Yep, i saw the comments. Let’s just hope Flexibits does localize after all, since they’ve done a couple other languages. /Krister
> 29 jul 2014 kl. 22:19 skrev Richard Turner <rich...@turner42.com>: > > I sent the comments to you off list with the subject "question" > If it got caught by your spam filter let me know and I'll resend. > Richard > > > "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." - Victor Hugo > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 29, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, Please do so and let me know what comes out of it. I can see that >> there’s a great deal of work to be done if you want it localized, but won’t >> there be some gain too? I mean they could make more money from more >> countries if their app was localized, right? Did i say something silly now? >> /Krister >> >>> 29 jul 2014 kl. 16:57 skrev Richard Turner <rich...@turner42.com>: >>> >>> Krister, >>> I don't think you are being picky at all. I am an all too common US citizen >>> who only speaks English. Once upon a time I received a degree that said I >>> was fluent in German, but that was a very long time ago and I've forgotten >>> most of what I once knew. I have tremendous respect for people like >>> yourself and so many others on this list who can converse in more than one >>> language. >>> It seems to me that the developers of Fantastical are being a bit lazy. >>> Ilkka, who wrote Blind Square has it localized in many languages, as is >>> Aeriadne GPS, Chess-Wise 3 I think and probably lots more. >>> I think I will write Ilkka and ask how much work is involved in localizing >>> an app and pass his answer on to Flexibits. >>> Take care, >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." - Victor Hugo >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 2:48 AM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Am i being picky or something? The reason i ask this question is that i >>>> have heard so many good things about Fantastical but i don’t like the fact >>>> that i have to type in english to make the calendar app work, worse yet, i >>>> wrote to the support and they said that they thought it would be a >>>> difficult and time consuming task to localize Fantastical into other >>>> languages so the question i want to ask here is are there any non-english >>>> speakers who actually prefer Fantastical over their built-in calendar and >>>> for what reason? >>>> I want to try the app but feel reluctant for the same reason i don’t use >>>> Siri, which only is available in English and a couple more other languages >>>> but not Swedish. In Apples case i don’t like that they do strictly >>>> anglocentric features but, and this is a rettorical question so no need to >>>> answer:-) but should one be as strict when it comes to things like >>>> Fantastical? What if Siri becomes available in Swedish but Fantastical >>>> doesn’t? >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>>> 28 jul 2014 kl. 22:37 skrev Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>> Other than the custom repeat function that's very useful in many ways >>>>> like "repeat for 8 times every week", I also love the search feature. >>>>> Every once in a while the native calendar would garble the order of >>>>> search results for a repeating event and it would make it useless for me. >>>>> This never happens in fantastical. >>>>> I like how, using natural language one can set where one wants the event >>>>> to be added. Say it is not in your default calendar but a separate one >>>>> you indicate this in the sentence with slash followed by first letter of >>>>> that calendar. /h for home for example. >>>>> >>>>> Same goes for reminder lists. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps, >>>>> Ioana >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Aside from the natural language, is there an advantage to using >>>>>> Fantastical over iOS' default Calendar app? I find Calendar easy enough >>>>>> to use, and have never really had problems with it. It's not the best, >>>>>> but it's fine. I guess I'm wondering what features people like about >>>>>> Fantastical that make it worth it? Also, will Fantastical hook into iOS' >>>>>> calendars? That is, if I make an appointment with it, will that then >>>>>> sync to iOS, and from there propagate through iCloud to sync with my >>>>>> Mac's default calendar app? >>>>>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Jenny. Great to hear the app works great probably going to check >>>>>>> it out. >>>>>>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Jennie Facer <jennie.fa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I love this app! I also can put a reminder in this app and it will >>>>>>>> come up on my computer. I have a windows computer, and i don't know if >>>>>>>> the Mac is accesssible or not. I heard no. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I like this update because it has keyboard shortcuts. They work >>>>>>>> wonderful also. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jenn >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMEONE YOU ARE THE WORLD! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 1:06 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hey, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Just noticed Fantastical was updated again and now half price. I have >>>>>>>>> heard mixed on this app from the VoiceOver community, but am thinking >>>>>>>>> about finally buying it, wanted to see what people here thought of >>>>>>>>> it. I rarely use the calendar app on the iPhone as it is kind of a >>>>>>>>> pain to use, are people finding it much smoother to use the >>>>>>>>> fantastical calendar? I do use reminders a lot but I like being able >>>>>>>>> to just hold in the button to quickly launch Siri to create a >>>>>>>>> reminder. I assume using the reminder part of Fantastical will just >>>>>>>>> take launching the app first, but is just as easy? 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