QuickReader iPhone app

[Patrick]

Hi Everyone,

Thought I'd let you know that I released QuickReader a few weeks ago
and it is starting to get some traction. I've had some great reviews
(e.g., http://www.148apps.com/reviews/quickreader/) and this week
Apple featured the app on the What's Hot list, which has done wonders
for my sales. Today I am #12 in productivity.

I have a few promo codes available, if any fellow Mobile Portlanders
would like to try it out.

All the best,
Patrick

---
Patrick Thompson
Inkstone Software, Inc.
http://www.quickreader.net

[Jeff Brandt]

Patrick,

How did you get 148apps to review your app.  I have submitted 2 apps,  they placed them on their site but no review?

thanks,

Jeff

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[Dietrich Ayala]

He put subliminal messages in the practice text!

[Preston Crawford]

I'd love to try it out. I'm new here. Jason spoke at my company
recently. I promptly joined the list, bought a Mac and now I'm trying
to learn the ropes.

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Patrick <patrick.j...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>

[Bram Pitoyo]

Your app is very intriguing!

As a typographer who consult on fonts to use on desktop and mobile UIs, I wonder as to the extent that hardware and type settings play an impact in how fast people can read?

The Droid phone, for instance, has 267 PPI density, which is larger than the iPhone’s 163 and will make text of the same physical size more readable. In my discipline, too, things like line length, justified/ragged right text setting, as well as font family, size and leading also plays a role.

But to how much, and to what extent, I don’t know. My hunch is that, at fairly high resolution (ie. higher than a monitor’s 72dpi), tweaking type won’t impact much readability.

I wonder if you have more information about this?

Thanks!

Bram Pitoyo
http://brampitoyo -> info
http://bram.me -> lab
http://linkenfuego.wordpress.com -> blog

[Patrick]

Hi Jeff,

I sent them a short description, details of the app (links to website,
screenshots, youtube video, etc), a promo code, and a preview of my
press release. They encourage you to follow the tips given in the Five
Tips For Getting iPhone Reviews article on Mobile Orchard (http://
www.mobileorchard.com/five-tips-for-getting-iphone-reviews/), so I
made sure to do that.

The way they explained the process is they attach a priority flag to
each review request as it comes in depending on how "groundbreaking
and useful" they think the app will be; then they put it in a review
queue. From that point it is solely up to the individual reviewers to
pick the apps that look interesting to them to review.

I had no idea they were reviewing the app until I got the "148Apps has
reviewed your iPhone App" e-mail. A pleasant surprise indeed.

-Patrick

On Nov 13, 4:18 pm, Jeff Brandt <jlb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> How did you get 148apps to review your app.  I have submitted 2 apps,  they
> placed them on their site but no review?
>
> thanks,
>
> Jeff
>

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Patrick <patrick.j.thomp...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
>
> > Thought I'd let you know that I released QuickReader a few weeks ago
> > and it is starting to get some traction. I've had some great reviews

> > (e.g.,http://www.148apps.com/reviews/quickreader/) and this week

> > Apple featured the app on the What's Hot list, which has done wonders
> > for my sales. Today I am #12 in productivity.
>
> > I have a few promo codes available, if any fellow Mobile Portlanders
> > would like to try it out.
>
> > All the best,
> > Patrick
>
> > ---
> > Patrick Thompson
> > Inkstone Software, Inc.
> >http://www.quickreader.net
>
> --
> Jeff Brandt
> CSI, Communication Software, Inc.

> jbra...@comsi.com
> cel 415.710.9923
> Office 541.306.4891
> Fax 541.610.1889www.motionPHR.com a Personal Health Record for the iPhonewww.myMedBox.infoa Personal Heath Record for the Google Phonehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyleebrandthttp://twitter.com/jeffbrandt

[Patrick]

Hi Bram,

I heard about some interesting research regarding serif vs. san-serif
fonts in a Stanford ETL talk given by Marissa Mayer (http://
ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1554, go to around
33:40 in the podcast.)

In essence, the research showed that serif fonts are more "readable"
and san-serif fonts are more "legible".The serif fonts create a
horizontal guide across the page that guides the eyes, so they are
easiest to read when reading long pieces of text. San-serif fonts are
more legible because, without the serif adornments, you can recognize
the characters more quickly.

I actually used this in deciding what default font to use in
QuickReader. I chose a san-serif font because when you are reading
fast you want to be able to recognize the characters quickly and, as
the app's guided reading mode provides a guide that guides your eye
across the page anyway, the serif adornments become redundant. (Note,
that is just the default, the user is free to choose any font they
like, serif or sans-serif.)

-Patrick

---
Patrick Thompson
Inkstone Software, Inc.
http://www.quickreader.net

On Nov 13, 3:41 pm, Bram Pitoyo <brampit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Your app is very intriguing!
>
> As a typographer who consult on fonts to use on desktop and mobile UIs, I wonder as to the extent that hardware and type settings play an impact in how fast people can read?
>
> The Droid phone, for instance, has 267 PPI density, which is larger than the iPhone’s 163 and will make text of the same physical size more readable. In my discipline, too, things like line length, justified/ragged right text setting, as well as font family, size and leading also plays a role.
>
> But to how much, and to what extent, I don’t know. My hunch is that, at fairly high resolution (ie. higher than a monitor’s 72dpi), tweaking type won’t impact much readability.
>
> I wonder if you have more information about this?
>
> Thanks!
>

> Bram Pitoyohttp://brampitoyo-> infohttp://bram.me-> labhttp://linkenfuego.wordpress.com-> blog

>
> On Nov 13, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Patrick wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
>
> > Thought I'd let you know that I released QuickReader a few weeks ago
> > and it is starting to get some traction. I've had some great reviews

> > (e.g.,http://www.148apps.com/reviews/quickreader/) and this week

[b-money]

I'll take a code, thanks !!

~ brent

On Nov 13, 1:13 pm, Patrick <patrick.j.thomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thought I'd let you know that I released QuickReader a few weeks ago
> and it is starting to get some traction. I've had some great reviews

> (e.g.,http://www.148apps.com/reviews/quickreader/) and this week

[David Pettigrew]

Patrick,
The app looks really great! I read The Four Hour Workweek by Tim
Ferriss and he talks quite a bit about speed reading. If you have any
promo codes left I'd love to get one,
David

[Brian Ramage]

Congrats, nice work!