I for one travel a lot and don't always have the time to read an article at the time; hence, apps like Instapaper are useful for quickly saving articles (I use it to read mostly case studies) that I can pull up on the airplane. Just because you see one functionality that you do not agree with does not mean that there aren't other uses that better suit others' needs.
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I for one travel a lot and don't always have the time to read an article at the time; hence, apps like Instapaper are useful for quickly saving articles (I use it to read mostly case studies) that I can pull up on the airplane. Just because you see one functionality that you do not agree with does not mean that there aren't other uses that better suit others' needs.
I got this app free as a promotion once. and I LOVED it.
I told lots of people to use it and make life easier.
I was disappointed to see it was now free with Paying subscriptions but then upon actually reading it, looked like what I use is still free.
have to really go back and look it over though
I told lots of people to use it and make life easier.
I was disappointed to see it was now free with Paying subscriptions but then upon actually reading it, looked like what I use is still free.
have to really go back and look it over though
The premium features are now subscription-only. You'll receive a free month of Premium, which is worth roughly the price you paid for the app. See here under "Instapaper Premium":
http://blog.instapaper.com/post/97750859246
I don't fully comprehend the point to this app... is it like an RSS feed? Maybe it just doesn't fit my lifestyle. I tend to read the entire article right then and there and if I didn't finish it it's because I didn't care enough to. I tried Pocket and other apps that do similar things and I just don't get the point of it.
+1!
$30/year isn't going to cut it for what this app actually does, especially after having already paid for their "Pro" app. Sorry Betaworks, no sale.
Really? Because I'm in front of a computer at work for 8 hours a day most days, and I suspect a huge number of people also are. That just sounds like hyperbole to me.
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Have you ever come across an article on your computer and wanted to save it to read it on your phone/tablet/other computer later? Have you ever wanted to read some stories/articles/whatever on your phone on a plane or anywhere you don't have internet access? Those are a couple pretty common use cases.
Yes you are. But most people are supposed to be working most of the day not browsing websites unrelated to their job. We definitely do see more people using traditional computers during the day, but the numbers are still falling off a cliff in general.
Yeah and if you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.
By the way, have you heard of "cyber monday"? It's basically a gigantic shopping day that happens when people come back to their work desks on Monday.
Well it appears your mind is set and all the analytical evidence I'm looking at is entirely wrong. Good luck if you're starting or running a business around the idea that traditional desktop browsing has a significant future. You could be right.
Well it appears your mind is set and all the analytical evidence I'm looking at is entirely wrong. Good luck if you're starting or running a business around the idea that traditional desktop browsing has a significant future. You could be right.
OK, well, I'm sitting in an office with literally hundreds of desktop computers in it, and every one of them is connected to the internet and used for web browsing. Pretty much everyone I know has a laptop or a desktop and uses it for web browsing. Not exclusively of course, but still — people aren't throwing their computers away just because phones and tablets exist.
I think your claim of desktop browsing being irrelevant just doesn't quite pass the common sense test.
I said desktop browsing was rapidly going away. I didn't say it was irrelevant, and it's certainly not irrelevant today. But the trend lines are very clear. The negative impact on revenues is already very noticeable too for a lot of people who rely on advertising in the content business.
This article is several months old but the impact on revenues hasn't shifted around too much (what you earn from a desktop user versus a mobile user from ad views): http://www.forbes.com/sites/benjami...-on-publishers-more-consumption-less-revenue/
I'm sure there will be a modest percentage of people using traditional computers to browse the web for a very long time to come. The problem is those numbers likely won't be enough to sustain a consumer-focused web service or content site with many employees. The only way to survive will be to build new business models around mobile experiences. That's the struggle going on right now, and it's a massive challenge.
Personally I hope the drop off starts to flatten out and both desktop and mobile can co-exist for a long time to come. I still prefer using a computer most of the time for the things I do on the web. For example - tapping this post out on a mobile device would be painful for me and I wouldn't even attempt it. So I'm definitely not championing the death of the traditional computer, it pains me to see another decline in our analytics month after month after month!
I'm not convinced we've hit anything like the bottom of the decline yet. Like you say, people still have old computers kicking around at the moment - and not everyone is throwing them away. The question as more of those computers continue to collect dust or fail through age, how many people will be replacing them with new computers? Not many is my fear, mainly only those who have a business need to work from a traditional computer.
I would imagine, most likely, that the distinction will continue to blur. Already many newer websites have responsive design to accomodate a variety of browser widths, and touch-based software and hardware are becoming powerful enough to rival traditional computers.
At the same time, I don't think any touch screen interface has quite broken through to the level of productivity that a pointing device/physical keyboard affords. It's hard to imagine someone actually working extensively in, say, Excel or Photoshop on a tablet, even though it's technically possible. So I think that provides some kind of bulkhead against total disappearance of desktop hardware and software.
But maybe you're right and mobile browsing (as opposed to doing work) will continue to migrate to touch interface devices. I still personally find the ergonomics of a desk more appealing generally, but I guess we'll see what happens as people who grew up with tablets move into the workforce...