Re:Introducing Quip
by bsaul on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @04:24AM
(#6132473)
A bit off topic, but every time i see document-making apps, i wonder about the lack of file manager.
My workflow is almost always, open the app, start typing, then ask myself "i'd like to add a picture here". Now, on desktop that's simply a matter of clicking "import image" and browse my hard drive to find the picture. It's a pull workflow.
What's the worflow for that on an iPad ? Android has file managers, but iOS definitely needs something more convenient than "export this image to".
EDIT : and that could be really easy to do from an API / UI perspective : just create a system UIViewController like mail composer, that present the list of apps (or app groups), and let me pick files that the apps put in their "shared" folder (read only).
My workflow is almost always, open the app, start typing, then ask myself "i'd like to add a picture here". Now, on desktop that's simply a matter of clicking "import image" and browse my hard drive to find the picture. It's a pull workflow.
What's the worflow for that on an iPad ? Android has file managers, but iOS definitely needs something more convenient than "export this image to".
EDIT : and that could be really easy to do from an API / UI perspective : just create a system UIViewController like mail composer, that present the list of apps (or app groups), and let me pick files that the apps put in their "shared" folder (read only).