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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Do MacGourmet Users Want a Widescreen Mode?

I play around a lot with prototypes of new ideas, and variations on themes to find new ways to improve my products. One of my most recent tests was to see how difficult it would be to add an optional "widescreen" mode to MacGourmet. Now, remember, this isn't necessarily going to be added, and what I've done so far is only a rough prototype with no polish, but is there interest in having a mode like this in MacGourmet? With widescreens so prevalent now, every new Apple display is a widescreen for instance, understandably people seem to want to use the extra horizontal space. Do you want this added as a new option? Post your thoughts or send an email message to me at macgourmet [at] advenio.com and if I get enough positive responses I may move forward with it for a future update.

15 Comments:

At 4/10/2007 10:20 PM, Anonymous said...: I think the widescreen mode would be a great option! It would look great on my MacBook!
At 4/10/2007 11:13 PM, Αντώνης Σιγάλας said...: I sure do. Widescreen mode is so much better than horizontal. You can browse through your recipes more efficiently and always display the full recipe instead of having to scroll up or down. Please implement that feature!
At 4/11/2007 12:14 AM, Anonymous said...: It looks good and easy to view files...like a Finder window. I'm still on an iBook G4, so it's not a high priority for me, but I do like it.

Menu planner feature anytime soon? Next version? :)

Thanks for the great product.
At 4/11/2007 12:44 AM, Anonymous said...: Agreed. It really would make reading recipes on the MacBook a much more enjoyable experience. Might even help me to print out less.
At 4/11/2007 11:33 AM, blogdog said...: Nice screen shot! I have a 17" MacBook Pro, and would definitely use that feature if it were available.
At 4/12/2007 8:08 AM, Anonymous said...: Of course! My imacs widescreen!
At 4/13/2007 10:36 AM, Anonymous said...: Option are always good. It would save a time scrolling through a long list of similar names.
At 4/14/2007 1:35 PM, Anonymous said...: Would be great for those with widescreeens, but I'm on an iBook G4 and that mode would be more than frustrating.

So I guess the key word here is "option".
At 4/14/2007 1:58 PM, Michael said...: Just to answer a couple of questions/comments:

"Menu planner feature anytime soon? Next version? "

Menu planning is a much bigger feature than this change would be, but it will be one of the next major changes to come along. No comment on when yet.

"Would be great for those with widescreeens, but I'm on an iBook G4 and that mode would be more than frustrating."

Widescreen would only be an option. The application would still be usable the same way it is now unless you chose widescreen.

Thanks for the comments so far. Keep 'em comin'!
At 4/16/2007 10:54 AM, William B Carroll III said...: A lovely Widescreen option would definitely fit my MacBook and Apple displays :) I have Yojimbo and Apple mail hacked for widescreen and love it.
At 4/18/2007 4:00 PM, Katerina said...: I would use it too!
At 4/19/2007 9:50 PM, Anonymous said...: I would like widescreen a lot. Yes.
At 4/20/2007 9:27 PM, Branden Russell said...: Yes, a widescreen option would be great.
At 4/30/2007 7:49 AM, Kay said...: At first, I didn't see the point. But after seeing the picture, I think it would be great!!!
At 5/20/2007 11:37 AM, Anonymous said...: I was just wondering if there would some day be a widescreen mode. That would be great!