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Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Well if anyone is looking for an alternative, may I suggest Pod Kicker Pro? Subtle, simple, all the basic features you want, and delightfully to-the-point.
The free version is old bullshit. Feel free to give it a try but as I've recently found, it's a mere shadow of the pro version.
I truly love it's elegant simplicity. I own pocket cast, and I'm not even bothering with updating.
The free version is old bullshit. Feel free to give it a try but as I've recently found, it's a mere shadow of the pro version.
I truly love it's elegant simplicity. I own pocket cast, and I'm not even bothering with updating.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Honestly I'm just still using AntennaPod. It's not full of a ton of features, but it works for me. It is free, open source, and still gets updated. So I'm happy for now.
newdayrocks
Member
No widget for the new PocketCast? Back to Doggcatcher, then!
davidnic
Member
This app is al ot better thanks for this great app mate!
MuddyDonut
Member
Nvm
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
I bought Tunewiki pro tonight because I'd never heard of a music player that gave you lyrics and thought that was the coldest shit ever. It's pretty neat but relies, of course, on other nerds having written down the lyrics previously.
Tonight, though, I can finally say "Fuck you, Bon Iver. I'm onto you and your ethereal vocals now, fella."
Seriously though, it's really cool if you've never seen anything like this before. Try the free version.
Okay so, yeah, Fuck Bon Iver and his beautiful, hushed melodies and try the app if it sounds interesting.
Tonight, though, I can finally say "Fuck you, Bon Iver. I'm onto you and your ethereal vocals now, fella."
Seriously though, it's really cool if you've never seen anything like this before. Try the free version.
Okay so, yeah, Fuck Bon Iver and his beautiful, hushed melodies and try the app if it sounds interesting.
To anyone like me that is missing a handy "auto-download, but only keep the last x episodes of a feed" option for podcast in the new version of Pocket Casts: The feature is apparently returning with a future version of the app.
Yeah, I hope they implement a dark theme in the future: White is too bright for my taste
Yeah, I hope they implement a dark theme in the future: White is too bright for my taste
Excellent news!
After having used Pocket Casts for a bit, here's my quick good/bad breakdown:
Good
- The design - very, very nice.
- Variable speed playback - didn't think I'd use this, but 1.3x playback still sounds "natural" if the host talks quite slowly at normal speed.
- Sync between devices - I don't need this yet, but it'll be appreciated when I need to reinstall or move to a new device.
- Smart playlists - a nice feature but I need to experiment more with it
Bad
- No "Keep 3 epsiodes of this podcast, 2 episodes of this one, etc" option - but I see above that it'll be returning soon, so that's good.
- Can't add your own podcasts through RSS links.
Unknown
- "Only download on WiFi" has been changed to "Warn when not on WiFi" - I haven't been able to test if this works the same way yet, but hopefully it does. I see no reason to change it.
Phanatic8390
Member
New Pocketcasts seems like a step back.
No manual playlist sorting.
No per podcast settings.
Those were the two things I really liked. Also I was hoping for a better lock screen widget too.
No manual playlist sorting.
No per podcast settings.
Those were the two things I really liked. Also I was hoping for a better lock screen widget too.
You can still "only download on WiFi". Option is located under a specific playlist's settings.
Year the lack of real sorting is bizarre. Really not liking this update.
Overall it seems more focused on making it seem cool but it loses a lot functionality. Little things like the notification panel not giving any useful information when downloading podcasts really annoys me. Telling me it's downloading instead of giving me even what it is downloading or the progress is dumb.
Yeah, I think that requires it to be set per playlist though rather than globally. Both options would be nice.
Also, for those that missed the widget, the @pocketcasts twitter tweeted "widget is coming back" before. Didn't say when, though.
Also on their Twitter re: sorting - if you make a manual playlist you can sort episodes. Smart playlists can't be sorted yet, they're "investigating" it for a future version but "it's quite complicated" to implement apparently.
The Faceless Master
Member
ok, i want in.
The Faceless Master
Member
http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/27/4...-are-naming-and-shaming-themselves-on-twitterTweetbot is generally considered the best third-party Twitter client for iOS users, though its $2.99 price point is a bit more expensive than the free official Twitter client. Lots of users find that to be a fair price, but that hasn't stopped jailbroken iPhone users from pirating the app so developer Tapbots has decided to bite back. According to Gizmodo UK, pirated copies of Tweetbot automatically insert an embarrassing admission into the app's tweet compose field, which you can see below.
:lol
The Faceless Master
Member
i wouldn't call that minimal. minimal is using something like Reader or ZPlayer.
so is Chrome up to the beta levels now?
Okay I'm dumb, how do you create a manual playlist?
edit: also how do delete individual podcasts?
The Faceless Master
Member
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Paul is such a prick. I've grown to loathe him during my time at app.net
Touch and hold the episode title and then swipe it to the right.
That just marks the episode as played and if the auto delete option is turned off, marking it as played does nothing.
edit: thanks, that method to create playlists works. That's one grievance gone.
edit2: thanks again, didn't realize that tapping on the title was different
Ah, sorry about that. When you touch the episode you're interested in, you should get a card with the show notes, some different buttons for starring, sharing, and the like, and "Delete" and "Play" buttons on the bottom.
While the new Pocket Casts seems to be missing a few features from the old version, it's at least good to see the devs are aware of the issues and are either working on fixes or have provided ways to accomplish the same tasks.
Per-podcast settings - being worked on
Sortable podcasts - use manual playlists for now, smart playlists possible in future
Custom podcast URLS - "you can add custom URLs, just paste them into the search field of the discovery section"
Widget - returning in a future update
Per-podcast settings - being worked on
Sortable podcasts - use manual playlists for now, smart playlists possible in future
Custom podcast URLS - "you can add custom URLs, just paste them into the search field of the discovery section"
Widget - returning in a future update
Seems questionable at this point. Hope I don't somehow get screwed out of my token.
The likelihood of me getting screwed is obviously low, but what about others who may not be paying attention and go a little while without using their app?
that falcon pro thing seems like a bad idea
what if its not piracy? could it be people using multiple accounts or something?
its a shame no-one uses app.net because this twitter policy is really stupid. just ask app developers to display the promoted tweets or whatever and give unlimited tokens to apps that do.
what if its not piracy? could it be people using multiple accounts or something?
its a shame no-one uses app.net because this twitter policy is really stupid. just ask app developers to display the promoted tweets or whatever and give unlimited tokens to apps that do.
The Faceless Master
Member
depends on how long it takes for pirates to update
that would need an average of over 2 accounts per user
Guess it makes sense. If you pirated the app you wouldn't get the update through the Play Store and prompted to login again.
Should be able to gauge how many users there really are now.
Anyway updated and re-logged in my account.
The Faceless Master
Member
yeah. i updated and logged in again too. gonna suck for that one person who was on a months-long sailing trip around the world that arrives on land again a few weeks from now...
I can confirm. Using note 2.
I am on a Note 2 as well. Luckily I had a backup from last month in Titanium so it wasn't a huge deal, but Chrome is one of the only browsers that works with Swype on gaf. Dolphin does too but it seems to destroy my battery more than any other browser.
Looks fine on my Nexus 4 but on the larger screen Nexus 7 its blurry as fuck alright.
Yeah I was gonna say it's just a little font smoothing but man it looks bad on the Nexus 7. It's not really a problem on the Nexus 4 though.
Ugh, I thought it was just me. That slight blur in the beta was really annoying, surprised it made it over to release.
Hah, the Tweetbot guy gave him that idea on twitter.
Wouldn't be surprised if it was due to the Nexus 7 reporting a smaller viewport than it actually has, then scaling everything up (similar to what Macbook Retina's do). Hope it's fixed soon.
Gonna suck for the many users on XDA Falcon Pro thread who have an app license cracking app installed on their rooted device.
You'd think Google of all companies would build some sort of workaround for that into their apps though. Seems not.
It's incredible how Chrome, despite all the updates, still manages to be a big piece of shit on phones with just 512MB of RAM. It always does the same, plays nice the first 2 minutes, then it suddenly puts the whole phone to a crawl (the time it takes to claim all available RAM to itself, apparently) even if all you're browsing is a lightweight mobile page in a single tab.
I still don't know how this piece of shit got greenlighted, let alone how some OEMs (like Sony did with my phone) decided to bundle it as a system app.
I still don't know how this piece of shit got greenlighted, let alone how some OEMs (like Sony did with my phone) decided to bundle it as a system app.
Yea >.>
I just switched to Habit Browser, loving it so far.