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The wait is over. Almost.

sasha — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:50:50 +0000

You may have noticed it has been quiet around these parts. Well we’ve been hard at work, and long on waiting for Apple. But after more than a month, CraigSearch Pro has been approved. We have a small set of bug fixes we’re pushing through before we unleash it on the world. Look for it later this week.

We’re also revamping the site a bit to be more useful, both on and off the iPhone. Look for lots of updates this week as well.

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Approved!!!

chad — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:13:49 +0000

After a great deal of patience, Apple has finally approved CraigSearch v1.1.3. In the process, we have become victim to many pitfalls found within the app store approval process.

Communication was clearly a big issue. In the end, it took three submissions and months of waiting before we received a clear understanding of what they wanted. The first submission was denied because Apple decided the Exotic Services and Personals sections were too racy for their standards. The second submission was denied because they could find posts containing stripper advertisements in other sections of the application. Since we could not move forward with our plans, we have succumbed to Apples wishes and finally gained approval.

Another issue is that Apple clearly has a double standard. Try searching for strippers or even porn in Safari. You will clearly find racy pictures more impressionable than anything in CraigSearch within seconds. You could also try downloading the Google application and search for strippers or porn. Similar to Safari, you will find all the racy content your heart desires within seconds.

So, why is Apple playing big brother with the little guys and not Google? Dumb question, I think we all know the answer. We just hope to see parental controls on the iPhone so we can bring back everything Craigslist has to offer.

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Apple’s Policies Suck

sasha — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:48:45 +0000

This is not news, but Apple sure has their head on backwards about a few things.

We’ve had a substantial upgrade in Apple’s hands that adds a bunch of features and fixes a bunch of bugs, since December 22nd. Since then, two other Craigslist based applications have made it into the store — just fine by us. All of these applications, including ours, allow access to all the Craigslist forums including those that may have adult content.

After nothing but silence from Apple for over a month, someone was gracious enough to call us at the end of January and let us know what the delay was. You can see where this is going. We’re held up, apparently, because Apple has decided that even though our application passes the Terms of Service fine, it connects to content that may be objectionable. Just like, oh an RSS reader could, or any number of hundreds of apps in the store.

So we’ve been on permanent hold because of this. Apple suggested we suppress the offending Craigslist categories in order to get published. This sucks, but what choice do we have? We made the change immediately. But that was over a week ago, and still no dice and no answer from Apple.

None of this is at all surprising to me, I’ve known my whole life how incredibly hypocritical everything Apple is. But it’s a very unfortunate thing that they are so caught up in all things lawyerly about their store that they can’t see the forest for the trees.

The basic approve/reject notion that every app faces to get into the iTunes store is laughably absurd, doubly so given the wide range of app types and degrees of quality in the store. There’s a counterpoint to every Apple TOS already in the store.

Without a clear and concise guideline, ultimately, the iTunes store is going to have some very serious problems on its hand. Either from the developers involved, or from competition that gets it. Apple does not.

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PheedYou – Apple Troubles….

chad — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:14:05 +0000

In a recent post, we were excited to mention the upcoming release for CraigSearch. The saved searches feature was going to help raise the functionality of CraigSearch to that of other Craigslist applications. However, after three weeks – two submissions to Apple – four emails – and still no reply, we are at a loss. We are not prepared to bash Apple but what gives? It’s not like this is a new application needing a thorough inspection for memory leaks. This is in fact a new issue not seen before. Other updates have been streamlined through the approval process. What’s changed?

We need this release to be in the user’s hands to assist in testing and further the progression of CraigSearch. We have a new update coming soon which will allow users to receive notifications when a post is matching their saved search criteria. Furthermore, the update coming in a few weeks will enhance usability and surpass all other Craigslist applications. Is Apple really that backlogged?

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The next version

sasha — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:02:27 +0000

v1.1.3 is going through the Apple process, and saved searches will be in everyone’s hands shortly. We’re hard at work to bring you another update mid January, and your comments play a huge part in what we deliver. Look for two big changes:

1) We’ve heard you and will bump up the number of results to 100 (at least, hopefully more), which will give you even more capability to find what you’re looking for. There were some technical reasons for choosing 25, and we hoped it would be enough. But our users are right, and we’re going to fix that pronto!

2) We’re going to add SEARCH ALERTS! You will be able to turn alerts on for one of your saved searches, and we will then email you anytime something gets posted to Craigslist that matches your search. Pricing is still being worked out (entry level will be about $.99 per month), but it will work at a basic level for free, always and forever.

Between 100 matches at minimum, all the search options of Craigslist, Saved Searches, and Search Alerts, you’ll have all the tools to find what you want anytime, and even when you’re not actively looking.

The best is yet to come!

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Saved Searches are coming soon!

chad — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:01:40 +0000

Upon request, we have submitted the final update of the year. Apple is now reviewing our latest version (v1.1.3) which allows users to save up to 30 searches. Once v1.1.3 is released, we will have effectively made CraigSearch comparable to all the paid apps allowing you to search Craigslist. The major exception is that CraigSearch is FREE and the others are not.

What’s New in v1.1.3:
- Searches can now be saved (up to 30 of them) from the Results screen, and accessed in the new Saved tab.
- The last 5 recent searches are stored on the Recent section of the Saved tab.
- Re-run any saved or recent search by selecting it.
- Search Details are preserved when changing cities, and only reset when a new Category or Subcategory is selected, or a Saved or Recent search is run.
- Improved transitions between tabs.
- Added ability to find sublocations by searching for their parent name, in addition to their individual name.
- Added missing copyright information to results details.
- Added the Post URL to the email reply of a given post.
- Fixed crash on results list when date is missing.
- Minor UI enhancements.

Please tell all of your friends about CraigSearch.

Enjoy the holidays.

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Feedback, Feedback, and MORE Feedback

chad — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:24:21 +0000

We just wanted to send a BIG THANKS to everyone who has given us feedback on CraigSearch. Without you, we couldn’t have developed a better “To Do List”.

As we have mentioned in the past, we like to release quick and release often. In doing so, we place a high value on user input. Our goal has been to release the beta version and have you (the users) help direct the upcoming features.

We listened to you with the first update and fixed the crash bugs which plagued the app at startup and we will continue listening. In a few weeks, you should see a feature allowing users to save searches. We feel this is a great next step and appreciate those of you who have made this suggestion.

If you would like to make a comment on a future CraigSearch idea, feel free to visit us at CraigSearch Support or make a comment in the App Store.

Keep the ideas flowing and have a happy holiday season.

Happy Searching.

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1.0.2 is ready to go

sasha — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:14:57 +0000

1.0.2 will be off to Apple soon. Fixed in this version:

- Removed a network dependency from the startup process that could cause the startup screen to stay displayed if the network did not respond. Startup will now proceed independent of the first network checks.

- Improved startup speed.

- Added “Slow Network” pop-up to startup process if the first network connection takes longer than 35 seconds to respond (only displays once).

- Added price display to results list for items that have $$$ listings, i.e. For Sale items.

- Fixed two crash bugs in result list when bad or missing data is received from Craigslist.

- Fixed erroneous Assertion that could occur while saving unimportant app settings, and crash the app.

Now back to Christmasy evening and blowing snow!

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Looks like we’ll do a 1.0.2

sasha — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:06:23 +0000

Finally have been able to track down the issues that cause CraigSearch to crash during launch or freeze at the opening screen. They’re entirely connected to “barely there” networks. I can only reproduce this if I am in the basement stairwell of my building, standing halfway through the door, close to the ground. It’s the only spot I can reliably get 1/2 a bar of Edge network.

I think this can also occur (based on reports, and first hand witness) when a network switches from one version to another, i.e. WiFi to Edge, or if there is incredibly high latency (regardless of the number of network bars you have). Essentially the network is present but nobody is home. So, I’m re-arranging things to make the launch process a little more tolerant of this. I don’t think this is something I can entirely eliminate, but 1.0.2 should make it better. Hopefully that will go to Apple this weekend.

Thanks for everyone who has written in or posted/chatted to me about this problem. After 1.0.2 the next update will have some new features (yay)!

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Crashes On Launch

sasha — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:29 +0000

If CraigSearch seems to be crashing very frequently during launch, or before you can even get to running a search, please try the following: turn on Airplane Mode, run CraigSearch. See if the first few steps go smoothly. If so, exit and turn the network back on and try again.

There seems to be an intermittent issue that only some users are encountering when the network is enabled during startup cases. Don’t know what it is yet, but we’ll figure it out!

Please head on over to our support forum and let us know what you problems are.

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