contact
I actually wanted this to be available day one. The honest answer as to why it hasn't been implemented is I am having trouble working out how the control should look. From a UI perspective if there is an editable text box there it could confuse the users as to where to select for contacts. I have a few mock ups in the works and I should have this feature fully implemented in line with multiple contacts. In the mean time I might look at enabling the textbox for editing in the next release.
All in all fantastic feedback and I am glad you are happy so far. I am working on a maintenance release for Tuesday to fix some of the issues found as well as increase the amount of chars that can be sent (From 160 to 1000). I will be adding this feedback to the issue list on codeplex over the next few days so others are aware of what is being done. Thanks again for your points!
If you find anything else strange or if you notice slowdowns or even have more suggestions I would be delighted if you post them here.
PS: Do you like the logo?
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4. I feel there should be an option somewhere to allow you to manually type in a phone number, without first creating a contact
I actually wanted this to be available day one. The honest answer as to why it hasn't been implemented is I am having trouble working out how the control should look. From a UI perspective if there is an editable text box there it could confuse the users as to where to select for contacts. I have a few mock ups in the works and I should have this feature fully implemented in line with multiple contacts. In the mean time I might look at enabling the textbox for editing in the next release.
Great to hear there are updates on the way. The problem with many many apps on the Marketplace now are that they are just dumped there and never looked at again. No updates, nada.
For the above issue of manually entering a number, because this is something that would use fairly rarely (eg when first trying the app, you want to send a text to yourself to see if it works!) maybe it could be an entry under the app bar (alongside Support and Settings) such as "Enter number manually"?
As for the idea of having recently used contacts in the white space below the text box, perhaps a better approach would be a Recent Contacts button that pops up a short list of the last 5 contacts used? This button wouldn't take up as much space and could perhaps even be located above the text box.PS: Do you like the logo?
I like the logo, but my initial impression was "that reminds me of something", and that was confirmed for me when my wife glanced at the icon on the start screen last night and asked if that was a vagina. Anyone else seeing this or is it just us??0 -
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