http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ The world just got smaller. en-US Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:01:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://forum.balloonsapp.com/search.php http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/how-do-you-remove-a-balloon#post-413 Tue, 11 May 2010 13:38:58 +0000 Andrew 413@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hi Colleen - if you find the balloon in your balloon tracker, click on it then when the first tag appears click on the purple arrow button. Choose the report balloon option and say 'Yes'. This will remove the balloon from the skies so no one else can see it. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/how-do-you-remove-a-balloon#post-409 Fri, 07 May 2010 08:49:16 +0000 colleen 409@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>My niece of 8 got hold of the phone and put her address in. How do I remove my own balloon </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/i-cant-see-my-location-on-my-ballons#post-406 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:35:14 +0000 rgreen 406@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>In my case the location is about 100 miles off. Very irritating. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/why-not-for-itouch#post-402 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:00:31 +0000 Dave 402@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hello to the balloon decorators :) Where was the link posted?</p> <p>We haven't really thought about a Blackberry app, do games do well on the BB? </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/why-not-for-itouch#post-398 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:21:41 +0000 balloons 398@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Came across your website as the details were posted on the balloon decorators industry forum website. </p> <p>What about an app for the blackberry ? </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/santa-claus-just-got-balloons-and-is-launching-one-balloon-a-day#post-394 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:20:19 +0000 Dave 394@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>He just launched his 2nd balloon (the elves phoned me to tell me! That's how I know)</p> <p>Here is a sneaky peek at it!</p> <p><a href="http://live.balloonsapp.com/balloon/NDYl" rel="nofollow">http://live.balloonsapp.com/balloon/NDYl</a> </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/santa-claus-just-got-balloons-and-is-launching-one-balloon-a-day#post-390 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:09:13 +0000 Dave 390@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>So a few hours ago, Santa Claus managed to get his iPhone back from Rudolf and of course the first thing he did was install Balloons! on it!</p> <p>He just sent word that he launched his first balloon a few hours ago, see if you can catch it ;)</p> <p>His balloons are tagged as being launched from "Santa's Grotto!" so you will know if you catch it! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/frequently-asked-questions#post-386 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:01:12 +0000 Dave 386@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <strong>Where is the "Settings App" so I can turn off the menu sounds/information messages?</strong><br /> <br /> As recommended by Apple, we use the inbuilt iPhone "Settings" app for these settings, you should have an icon like this on your home screen somewhere.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://img.skitch.com/20091215-gcahm82rfm1usgs4iqmgaa3s8m.jpg"/><br /> <br /> When you load that, the Balloons! and Balloons! Lite settings should be at the bottom of the first page of settings somewhere.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://img.skitch.com/20091215-fx52npjuxcdd2badh46sk5ck4m.jpg"/> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/why-not-for-itouch#post-382 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:51:54 +0000 Dave 382@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hi</p> <p>The lack of camera is definitely one of the reasons we cut iTouch from the final build of Balloons, we feel that it is really important that users can attach pictures to their balloon.</p> <p>However, the final reason was because some of our beta testers had really strange bugs with location being reported completely wrong. One tester was in Yorkshire, England and his location was reported as San Francisco. This kind of bug is very harmful to the balloons experience as it would make people think the whole thing is faked and ruin the magic of believing where balloons have travelled from.</p> <p>This bug is something we do intend to look at in the future but for now we are concentrating on the iPhone, I wish we had a bigger development team so we could do more of this stuff at once but it is just the two of us!</p> <p>Dave </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/why-not-for-itouch#post-378 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:22:13 +0000 Robotech_Master 378@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Is the camera really that integral to the experience? As aristillus says, the Touch does have Skyhook-based location ability for those in urban areas (or otherwise near registered wifi hotspots). Even Loopt is letting their app run on the iPod Touch now.</p> <p>It's a shame that you're cutting off iPod Touch users from running your app. </p> <p>Out of 45 million combined iPhone and iPod Touch sales reported by Apple, only 10 million iPhone activations were reported by AT&amp;T. Even if we assume that another 5 million iPhones were activated overseas (it's probably more like 1 million or fewer), that would still be twice as many iPod Touches as iPhones that could run your app. You're cutting off a pretty big potential audience.</p> <p><a href="http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/01/the-ipod-touch-apples-secret-game-changer/" rel="nofollow">http://www.teleread.org/2009/09/01/the-ipod-touch-apples-secret-game-changer/</a></p> <p>We Touch people like communicating, too, you know. And Distant Shore runs on both Touches and iPhones... </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/i-cant-see-my-location-on-my-ballons#post-374 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:03:38 +0000 Dave 374@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hi Anphip</p> <p>This is a serious problem and we are sorry it is affecting you. We are looking at solutions as a matter of urgency right now and I hope to have a fix ready very soon. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/i-cant-see-my-location-on-my-ballons#post-370 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:39:42 +0000 Anphib 370@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>What is my alternative? Because it isn't working and I would like my location visible even if it's just the country. Is there a way to refresh the location check or is that something that only takes place at the time the account is created? What should I do? My email is <a href="mailto:anphib@gmail.com">anphib@gmail.com</a> if you can help that would be great. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/i-cant-see-my-location-on-my-ballons#post-366 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:46:02 +0000 Andrew 366@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hi</p> <p>We use the phone to take a longitude and latitude fix on your position. This is then sent to google who have a service which returns a location given a long/lat. Sometimes it doesn't seem to work and returns nothing. Hopefully this will improve over time - if it doesn't we will look into alternatives. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/i-cant-see-my-location-on-my-ballons#post-362 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:46:44 +0000 Anphib 362@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>My "in" field is blank and I cannot seem to fix this as there is no option screen that allows me to update the goggle feed within the app. Please don't tell me I have to reinstall cause that would suck.. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/frequently-asked-questions#post-358 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:34:55 +0000 Andrew 358@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p><strong>Why can't I use pictures from my iPhone Camera Roll?</strong><br /> This was a major design question when we were creating Balloons! In the end we decided against using the camera roll as we wanted to maintain the spontaneity of the app and keep it in the 'Here and Now'. We also had some concerns that inappropriate photos and spam would be easier to send out if the content could be created elsewhere and then attached to a balloon.</p> <p>Dave wrote a blog post about moderation of reported balloons and also some more detail about why we do not allow people to attach pictures from their camera library which some of you might find interesting.</p> <p><a href="http://blog.daveverwer.com/iphone-development/the-moderation-problem/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.daveverwer.com/iphone-development/the-moderation-problem/</a> </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/frequently-asked-questions#post-354 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:14:40 +0000 Andrew 354@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p><strong>My Balloon is saying POPPED - what does that mean?</strong><br /> No balloon lasts for ever and when their day comes they Pop. They pop at random so some will only last a short time whilst others will have more fulfilling journeys - it's all just the luck of the draw.</p> <p>If all your balloons have popped why not launch some more? </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/android-app#post-350 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:10:01 +0000 Andrew 350@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hi - At the moment we're focussing heavily on the iPhone working on adding functionality. We're keeping an eye on the Android platform as it matures but no firm plans as yet! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/android-app#post-346 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:49:43 +0000 TheMix 346@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Is this in the works at all?</p> <p>I'd love to get in on this wonderful social experiment! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/moderation#post-342 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:36 +0000 Andrew 342@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>When a balloon is reported it ends up on our screens for moderation. We've two choices - relaunch the balloon or gently deflate it and retire it from the sky. So what makes us take a balloon out of the sky? These aren't hard and fast rules but they'll give you a steer.</p> <p><strong>Dodgy Material / Language</strong><br /> Everyone can catch a balloon - which means children as well as adults. So if a reported balloon has anything that you wouldn't want a child to see then it's probably on a one way ticket out.</p> <p>To be specific - 'adult' photos, swearing etc are out.</p> <p><strong>SPAM</strong><br /> Nobody likes a spammer so if a balloon is blatantly spam like or if there is a pattern of subtle spamming that people are reporting then balloons are likely to be removed.</p> <p><strong>Derogatory or Defamatory remarks</strong><br /> If someone is nasty to someone else, resorts to name calling or is ageist, racist, sexist or anything else that is derogatory or defames their character then that tag or balloon will be removed and the person responsible may be suspended or banned.</p> <p><strong>Politics or views you don't like</strong><br /> We are not political animals and freedom of speech is still alive and kicking in this world so reporting a balloon that has views you disagree with but doesn't break the above could very well find itself refloating. However read on for the next guideline.....</p> <p><strong>Five strikes</strong><br /> OK..so we see nothing wrong with a balloon and we keep relaunching it. We do take the trouble to count how many times it has been reported. So if a balloon is reported for multiple times then we begin to think we have missed something. By the time it gets to five then we have to act. Whether our translation service is failing us and we miss that it is offensive OR people generally are turned off by the content OR the launcher wishes they'd never floated the balloon in the first place THEN, unless we think there's a good reason, the needle comes out and the balloon is a gonner.... Please accept our apologies if your balloon is a victim of this policy!</p> <p><strong>Can I get my balloon back if it's been moderated out</strong><br /> No. We may have got it wrong but it's a balloon! Just launch another one!</p> <p><strong><a href="http://balloonsapp.com/terms" rel="nofollow">http://balloonsapp.com/terms</a></strong> </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/launch-catch-counts-do-you-know#post-338 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:59:15 +0000 SpiritOfNine 338@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>I know my catch count is zero because every time I try to catch one, I get the "Oh no! There are no balloons in range to catch" message. So I just launch and track and hope that some day a balloon will drift in range. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/can-you-change-the-name-in-the-from-field#post-334 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:43:45 +0000 MeherMan 334@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>You can't change it on balloons already launched, but when you launch your next balloon, just top the existing name and you'll be able to make the change for that ballon forward.</p> <p>Ron </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/can-you-change-the-name-in-the-from-field#post-330 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:17:22 +0000 msanchez 330@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>I noticed the name I put in the from field when you launch a ballon is incorrect. Can I edit this? </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/adding-photos-from-iphone-albums#post-326 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:51:14 +0000 rt 326@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>First of all, what a wonderful app! The only thing is, I cannot ad a photo from my albums on my iPhone - I always have to take a new photo, which I find disappointing. With all the great photo apps available for the iPhone, it would be great to have this option. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/saving-photos#post-318 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:55:28 +0000 BlueFrog 318@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hey guys, It would be nice if the photos we take and use in Balloons! could be saved on the iPhone and also used in our message. I'm sure there will come a time when I take a photo that I wish I had a copy of, but it'll be floating somewhere else in the world. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/mercy-release-language-options#post-314 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:48:24 +0000 BlueFrog 314@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Ah, okay, I didn't realize you could just press the home button to release it. I've gotten 4 Japanese balloons (make that 5, just got another one that's in English though) out of the 8 or 9 I've caught, so this has become a rather large problem for me (Canada must be on the Japanese express or something).</p> <p>Gord </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/mercy-release-language-options#post-310 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:55:15 +0000 Andrew 310@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Thanks for your post. Currently if you just press the home button when you catch the balloon it releases it without recording the location. I can see where your coming from that it would be nice for the sender to see that it has landed in your neck of the woods but the alternative to your message would be just to have a blank tag with the location stated on it (not really ideal I hope you agree).</p> <p>We'll look into the languages but it may prove difficult to identify each one - especially European ones which use the same alphabet as English. The alternative is to try to put something which excludes certain countries of origin but that could defeat the object of the app to bring different people together - we'll do some more work on it! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/feature-requests#post-306 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:55:59 +0000 BlueFrog 306@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>2) After catching a balloon there are only two choices "Home" or "Reply", it would be really great to have a "release it back into the air" type button that would take you directly back to catching another balloon, in case you don't want to reply to the one you just caught.</p> <p>I agree that it would be really useful to have a 'Catch Another' style button. Our problem boils down to screen space - we can't fit in another button at the bottom to the three that are already there.</p> <p>-----------------------</p> <p>I posted a similar request in another thread. If it's simply a design issue then I'd propose the middle purple balloon with the arrow in it becomes "more" and "Release Balloon" is added to the screen that has "Report this balloon" and "cancel." After all, the purple arrow doesn't scream "report me," so people are likely to click on it anyway. Changing it to "more" allows you the freedom to put other options in here.</p> <p>Gord </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/mercy-release-language-options#post-302 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:44:11 +0000 BlueFrog 302@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>I'd like the ability to perform a "mercy release" of a balloon. I just caught a balloon that was entirely written in Japanese, with replies entirely in Japanese. Unfortunately I don't speak Japanese, but I had to write a response in order to send it along. It'd be nice if we could have the option to release the balloon without any note, but still have it tagged that it was caught and released by me (for the original sender). I felt bad writing "Greetings from Canada" before sending it off.</p> <p>Maybe adding a language option would also work - "only catch balloons written in these languages" with the ability to check some boxes. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/location-truncation#post-294 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:35:29 +0000 Andrew 294@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Thanks for the feedback!</p> <p>Balloons! records the latitude and longitude of the launch and then uses Google's reverse geocoding service to come back with a location so we're a bit at the mercy of what Google sends us back. We're striving to improve the usefulness of the location name without being too accurate (to protect privacy)! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/location-truncation#post-290 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:19:35 +0000 Neil 290@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Also, would it be possible to allow the user to define the level of location details given? Balloons written from my home give my postcode(tmi) but not my country!</p> <p>Keep up the great work! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/location-truncation#post-286 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:13:10 +0000 drchris 286@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>I've noticed that when viewing a caught balloon, the "In:" field that gives the location of the launcher is sometimes truncated with a ... at the end of the field. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I can't seem to get this field to expand so that I can read the rest of the location information. In some international locations, I've noticed I may not be familiar with the city name, and need to see the rest of the field to even know what part of the world the balloon has traveled!</p> <p>If this is not a current feature, it would be a great addition!</p> <p>Thanks for a great app! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/slight-outlanding-feature-suggestion#post-282 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:09:55 +0000 drchris 282@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Glad to hear about this. I thought I remembered some discussion about this in the original TUAW post about Balloons!, but didn't see this feature in 1.0. I think it will add a new dimension to the app!</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/launch-catch-counts-do-you-know#post-278 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:59:18 +0000 MeherMan 278@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Seems that the good folks at Shiny Development will be adding STATS in an upcoming Balloon! version, but in the meantime, do you keep track of the number of balloons you launch? or catch?</p> <p>I know the approximate number of launches - about 90 - but am clueless regarding the catches.</p> <p>And you...?</p> <p>Ron </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/launcher-or-catcher#post-274 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:54:38 +0000 MeherMan 274@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Which are you?</p> <p>I've launched about 90 balloons so far and have to remind myself to catch some also, although I don't know how many I have caught.</p> <p>And you?</p> <p>Ron </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/moderation-of-content-and-attaching-pictures-from-photo-library#post-270 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:52:19 +0000 MeherMan 270@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>I agree re: not allowing pics to be pasted from other sources.</p> <p>I thing, among others I like about Balloons is the here-and-now feel, which does require a little bit of effort.</p> <p>Keep up the good work!</p> <p>Best</p> <p>Ron </p>