Probably the type that overlooks the rest of the thread where it all has already been discussed and addressed before.Why are people rating these **** jokes up?
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also, what sort of idiot needs a calculator in the notification centre when its in the quick launch!?
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Apple Reverses Course on iOS 8 Notification Center Calculators
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I have a Casio FX-83GT Plus calculator and it's the best calculator you can get. If Apple was able to gain a deal with Casio to basically mimic it then I would gladly never have to carry it around with me again. It would bring an end to all the calculator apps.
Ok it's a very small thing in terms everything else but Apple are all about getting the small things right.
Ok it's a very small thing in terms everything else but Apple are all about getting the small things right.
What the hell do you need a calculator in your notification center for anyway, when you can swipe up on the lock screen to use a calculator?
I guess I'm happy about this. I used to use spotlight for quick math and now it gets in the way and I can't use it anymore, so this will have to do.
They offer a free version too, along with some other apps that offer it for free as well.$9.99 is a joke. Should be $0.99. Apple's calc is just one more tap away. Are people that lazy?
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Reading through the thread can explain that.
- Swipe up for free
- Click the calculator icon to load the calculator app
- Do your calculation
- Double click home button to get to multitasking view and reopen safari to get back to the page you were on
- Safari reloads tab because 1GB RAM is not enough, and you lose the form you were trying to enter the information on to
OR
Swipe down, enter calculation directly on the widget, swipe up and get back to where you were in the first place
OR
Add in your head, type.
Person A: I can't see why you'd spend $10 on a calculator.
Person B: Because you can swipe DOWN instead of UP to get to it!!11!!
Person B: Because you can swipe DOWN instead of UP to get to it!!11!!
Came across this article. What are your thoughts as to his reasoning as to why PC calc may have been banned?
Learnings from building a Today View Extension in iOS 8 by Christopher Truman https://medium.com/p/710d5f481594
"PCalc provides a full calculator in the Today view. It breaks guidelines all over the place! It is too tall, too many buttons/taps, and doesnt provide quick glanceable information. It has a nice use of the vibrancy effect, while making the button text a solid white color. It is definitely a tool meant for power users. Yet Apple has approved it and even featured it in the Extend Your Apps section. PCalc got lucky. Some apps with advanced features were not so lucky."
Learnings from building a Today View Extension in iOS 8 by Christopher Truman https://medium.com/p/710d5f481594
"PCalc provides a full calculator in the Today view. It breaks guidelines all over the place! It is too tall, too many buttons/taps, and doesnt provide quick glanceable information. It has a nice use of the vibrancy effect, while making the button text a solid white color. It is definitely a tool meant for power users. Yet Apple has approved it and even featured it in the Extend Your Apps section. PCalc got lucky. Some apps with advanced features were not so lucky."
You can collapse it and keep the sum in the answer field. Even after a reboot of the device, it's still there. There's your glanceable information.
Is it too tall? Sure, but as the customer, we've also decided that it was a tradeoff worth dealing with. Again, it's collapsable and you can keep it like that until needed.
Apple needs to let the developers and customers figure out what's best for their widgets. It's important that they're still paying attention to what's going on, but they need to stand aside and let things happen.
I didn't like the Clear widget either.
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Or they didn't?
http://appshopper.com/utilities/pcalc
Oct 07 '14 Version 3.3.2
Oct 02 '14 Version 3.3.1
Sep 16 '14 Version 3.3
Aug 15 '14 $4.99 -> $9.99
Aug 05 '14 $9.99 -> $4.99
Its been done to death. Do you have any other re-hashed jokes you'd like to share?
Don't care what that says, the moment it was posted that it was to be pulled shortly, I went to purchase it, and it was $12.99. Saw this with my own eyes, and was disappointed. I would have purchased it.