Skrivarna Software

Kind of cute comment on the Andronome Metronome on Google Play: A simple yet most friendly creature With a stroke hither or thither, this kind little beasty speeds with excitement or slows to a calmer pace. With a gentle, held touch, (you may croon "hush" or "be silent" while doing so), little beastie quietens, ready to be aroused by the next touch. Who says you cannot have a personal relation to a piece of software?

The greatest improvement in version 0.9.5, and certainly the most requested by the Fakebook users, is the ability to change font. The chords page can now be presented in one of four typefaces, optimized for different environments and users. Select a font that suit you, in the Settings menu: The original Fakebook font, similar to the handwritten style of the early Real Book editions. As a musician, you feel instantly at home with this font -- but it must be admitted that it is not always easy to read. The Jazz Ink font preserves the familiar handwriting theme, but in a slightly more compact and easier to read style. The Sans Serif font requires the most screen real estate and not all phones can afford this. So, while probably easiest to read individual chords, the complete fake sheet may suffer if not four bars fit in a row. Sans Narrow aims to fix some of the problems with the Sans Serif font, while still retaining the legibility. Also, note that both the Sans pr...

Guess which of the apps that inspired this review: Just adorable...hours of fun! - Love to drain my battery by hiding under cushion in mother-in-law's favorite chair......"what is that thing i feel....are WE having an earthquake?" (no, "we" aren't, but YOU are!.)...."i feel funny in my pants..." (yes, and you LOOK FUNNY in your pants.)...and "something is wrong with my butt!" (that's possible, but i do know something is definitely wrong with your HEAD!). so on and so forth.... ...thanks, dev!

So, in the tradition of full disclosure, let's continue this user mail series with some ... well ... opinions about the VL-Tone app. First a (translated) Google Play review: The totally unnecessary CASIO VL-Tone keyboard was a little funny in 1981. Today it is no longer interesting, just as this app ...Nostalgia, when you hold us ...! And then, from the BlackBerry App World, short and concise: Why did you bother even creating this?

This months Mail of the Month will consist of snippets from some user mail conversations - a short Fakebook FAQ: > I purchased the fake book for android today. When I open it I cannot > scroll through the tunes. What am I doing wrong? There are several ways to change tunes: * Swipe left/right to "turn page". The faster you swipe, the more songs will be skipped. * Use the menu button and then press previous/next. * If your phone has hardware buttons, pressing left/right on these. * If you have a headset with buttons, these shall work as well. * The simplest way, if you know what you are looking for, is to press the menu button and then the "browse" button. In this dialog you can search any way you want. * The same dialog is available when pressing "search", if your phone has a dedicated button for that. > Can you switch between C instruments and Bb?  Transpose is planned for the next release -- both global (for all tunes, e.g. for win...

Since a few days the Fakebook app is available for download on Google Play and the Android Market . It's the same app and the same description as previously published on Amazon . It's also the same, ridiculously low price during an introductory period. Get it now, get it cheap and get me some feedback!

One of the interesting things with writing software that people actually use (as opposed to what many of us programmers do for a living) is the mails. I get ideas, problem reports, feature requests and questions on a daily basis. Keep it coming! I will collect some useful or otherwise interesting conversations under the Mail of the Month  headline. With a little luck and some input from you it may result in an interesting FAQ. The first mail I'll publish here is a little special. As some of you may have noticed, the GoodVibrations app is extremely simple, but at least I put some effort into the Market description . I tried to be funny, making up some pretty unlikely use cases. Or so I thought, until I got this mail: I would like it if the vibrations widget would keep vibrating after the screen times out or is locked. My father paints houses and his new phone is waterproof. I was thinking that if he dropped this phone in a bucket of paint he could rinse it off but it might be ...