I've been loving all these native apps, but there's one I'm dying to see: a unit converter just like the unit converter widget. Lengths, weights, currencies, etc. I realize the currencies are a bit more difficult than the others since they'd require internet updating, but somebody pretty please try to build this app?? I'd be willing to chip in some funds a la a shareware application!
Yeah, I've used it-- but I'm not always online, and I hate having to launch safari, then go to a bookmark. I'm looking for some one stop coversion shopping! Also, it'd be nice to have one that looks & feels like the widget that I use all the time.
The guy that created that web app needs to fix his spelling of Area, by the way
Last edited by schrysco; 09-18-2007 at 07:15 PM.
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There is a way to do currencies using the stocks program.
First go to the yahoo business site here http://finance.yahoo.com/currency and put in the currency conversion you would like on your iphone.
When you've done that there will be a code that looks like this AUDUSD=X, just add that in the stocks program on iphone and voila, instant exchange rates.
i am mid development of this i would say i am 50 pct done I suppose I should setup a site so people can see it. For now I'll try to post screenshots here as soon as i can
Last edited by jmcallister; 12-09-2007 at 08:51 PM.
i worked most of the weekend on it. I have the core ui done and have a game plan in place for the logic. I have attached some screenshots for those interested. Further details and up to date updates can be found on my dev forum at idevnetwork.net. More to come soon
Last edited by jmcallister; 12-17-2007 at 07:29 PM.
I think it's great that you are developing this, but I'm not too happy with the proposed implementation. It looks too complicated and too many tapps to get the info. Wouldn't it be easier to have the user enter a value, say 5 inches and then present all conversions possible in one fell swoop?
The possible combinations on conversion types would make the list lik 300 items long so a single selection system is ineffective. I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out the most effective way that would not drive people nuts. I personally would hate to drga my finger for a minute to find the one i was looking for. Ideas?
I don't understand why there would be 300. Say you have length: that would be like 8 conversions (depending on what units you would like to provide). Now if you want to have micro, decimeters, centi, and kilo, then yes there would be quite a few. But that isn't necessary, since you could an additional conversion for any metric unit that would convert meters into centi, deci, etc. Just enable that conversion whenever a unit is metric.
Alternatively, if you really want all of those available and do a single conversion, then I would suggest you use the scroll wheels that Apple uses e.g. in the data/clock settings so the user can dial in the "From" unit and in the second wheel the "To" unit. But the long lists you are proposing don't seem to be very easy to use.
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