Well, I am not sure but I think I just entered your and it is grrrrrrreat!!! So, I guess you don't need any requirements for this so skip the rest. Hahaha App requirements please! What are the app requirements? As a software developer, I always create a block of the system requirements for an app an you should too! It is great practice
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We don't have an app... we're a website page.
Aaaand, someday, can we dream of an app coming? I know there's Vue Native somewhere that would make it easier to import it into an app.
@asgarth does have plans to make an app not sure if he knows of Vue Native or which he's thinking about using.
However my question for you is... what would an app do that more time working on the mobile website couldn't do?
The general user has a small attention span and a big fear of effort and time spent. That's why many major web apps and stores have created mobile apps, which give much more freedom when providing features for their users. Among these features are notifications, local storage of credentials, home screen shortcuts and widgets, navigation gestures, etc.
Although Steempeak is doubtlessly the best web app at the moment, be it on mobile or desktop, especially talking about functionality, it has many issues that prevent it from becoming the users' choice as the main Steem mobile app. The main problem is that there's no Keychain, which makes it so that an experienced user has to take 1 to 2 minutes to log in, and a new user won't find their way for at least 5 minutes if they have to e-mail themselves their password each time Steempeak logs them out.
We're not talking about programmers here but average users. This means that adding accessible and familiar features is key to more than doubling the retention rate, especially given Steempeak's obvious superiority to other apps that are currently standing at death's door due to their slowness to adapt to user demand.
If Steempeak wants to retain newbies and compete before a new app takes the initiative, this is the moment to strike, when it's months away from the first mobile app that will probably even adopt communities and other curation features.
First person to ever answer my question with some actual features. hahaha
OK let's go over them.
As for non push notifications... we already have that.
NO KEYCHAIN... this is for sure one of the top two problems with the mobile experience. Steemconnect is not user friendly either.
The other main issue is that the editor and mobile keyboard don't play together well.
If you have good examples of apps that do gestures well let us know. That sounds intriguing.
But yes in general using keys on mobile is solution #1 ... then mobile app. And if they're one in the same so be it.
Let's make sure @asgarth is following this conversation