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by wallflower 5937 days ago
Just tried master screens. Did exactly what you said it would do. Nice feature. Would be nice to have a poor man's layer system where you can quickly toggle the visibility or at least dim the master screen(s) so they kind of become the background/grid.

Suggestion - include some sample screens built to your best practices and a couple storyboards using those screens.
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peter_severin 5937 days ago
Yes, I've had other requests for dimming masters. For now you can overlay a semi-transparent panel to achieve the same effect.

Better samples, better screencasts - all this is on my list. But like for any coder it takes some great effort for me to spend my time on website/marketing. But I'll get there I promise.

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wallflower 5937 days ago
Nice side project. Your investment in the coding really shows off.

In case you did not see Dan Grover's response about the work breakdown on his Etude sheet music iPhone app:

"Were you the only one developing it? How long did it take? Love the app and the video on the webpage, by the way."

"Luckily, I have a precise answer to this because I have this weird habit of tracking every minute of my time on my own projects. Here's the breakdown on Etude in hh:mm

Actual iPhone app: 210:11

Song converter: 72:52

Store (UI + server side): 82:23

Building site and designing marketing materials: 44:52

I did most of the work, but I did contract some of the graphics I had trouble with to a designer, and I've taken someone awesome on board to work with music companies and other "strategic" stuff for the future."

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1196308

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