Apple Cracks Down on Notification Center Widgets, Says 'Neato' Must Remove Note Taking Feature

[haruhiko]

The vast majority of the users pretty much are (as unfortunate as that might be).

Website: "You just won $1 million! Click Yes below to claim it!"
User: "Nope. that must be a scam."
Pirated mac app: "This app wants to change your system files. Do you want to allow it?"
User: "Hell YES!!!"

 

[tooloud10]

He's clearly speaking in hyperbole as well. I doubt any such scenario/app exists.

No, I didn't imagine the fragmentation problem in the Android ecosystem. Took three tries to find a data managing app that worked with my specific phone (USCC Galaxy S2). Maybe it's gotten better, but I'll never know because it turned me away from Android entirely and I've no plans to go back.

There is such thing as "too much of a good thing", and I think that perfectly describes the difference between Android and iOS. Android wants to be a jack-of-all-trades, doing all things for all people, while iOS seems geared towards people demanding simplicity and consistency. After using both systems extensively, I've determined that I greatly prefer the latter approach.

Android people seem to desire keyboards and buttons and switches and card slots all over the device, and it simply isn't what I want in a device and also doesn't seem to be what Apple wants to make. That doesn't make it right or wrong, just different, but I'd encourage anyone that doesn't like the way that iOS works to just choose a different kind of device; that's why we have the choice.

 

[MagnusVonMagnum]

Website: "You just won $1 million! Click Yes below to claim it!"
User: "Nope. that must be a scam."
Pirated mac app: "This app wants to change your system files. Do you want to allow it?"
User: "Hell YES!!!"

That's meaningless. Every Flash update I get from Adobe asks for administrator access to finish the update. It's not alone. I think Steam does it as well as Java and Adobe Reader, maybe even Carbon Copy Cloner. If major apps do that on a regular basis, what difference would the average user think there is with another app doing it? How would they catch the so-called "pirate" app (whatever that means; I'd be concerned about Malware not "pirates". Perhaps you mean trojans?) when it asks for the same request as something like Flash? Don't install these apps? Have fun with that.

 

[biscuitsxluv]

This might be a little off topic...
One thing I like about Apple is that they don't open their App Store and just allow developers to do as they please.
When I was on the Android platform, I hated their Play store. Their apps are full of unnecessary widgets, junk, and ads, pop up ads on your screen. It's as if those apps don't go through any tests or android don't have an guidelines.
If we want quality apps, there should be strict guidelines. If you want an "open" OS ( not sure if that's the right terminology) then go to Android. Let's keep the App Store running quality apps. Just my opinion.

 

[sbrhwkp3]

And you have, like, a choice, man. It's called Android. Go to it!

Nope. I'll jailbreak. Android phones are bricks.

 

[Tech198]

I don't really get the concept of Apple opening up iOS, but then having guidelines and can pull stuff at their own peral on the Notification screen just because its probably not always clear by the rules.. Or the fact that Apple even allows stuff to be on Notification screen at all by third parties is probably the real issue, regardless how how you may want to selectivity sugar coat it.

Apple should just either be more open and state up front, what is allowed or not, (and not change their minds like they have done before, which only makes it 10 times worse, since all that tells the developer "someone screwed up on their decisions")

Or, Apple should just not allow any third part stuff in the notification screen at all except Apple.

I hate when company can't make up their minds...

That only leads to (a confusion as to weather to trust them again, and (b they have no idea how they are doing things.

 

[C DM]

I don't really get the concept of Apple opening up iOS, but then having guidelines and can pull stuff at their own peral on the Notification screen just because its probably not always clear by the rules.. Or the fact that Apple even allows stuff to be on Notification screen at all by third parties is probably the real issue, regardless how how you may want to selectivity sugar coat it.

Apple should just either be more open and state up front, what is allowed or not, (and not change their minds like they have done before, which only makes it 10 times worse, since all that tells the developer "someone screwed up on their decisions")

Or, Apple should just not allow any third part stuff in the notification screen at all except Apple.

I hate when company can't make up their minds...

That only leads to (a confusion as to weather to trust them again, and (b they have no idea how they are doing things.

When something new is introduced there will often be adjustments that would need to be made especially when something like guidelines and reviews and especially their applications by humans (who are usually fairly subjective when when they try to be objective). Sure it'd be great if everything was figured out and perfect right from the beginning, but that's not usually the reality of things when it comes to quite a bit in life.

 

[pacorob]

There are also two other widget aside from Neato which have somesort of keyboard within the widget on the Notification Center and they were quite recently added to the App Store (and approved):

There is another note widget with some sort of keyboard in the Notification center:

-Speed Note with Widget | 0,99 dollar - create/save Notes with build-in keyboard in Notification center | by Kratos Digital Limited | official website

Here is another widget which has a keyboard in the notification center this time for the messaging app Threema. It's not created by Threema themselves.

-Keyboard for Threema | 1,99 dollar