Makes No Sense At All

Based on some of the comments I received on MPoD I’m looking at ways to improve the user interface. One thing I’ve been thinking about is to use gestures for some of the actions, e.g. swipe left => previous song, swipe right => next song, swipe up => increase volume, swipe down => decrease volume.

This could be combined with a 2nd now playing screen that shows the album cover art. Then this screen would not have buttons, instead the swipes would do the work.
Do you think this would be a useful addition? Or do you have a better idea? Then please post your comments and I’ll see what can be done.

Today was ’shake-day’ at Katoemba. First I bought the new Wii game Warioworld - Shake It! for my kids. And staying in that shaking spirit, I implemented a shake’n’shuffle feature in MPoD that will choose a random album to play if you shake your iPhone. Not very original given that the new iPod’s already do this, but still a nice feature.

Also this week I’ve made improvements to the now playing screen, to get rid of the sluggish performance that various people have been reporting. I expect to submit the new version for AppStore review in the coming week.

Under the flag of moop.me I’ve recently been cooperating with some guys on a new iPhone application named iNap. This uses the location services on the iPhone 3G to alert you during your travel when you are approaching your destination.

This handy application is available from in the AppStore now.

Some people seem to be surprised that the MPoD screenshots on iTunes say ‘T-Mobile’. Well, in the Netherlands T-Mobile has the exclusive rights to the iPhone, so these images are not from a jailbroken iPhone.

For a developer, some of the reviews and 1* ratings on the AppStore are actually very discouraging: unsubstantiated hints of illegal practices, people who are apparently to dumb to read or understand what’s written in the description and then question the usefulness or functioning of an application :-(.