[SML] RigCalc is back (slightly commercial post)

[Richard Niederberg]

Dear Alex,
Have you tested RigCalc on Windows 10, now that the same operating system
can work on Desktop and Mobile devices? It would also make a nice addition
for one of my Graphing Calculators!
/s/ Richard
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Alex French via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Hopefully this isn't a double-post... the version I sent last night
> seems to have been lost to the aether.
>
> RigCalc is back- as good as ever, and a little bit different.
>
> First, it has just returned to the iOS App Store, fully compatible
> with latest iOS (well, status is "Ready For Sale"... it shows up in my
> search results now but may take a bit to show up everywhere).  It
> returned to the Google Play store for Android
> devices several weeks ago.  Functionality is unchanged beyond some
> look/feel/presentation changes to match iOS 8.
>
> Second, RigCalc is under new... slightly different... reduced
> management.  Delbert and I have been looking to part ways for quite a
> while, because Delbert had aspirations for RigCalc to continue growing
> that were beyond my interest in the project.  When I was unable to
> resolve RigCalc's issues with new iOS versions in a timely manner, we
> eventually settled on a different option where I bought out Delbert to
> take sole control of RigCalc.  Delbert was able to quickly bring a new
> product to market that I expect expands RigCalc's capabilities and
> builds on his work publishing a rigging math book.  Delbert will
> continue to be credited for his work developing the original RigCalc,
> but he bears no responsibility (or blame for RigCalc's long absence).
>
> For several years RigCalc chugged along on both mobile platforms with
> relatively few updates, so I was caught by surprise when iOS 8
> required quite a bit of work- the first freezing up that stopped users
> cold was the easiest of several things that had to be resolved.  That
> work was satisfying, and quick, compared to the tedium involved in
> just updating OS X on my development machine so that I could upgrade
> Xcode so that I could upgrade iOS libraries... then repeat that full
> cycle half a dozen times before actually getting things working... and
> then finally deal with the slightly different App Store submission
> requirements, including producing more than a dozen app icons in
> slightly different sizes (which mystifies me because iOS is already
> dynamically scaling so many things).  RigCalc is a side project, at
> least second on the list of side projects by profitability, and about
> 17th by interestingness, so getting through that tedium and getting
> RigCalc back in the hands of users didn't get the attention that it
> needed.
>
> Anyway... I certainly hope RigCalc will continue without any similar
> interruptions, but make no promises.  But blame for the outage, and
> responsibility for the future, is mine alone.
>
> The good news is that RigCalc is back now, and I'm happy to hear from
> anyone with specific problems in the future.  I won't promise
> responsive, but I am always interested- whether it's a bug or a
> suggestion.
>
> Alex French
>
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/s/ Richard
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