Introducing Review
It seems that contrary to popular belief, you cannot hide in plain sight. We had planned to announce our new iPhone application Review tonight before the world, but it seems people discovered the application before we were ready to announce it. So what is Review? Review is the quickest way for iOS interface designers to judge their mockups on an actual device.
Sketch Update
We will have some exciting news later today – it isn’t Sketch – but instead we’ll be releasing a brand new iPhone application.
I’ll have a dedicated blog post about that in a few hours, but I’ll use this post to update you on Sketch. The application is progressing well and I hope to release it this month or possibly next month.
Fontcase plugins
When we transitioned to our new website design, for some reasons the Fontcase pages explaining how to create plugins were forgotten. An attentive customer pointed our attention to it and now they’re back – restyled a bit to fit the new design of course.
The center of the app universe
Apple today announced the dates for the WWDC 2010 together with a few other surprising details. The first one is that the WWDC will start on June 7th, that is a bit soon to say the least. The second one is the fact that this WWDC will really focus on iPhone/iPad development only and that also means that there will be no Apple Design Awards handed out for Mac applications this year.
SketchPad 1.1 released
Apple today approved version 1.1 of SketchPad. Version 1.1 improves interaction, text tool, table of contents and more.
Made with DrawIt
James Gill posted some nice icons on the gosquared blog that he made with DrawIt and he included the DrawIt files themselves as well. There are icons of the Apple Keyboard and a MacBook Pro and I think they look great. Take a look at their blog post for the icons, the original file and a nice endorsement of DrawIt.
SketchPad in the App Store
The iPad has now been out for a few days and so has SketchPad.
Initial reaction has been positive, but reserved. It’s easy to get lost completely in the app store and that’s obviously what happened here.
Of course the iPad launch was US only and since I live in the UK I was out of luck. Luckily a friend was kind enough to send me one and I received it on Wednesday. The iPad itself is of course fantastic and I was curious to try out SketchPad as soon as possible.
SketchPad for iPad, available soon
Just as so many other developers, the moment Apple announced the iPad I dropped (almost) everything else and started working on iPad versions of some of my applications. Sketch, which is still in development, seemed a fitting candidate and today I’m pleased to announce the iPad version will be available really, really soon.
Fontcase 1.5 and a new website
Today is finally the time to release Fontcase 1.5 to the public. I’m happy to announce that Fontcase 1.5 incorporates the most-requested features such as auto-activation and duplicates detection. Of course Fontcase 1.5 is a free download as well.
Designing Fontcase: Guest post on Macstories
Some time ago I remember I promised to blog about the design process behind Fontcase. I never really got around to it. A few weeks ago I was asked by Macstories.net to write a guest article and this topic came back to mind.
If you’re interested in reading more about how Fontcase was designed and are interested in seeing early mockups, be sure to read the article; Designing Fontcase. Let me know what you think.