http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ The world just got smaller. en-US Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:52:29 +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-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-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/why-not-for-itouch#post-242 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:08:30 +0000 aristillus 242@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>This sounds like such a neat application and I couldn't figure out why I couldn't find it. Turns out it's only for iPhone. Boo-hiss! Nobody wants my $2.99???? </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-155 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:58:40 +0000 Andrew 155@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p><strong> How do Balloons travel? </strong><br /> Balloons! uses your iPhone's location services to work out where you are launching your balloon from. The black box then works out speed and direction of travel. If another Balloons! user tries to catch a balloon and yours is one that is in range then yours has a chance of being the one that they catch.</p> <p>But how does the black box take notice of winds, the earth's rotation, etc etc? That would be telling.... </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-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/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-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/feature-requests#post-190 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:26:04 +0000 .hugo 190@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>I waited a long time for balloons to be released and I'm quite happy with the app. However, what could perhaps make this an excellent app is the following:</p> <p>1) When catching a balloon it would great if one could choose which balloon they catch as they float across the sky instead of the app catching one for you. Perhaps I only want to catch red balloons? Shouldn't it be my choice?</p> <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>3) The tracking feature is great! But it could be even better if I could add a reply to one of the balloons I originally released.</p> <p>4) The ability to add a photo that is already on my iPhone would be really nice too.</p> <p>5) Balloon labels for balloons I'm tracking would make identifying them easier.</p> <p>Thanks and congratulations on a great start! </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-230 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:03:47 +0000 GabrielMSharp 230@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hello, first off I'm loving the App, it's a real cute and personal experience.</p> <p>I have an idea; balloons with special attributes.</p> <p>When you pick your balloon, besides the regular ones, there would be versions with certain qualities or attributes when it comes to their flight patterns or nature.</p> <p>For example:</p> <p>-One balloon might fly very high, skipping local or intermediate countries and only landing when they're hugely far away (And after a few days or so). This could be described as having extra helium, and a thick long-life rubber.</p> <p>-Another balloon might fly a short distance and land in near-by locations, taking many different replies to build up a big distance.</p> <p>-Others might fly in certain directions, West, East or so on.</p> <p>I'm sure you guys can think of more variations than I can, but that's my idea.</p> <p>(Now all this depends on how realistically the balloons -really- fly around the world. If it's really more simulated for the aesthetics of it all, then this won't really work.)</p> <p>P.S Maybe also have weather conditions, so if it's Windy in the country you are located in, have the balloon's travel effected in some way.<br /> This might just be annoying, especially as it wouldn't make much sense to have this be an On/Off option. </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-262 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:06:31 +0000 Dave 262@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hey Everyone</p> <p>I wrote a blog post earlier today 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> <p>Feel free to comment here, or there!<br /> Dave </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/req-landscape-keyboard-use-current-pic#post-234 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:44:26 +0000 Wizzer 234@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Don't know if it's been posted before...but I'd like to see the ability to write notes using the landscape (horizontal) keyboard...much faster with my fat fingers..and the ability to use current pictures instead of having to take one every time you want to put one onto a balloon.</p> <p>Other than that a kewl app...keep up the good work.. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/balloons-aloft-count#post-170 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:50:30 +0000 NavinRJohnson 170@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Another feature idea: a count of the number of balloons aloft? Maybe also a count of balloons within an X mile radius of your location? </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/thoughts-so-far#post-198 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:03:16 +0000 wrboyce 198@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>OK, so I've pretty much played with Balloons! all day today [that's yesterday now, this post took a little long than expected], and I love it. I do have a few thoughts, questions, feature requests, and general observations…</p> <p><strong>Replying to Balloons</strong><br /> My memory is terrible, and on a couple of occasions it would've been handy if I could switch between "compose" and "read" modes.</p> <p><strong>Balloon Variety</strong><br /> Aside the obvious cosmetic differences, are there any other differences between balloon types? Are certain balloons lighter and thus fly higher? Are certain balloons more durable? (Which nicely leads to my next point)</p> <p><strong>Balloon Lifespan</strong><br /> Is there some magic in the <em>black box</em> that calculates a balloons lifespan? It seems to me that as Balloons! grows more popular a mechanism to expire "uninteresting" balloons may be handy!</p> <p><strong>Balloons Statistics!</strong><br /> We're all geeks here, and everyone knows geeks love nothing more than data. I can think of all sorts of things. Maximum altitude attained, max speed, distance travelled, a kml file of the balloon's path? Aggregate data based on my general usage; balloons launched, balloons tagged, time spend in Balloons!… I could go on forever.</p> <p>Also, how about some overall statistics? An additional menu option with things like "There are xx balloons currently afloat", "The oldest balloon has been afloat for xx days", "The most travelled balloon has traveled xx miles", "The fastest balloon has travelled xx miles in xx days"… Again, I could go on.</p> <p><strong>API?</strong><br /> OK, one thing a geek might love more than data - data with easy access! Are there any plans to implement an API (perhaps an API key could be included with the paid app, or an in-app purchase?). I'd love to show off my balloon stats :) </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/feature-request-viewing-tracked-balloons#post-186 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:05 +0000 Caius 186@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>View your balloon tracker (in the paid app), and scroll partway down the list, then tap a balloon to view it. Then tap "Back" to return to the list of balloons you've launched. I expected it to remember I was scrolled part-way down the page, but it returns me to the top of the page instead.</p> <p>Makes it hard to scan through all updated balloons quickly really, as I need to remember which balloon I was on and then scroll to the one above it each time.</p> <p>So the feature request is: please keep the position on the balloon tracker list when returning from an individual balloon. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/really-really-sorry-to-be-the-one-to-do-this#post-194 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:53:58 +0000 wrboyce 194@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>I know everyone hates a grammar nazi, but I think it should be "UFOs" and not "UFO's" :-) </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/couple-new-features#post-182 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:33:24 +0000 Checkmarshall 182@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Hey guys. </p> <p>I downloaded this application the second I received notification of its availability. We here at work are all sending balloons out. (edit: I have got like 4 people here to download this app in the last few hours, its great!)</p> <p>A couple things would be nice additions or are already in the works, but we have been talking about it here at work.</p> <p>1. Being able to track other peoples balloons that you have responded to.</p> <p>2. The ability to respond on balloons that you have sent out yourself.</p> <p>3. Labeling launched balloons for easier tracking later on.</p> <p>4. Push notification or an email showing some one has responded to your balloon.</p> <p>5. The option to start with first attachment working our way to the most recent one would be cool too!</p> <p>This application is ingenious! </p> <p>Thanks for making it!</p> <p>-Marshall </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/live-on-the-app-store#post-166 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:14:29 +0000 Dave 166@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>We went live on the app store last night some time and sure enough the balloons are pouring in now from all over the place. The full press release can be found on our press page: <a href="http://balloonsapp.com/press" rel="nofollow">http://balloonsapp.com/press</a>.</p> <p>Thanks so much to everyone who has been launching balloons, you are all awesome ;) </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/status-update-still-in-review#post-153 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:37:46 +0000 Dave 153@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Just thought I would let you all know that we are still in review, over 2 weeks now and it doesn't look like they have started testing properly yet. Someone at Apple launched one solitary balloon late on a Friday evening but nothing since then.</p> <p>Hopefully testing will start soon and we can get it out there... </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/future-features#post-157 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:06:35 +0000 Andrew 157@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <h2>Planned features for v2.0</h2> <br /> No sooner have we finished version 1.0 we've turned our thoughts to version 2.0. Based on comments from beta testers we've decided to put the following features in:-<br /> <br /> <strong>Favorites</strong><br /> In version 1.0 (paid) you can track your own balloons - but what if you catch a really cool balloon and you want to see where it goes next? In version 2.0 there will be the ability to favorite a caught balloon. You can then track its progress in the new Favorites section of the Balloon Tracker. <br /> <br /> <strong>Twitter Integration</strong><br /> When you launch a balloon or catch a balloon you'll be able to tweet to your friends. The really cool bit is that your tweet will contain a URL to the balloon so that they can all see the balloon in their web browser.<br /> <br /> <strong>Extra Balloons</strong><br /> Of course we'll be adding some shiny new balloons to the app!<br /> <br /> If you've got any thoughts or suggestions on these features or have a great new feature you'd like to suggest why not post in the forum? We'd love to hear your from you. http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/version-10#post-148 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:58:00 +0000 Andre 148@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Congratulations on your submission, and I was glad to help in a small way.</p> <p>I don't know if it's just my install, but within iTunes, both apps have lost their icons. They appear OK on the iPhone, but both on the Applications screen and the iPhone sync screen, they both have the 'default' icon of Apple's stylized 'A'.</p> <p>I'm not sure if this is a clue... when I dragged the version 1.0 apps to iTunes, it told me I already had newer versions. I told it to continue anyway. When I hit Sync, I could swear it didn't reinstall them. I deleted both apps from the phone and sync'd again. It worked, but it was then that they both lost their icons. Again, the icons are fine on the iPhone itself. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/did-you-guys-plan-this-for-your-app-launch#post-150 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:49 +0000 Frank 150@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>6-year-old Colorado boy found alive after setting balloon adrift </p> <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html</a> </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/report-your-own-balloons#post-146 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:14:11 +0000 Caius 146@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>Just noticed I can't report any of my balloons from the "balloon tracker" for inappropriate content. Seeing as I'm checking this more often than my balloons are being caught (from what I've seen), being able to report the entire balloon when someone adds something inappropriate to it might be a good idea. </p> http://forum.balloonsapp.com/topic/more%e2%80%a6-balloon-broken-in-latest-beta#post-137 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:24:06 +0000 Caius 137@http://forum.balloonsapp.com/ <p>### Steps to reproduce</p> <p>* Open latest (paid) balloons beta<br /> * Tap the "More…" balloon</p> <p>### Expected</p> <p>Not sure, possibly a screen telling me about something else to buy.</p> <p>### Actual</p> <p>Apache 404 Not Found page for <code>/free.html</code> </p>