I don’t understand the appeal of smartphone apps. I simply go to the site in a browser. Most popular sites give a slimmed-down mobile version of the web page automatically.
@jaytkay: I thought so too until I got the iphone… I like getting instant updates from social sites (not just through email) and the apps make for easier using lots of times. I prefer it over web browsing almost always.
Fluther decided not to keep going with the app because we thought it wouldn’t be a great use of our time. We worked hard to make sure the mobile version of the site was totally functional so smartphones (especially the iPhone) can interact with it no problem. With only 6 engineers, learning how to develop and deploy apps for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry, along with making Fluther.com more awesome, was just too much. iPhone = Obj-C, Android = Java, and Blackberry = god knows what.
I don’t even have a smartphone, and I think the browser version of the site is extremely easy to use and very functional. I Fluther from my phone all the time, and my phone is about as basic as they get for being 3 years old.
@jaytkay it should and does with iPhones and Android phones, but I’m not sure about some of the other ones. If it doesn’t, it just means we didn’t have anything to test with and no information about the browser on the phone (like the user agent string).