Hi, I for one am glad the sdk is available to third party apps and am
glad that iOS 7 was able to make this possible. I understand the few who
can't or won't upgrade to iOS 7, but honestly, if you can, and you want
to stay with using some of the latest technologies, then upgrading is
the only way to do this. It's always been this way.
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On 12/12/2013 11:10 AM, Bill Rappos wrote:
Lucian, Christopher, thanks for following up on the discussion.
I understand your concerns and agree that the switch to iOS 7 did not go
as planned. The unexpected time bomb bug forced our hand before we could
incorporate iOS 6 support for our brand new engine or even communicate
the change appropriately.
There is, however, reason why our keyboard service is at this time
compatible only with iOS 7. As of today, Fleksy is available as a
keyboard option for third party apps. This means that Fleksy can be
integrated at the application-level of any iOS app. Any developer can
incorporate Fleksy into their app, giving their users the choice to type
with Fleksy.
We were able to develop the SDK because of the tools iOS 7 introduced.
However, since last week we made progress in porting the new engine to
iOS 6 and have built alpha versions since. Pending a few crashes, we
will be submitting an update for Fleksy to restore functionality for iOS
6 as soon as possible.
Once again, thank you fore your patience and understanding!
- Bill from the Fleksy team
Read more about our Fleksy SDK and the 4 apps that offer Fleksy as their
keyboard right now at
http://fleksy.com/blog/android-cant-have-all-the-fun-fleksy-comes-to-ios/
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Christopher Chaltain
<chalt...@gmail.com <mailto:chalt...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I'm not sure Fleksy is leaving that many people behind. The vast
majority of people have moved up to IOS 7. I think the people with a
real beef are those iPhone 3 users who can't move up to IOS 7 at all.
Fleksy is by no means the only app that predates IOS 7 which is now
only supported on IOS 7. Obviously, a developer would have to spend
testing resources on IOS 6 and IOS 7 if they're going to continue to
support both levels of the operating system. This cost alone may
keep a small company from supporting both operating systems. It's
also my understanding that Apple changes API's from version to
version, so it's not a given that there's no work involved in
supporting both IOS 6 and IOS 7.
Apple did take a beating when they rolled out IOS 7 updates
automatically to people whether they upgraded or wanted to upgrade
or not, so I'm sure they'd take a beating in the scenario you
described below. This doesn't mean it isn't a good business idea for
Apple to keep moving people up and for developers to assume everyone
is on the latest. This model has obviously been wildly successful
for Apple, and there's a lot of benefits for Apple, developers and
users to all be on the latest and greatest software.
On 12/11/2013 12:48 AM, Lucian Fratila wrote:
Honestly I can't think of any other app that with no prior
notice pulled support from a large chunk of its users (those on
iOS 6 in this case).
Yes I have an iPhone 4 and no, I don't want to upgrade to 7 for
an obvious variety of reasons - and most certainly not because
an app forces me to. What I find absolutely mind-boggling is
that we're talking here about an offline app, that worked very
well thank you on iOS 6 before.
Yes, I did contact Fleksy support and they simply told me that
Fleksy version 1.9 (the last iOS 6 working version) is not
supported anymore. As if they had to!
Yes, there are apps that only work on iOS 7 these days. But they
either started on iOS 7, or they have a backend that no longer
supports the iOS 6 version. As far as I understand, the
technology behind Fleksy is built-in inside the app and does not
require online presence (heck, if a typing app requires you to
be connected to their servers, then something is fishy big time).
So in short I find no excusable justification to what Fleksy
did. They're lucky their service is not high profile and they
don't affect a real lot of paying users. Just think the backlash
that, say, Apple would get if suddenly iTunes would no longer
start on OS X pre-Mavericks, and would give you no option but to
upgrade, even on a 2007 laptop. Luckily for them Fleksy is no
Apple. But at this rate, I don't see them even turning
profitable. What a shame when it's not the technology that
buries you, but poor customer support.
/end of rant
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