'Skyfire Web Browser' Now Available in App Store

[Geckotek]

I guess I hit someone's nerve. You work at Skyfire? One can't ignore that they didn't think through before they put this crap up for sale. I'm sure they realized they would run into a problem, but they just wanted to make a quick buck. If they wanted to limit their server use, they would've limit the app to one country.

No, it's just you obviously put no thought into your comment. Without being in their shoes, you have no way to judge them intelligently. You have no idea what thought and calculations and why they did what they did. You're just standing on the outside....uninformed...calling them idiots. Makes you look bad honestly.

And why limit to one country when they can just limit to 10,000 downloads?

This shows that they did put some thought into it, but it still sold faster than they expected.

"Skyfire has historically generated high demand for its browser products but nothing like this," states Skyfire CEO Jeffrey Glueck. "It was hard to predict consumer demand since this was our first paid app, but we were blown away by the demand and sales."

And if you know anything about Skyfire, you know they aren't around for a quick buck. I was on a waitlist to get it on my old WM phone before I gave up and bought an iPhone. And no, I'm not a fanboy, I'm not planning to buy it as Mobile Safari works fine for me. I don't need flash.

 

[doboy]

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It's funny you are giving me sh*t for calling them idiots without being in their shoes when you yourself called me idiot without knowing exactly where I'm coming from. Where does it say they limited the downloads to 10,000?

Edit: damn, I can't quote when using the mobile site.

 

[Geckotek]

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It's funny you are giving me ***** for calling them idiots without being in their shoes when you yourself called me idiot without knowing exactly where I'm coming from. Where does it say they limited the downloads to 10,000?

Edit: damn, I can't quote when using the mobile site.

A) I used your own word
B) It doesn't, but it's a theory. We don't know exactly how it went down. My guess is just that. But to assume they didn't put any thought into it and are just "idiots" is plain ignorant. A company that has built a browser is full of anything but idiots.

 

[bwillwall]

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It's funny you are giving me ***** for calling them idiots without being in their shoes when you yourself called me idiot without knowing exactly where I'm coming from. Where does it say they limited the downloads to 10,000?

Edit: damn, I can't quote when using the mobile site.

A) I used your own word
B) It doesn't, but it's a theory. We don't know exactly how it went down. My guess is just that. But to assume they didn't put any thought into it and are just "idiots" is plain ignorant. A company that has built a browser is full of anything but idiots.

Sorry but I have to say that it's also very ignorant to assume that just because they made a browser that they're geniuses. But he is wrong for assuming that they're idiots still. All I care is that I can no longer have any reason to need to go online on the computer so I can see all content. (in general use)

 

[Geckotek]

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Sorry but I have to say that it's also very ignorant to assume that just because they made a browser that they're geniuses. But he is wrong for assuming that they're idiots still. All I care is that I can no longer have any reason to need to go online on the computer so I can see all content. (in general use)

Not implying they are geniuses, but come on....

 

[doboy]

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What, you can dish out but can't take it? To me it feels like they wanted to go to market before they were anywhere ready. They already had precedence with Opera browser and how popular they were. Sure Opera was free, but it's not hard to imagine the popularity of this browser when it support flash. No
flash support is the chief complaint with a lot of users and to not expect server overload having to trans-encode to html5 seems stupid to me. That led me to believe they were idiots for not expecting this and they could've started out with smaller market.

 

[Geckotek]

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What, you can dish out but can't take it? To me it feels like they wanted to go to market before they were anywhere ready. They already had precedence with Opera browser and how popular they were. Sure Opera was free, but it's not hard to imagine the popularity of this browser when it support flash. No
flash support is the chief complaint with a lot of users and to not expect server overload having to trans-encode to html5 seems stupid to me. That led me to believe they were idiots for not expecting this and they could've started out with smaller market.

Which leads me back to believing that you're an idiot because you make judgements without knowing all the facts.

 

[doboy]

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And you do? Wow all high and mighty. Good for you.

 

[Geckotek]

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And you do? Wow all high and mighty. Good for you.

No, I don't. This is why I have not jumped to conclusions and assumed they are idiots.

 

[doboy]

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If you don't know, how do you know I'm not right about my assumptions? Just because? I gotta stop feeding the troll.

 

[Geckotek]

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If you don't know, how do you know I'm not right about my assumptions? Just because? I gotta stop feeding the troll.

Like I said, just using your own words against you.

 

[Bernard SG]

From the first time I read about this solution, I was 200% they would run into that type of problem.
Doesn't look like a sustainable process.

 

[oliversl]

Bad decision will cost your real real money:
http://www.whoishostingthis.com/skyfire.com

Change hosting and escalate!

 

[hsotnicam8002]

After I typed Skyfire in the search bar, it found it but it said "do you mean Skyfart?"

It's this sort of thing that makes life worth living!

 

[DavePurz]

no Hulu, then basically worthless for the majority of people that wanted this...

I agree on this. I ONLY wanted flash for Hulu, but since Hulu won't have it then it's a NO SALE for me.

 

[igazza]

Top grossing app in a few hours, steve wont be happy

 

[redgaz26]

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Top grossing yes, so then why do you have to have ads before the videos play?
Shocking.

 

[Ubuntu]

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Top grossing yes, so then why do you have to have ads before the videos play?
Shocking.

Are the ads just from the video itself? Or being put there by Skyfire? If its the latter then this app is really dodgy. Just checked the site: "Sold Out" - how sneaky are they trying to be? Did they really put a limit on the downloads to make it look like a fantastic sale?

 

[redgaz26]

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Top grossing yes, so then why do you have to have ads before the videos play?
Shocking.

Are the ads just from the video itself? Or being put there by Skyfire? If its the latter then this app is really dodgy. Just checked the site: "Sold Out" - how sneaky are they trying to be? Did they really put a limit on the downloads to make it look like a fantastic sale?

Must be from the skyfire because the videos are on the BBC website.

 

[OutSpoken]

Just tested it, not bad..it just about worked. better than nothing. Shame there is no retina support

One of the major flash sites i visit frequently upgraded their video support for mobiles a couple months back, so I'm content...therefore although I appreciate Skyfires hard work...their browser is somewhat not that important to me now.

 

[MythicFrost]

Is Skyfire available in the AU store? I can't see it there so I guess not, how come?

 

[ghostlyorb]

There are already at least two other threads about it. Could someone merge them?

Stop complaining about EVERYTHING... and chill.

 

[ghostlyorb]

I agree on this. I ONLY wanted flash for Hulu, but since Hulu won't have it then it's a NO SALE for me.

I wish there was a JB app that would allow for you to watch HULU.... =/

 

[0815]

Thats hilarious: web servers overloaded due to loading flash video ... loading the flash probably sucks up all the memory and processing powers on the servers. Have you ever observed memory consumption while playing longer flash videos: it's outrages. Maybe they should reconfigure their servers to reboot after loading three flash videos

 

[samcraig]

Anyone else see Skyfire in the appstore or on iTunes this morning? My colleague just tried to read reviews and it wasn't there (for me either)

Interesting....

ETA: ahhh - just went to the website - LOL - http://www.skyfire.com/press/blog/6...p-on-iphone-app-store-within-5-hours-sold-out