[native-apps-request] Sailfish OS needs these apps. [subjective]

asked 2017-03-07 22:44:24 +0200

anasofoz
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Sailfish is a very good OS, and has the potential to outclass other mobile OS's, it is stylish, powerful, and truly unlike. only if it had some essential productivity native apps... I truly hate it when I am forced to use android emulated apps, they drain the battery and are usually slow/buggy, and they feel out of place. so here is the list of some native apps that I mess, from highest priority to lowest;

A native webbrowser with an up-to-date, modern rendering engine.
Complete office suite, not just viewing documents, but editing and creating documents.
Video Editor, it doesnt have to be the most complex one, just simple functions.
Image Editor with advanced functionalities.
Please share other important apps I forgot to mention

Also, is there any chance for such apps to be developed?, or is the current capabilities of SFOS not there yet?

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"The needs of man are quite easy to fulfill. The desires are much more difficult."

vattuvarg ( 2017-03-07 22:58:35 +0200 )edit

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It would be nice to have a native navigation app.

vattuvarg ( 2017-03-07 23:02:30 +0200 )edit

@vattuvarg isnt there many map apps in the store? I never used any so I really cant tell if they are any good.

anasofoz ( 2017-03-07 23:05:10 +0200 )edit

@anasofoz - Not many, no. ...but they're good enough.

vattuvarg ( 2017-03-07 23:08:28 +0200 )edit

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SFOS badly needs a decent Sat Nav app, I've got a free app on a windows phone called GPS Navigation that puts my Garmin Sat Nav to shame, I'd be more than happy to pay for the same quality of app' on decent hardware on SFOS.

True Caller or a decent equivalent would also be most welcome to quickly and easily block the ever increasing amount of marketing crap that infests life, (yes I am aware of scum stopper but it's not integrated into the OS like TC is and there's no 'quick' way to just block a number) Maybe if they just built a 'block number' option into the phone app' itself we wouldn't need a separate app.

davekelly ( 2017-03-07 23:28:21 +0200 )edit

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answered 2017-03-08 16:39:13 +0200

AnonUser10082
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I just need good browser. That's it.

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Totally agree, a good browser will solve 90% of my problems... because it is ok not to have native apps, as long as their web apps are working great.

anasofoz ( 2017-03-08 22:30:03 +0200 )edit

Web services are better at not excluding users...

vattuvarg ( 2017-03-09 20:24:42 +0200 )edit

Native Opera would be beautiful, though non-sailfish-like. But I know neither Jolla nor anyone else than Opera Software can do something about it...

NobodyInPerson ( 2017-03-09 21:33:26 +0200 )edit

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answered 2017-03-08 13:53:22 +0200

Spark
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updated 2017-03-08 13:55:49 +0200

Interesting but duplicate:

https://together.jolla.com/question/142604/what-app-would-you-pay-10euro-for/

and by the way: Complete office suite on mobile? Creating mobile office documents is IMO a waste of time. This is way back on the priority list.

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A rich text editor would be enough for me.

vattuvarg ( 2017-03-08 17:50:18 +0200 )edit

Yeah I actually agree after giving it some thought,although I use office suites frequently on other mobile OS's, it is only for fast editing usually. so the app doesnt have to be a complete suite, maybe something that provides fast editing to docx,pptx,xls. nothing special just basic fast editing capabillities....

anasofoz ( 2017-03-08 22:16:05 +0200 )edit

As for the duplicate thing... I dont think that they are duplicates... that topic is for any kind of app that users would like to see.... my topic is about essential apps that the users need to see.

anasofoz ( 2017-03-08 22:38:34 +0200 )edit

I used Excel on my Windows Mobile 5-6 smartphone 5-10 years ago for my records of school attendance, school timetable, money spend etc. Just basic tables with few functions and I used them only on mobile.

kuba77 ( 2017-03-09 09:43:26 +0200 )edit

I would pay "10 eur" for a good spread sheet/xls editor limited to the essential functions.

I remember when abou in 2003 i got in my firm a Pocket PC from HP with an essential Excel application which remembered me of Psion. Using a stylus to navigate on the tiny cells, I could collect a lot of useful data on Excel.

For designing the calc tables you had better to go to a bigger device. But you could work well on a properly designed table.

You had also to limit the used features, keeping in mind the portability to/from all the involved devices, with the aim of a lossless sync in both directions.

prometheos de+it ( 2017-03-10 03:41:34 +0200 )edit

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answered 2017-03-09 11:22:18 +0200

ly3tp
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natve integrated activity/sports/health tracker would be nice.
i miss Cutespot =(
cant stop thinking about native Spotify app. Thats all i need.

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You know Meerun from Openrepos for a sportstracker?

BonoNL ( 2017-03-09 13:12:48 +0200 )edit

Or vote for Spotify here

BonoNL ( 2017-10-24 23:34:52 +0200 )edit

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answered 2017-03-08 19:59:15 +0200

chappi

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Sorry to be blunt: forget it! All these applications needed a huge amount of work. Who would pay? There is no app store and even if there were, it would be too small to pay the bills.

Fortunatly it doesn't matter much (imho). The current Webbrowser works good enough. Video-/Photo-/Office-editors are not really necessary. If you came to Sailfish for those things, you better sell the phone again.

Otherwise I agree, it's a very good OS. I wouldn't want to have anything else. Looking forward to that Sony... (compact pls if possible)

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Not everyone develops stuff because he expects to get payed. Others do it for fun, others create something that they need and by making the code open other people add things.

The most important thing in getting a quality app is a dedicated individual who wants to solve a problem (and won't let the app rot after the initial release). The rest comes with time.

ApB ( 2017-03-08 20:09:40 +0200 )edit

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How is sailfish os supposed to be competing with other platforms if it doesnt provide native apps that are atleast on par with what others are providing?....for me SFOS's workflow and design are much better than others, but the lack of essential apps is real setback for people wanting to switch... Alien dalvik support is supposed to be just an extra feature not an essential one that I cant live without....and when you said " If you came to Sailfish for those things, you better sell the phone again." in fact I came to Sailfish because it is unlike, and I am not selling my phone, cuz really if no one has time to make these apps, I will invest my time to make them, once Sailfish 2.1 stable is released.

anasofoz ( 2017-03-08 22:26:46 +0200 )edit

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answered 2017-03-09 04:30:41 +0200

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i dont know about apps but there are some basic features that should be standard in an Os like Usb tethering etc which are missing. even my $10 dumb phone can copy contacts to a sim card but smartOs sailfish can't do it but i don't expect anything from jolla and neither should u .

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