![]() When I got the real device a month before the App Store was due to go live, I realized my approach was slow – it took about ten seconds to launch the app. It was self-contained, so I got it running with almost no changes and then added a simple interface.Īt this point, I didn’t have an iPhone – I did everything in the iPhone Simulator on my Mac. In fact, I ported the code that powered PCalc’s Mac Dashboard Widget. Like the Mac version, it started from a point of learning: I wanted to make my first iPhone app, and I knew it would be relatively easy to move the core logic from Mac to iPhone. What were you trying to achieve with the iPhone version of PCalc? What I enjoy most in software development is coming up with the user interface for an app, and so I drew an initial prototype in SuperPaint and spent the summer of 1992 figuring out how to turn it into a functioning bit of code. I had a physical calculator, but it seemed like I should be able to do everything on my computer. I wanted something that handled hex and binary calculations to help with my university coursework. What you feel Apple’s built-in calculator lacked? Visit the PCalc website or get PCalc ($9.99/£8.99) or PCalc Lite from the App Store. (A must-install on iPad, which lacks a calculator of its own.) Entertainingly, PCalc’s playful ‘about’ screen, which started life as an icon you could throw bananas at and evolved into a surreal 3D graphics sandbox, has now been spun off as its own app. PCalc remains on the App Store – as does freebie version PCalc Lite. It was long one of those apps where if you wondered whether it could do something – at least within the realm of calculations – chances are it probably could. It took the bones of a traditional desktop calculator and then smartly expanded the feature set. (Seriously: there’s now even a version for Apple TV.) Why was it a classic? It started out as an app for Mac, long ago (it’ll turn 30 this year), but made the leap to Apple’s touchscreen devices – at which point, nothing could stop it. In this entry in our series on classic apps, we explore a calculator app that’s stood the test of time, interviewing its creator about the app’s origins and how it became such an enduring presence on iPhone. Others are core parts of the iPhone’s history. If you weren’t able to catch last week’s Friday 5 post, you can view it here and/or watch its video below.A calculator app for iPhone that truly adds up With this in mind, please don’t hesitate to share your recommendations down below in the comment section. This is my second Friday 5 post, and I’m actively browsing the comments of these posts to learn about your favorite apps for inclusion in future entries. Its compact view stuffs in all of the basic calculator essentials, while the expanded view ushers in a more traditional-looking calculator. The PCalc Lite widget is everything you’d expect a PCalc widget to be. It’s kind of crazy that PCalc’s Lite version is as full featured as it is, but developer, James Thompson, is confident that those who try it will want to upgrade to the full version of the app, or at least take advantage of some of the Lite version’s in-app purchases. I often find myself wanting to identify music playing in my vicinity, so having this widget near the top of my list is a no-brainer. Shazam’s iOS 10 widget is basically just a link to its full app, but tapping the widget will start the app’s song identification process as soon as it opens. And when you happen to need access to a saved snippet, it only takes a tap. The Copied widget allows you to quickly identify and store clipboard contents. If you’re looking for an iOS 10-ready clipboard manager, then Copied is well up to handling the task. YTCount lends users access to the most up-to-date subscriber counts right from an iOS 10-ready widget. If you run your own YouTube channel, then you’re probably used to frequently checking your current subscriber count. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see each new Friday 5 YTCount ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |