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[Mark <j.m.holmes@xxxxxx>]

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Subject: 	Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [idea] how to get popular apps from other 
mobile markets
Date: 	Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:49:43 -0600
From: 	Mark <j.m.holmes@xxxxxx>
To: 	Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>



In some senses, focusing in on (Toy-Town) apps just plays into Apple's
Wizard-of-Oz: that a phone's only any good if there's a zillion apps in
the app store to choose from. A simple Internet search throws up the top
50 apps... It's more about functionality though, it seems to me*. I want
to congratulate people on the recent developments within the browser.
For political reasons I've started taking privacy seriously. I wonder if
Tor (I know they're closed source) could be persuaded to work with your
browser as they did with Firefox? And on the subject of Mozilla - really
bad news about Thunderbird...

m

*I'm no coder, but I did do some thinking around a address book/dialer
combo app:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/znhto04u74ql4zw/Carte%20Blanche.odp?dl=0

On 11/12/15 18:13, Peter Bittner wrote:
> 2015-12-11 18:16 GMT+01:00 Peter Bittner wrote:
> > drive it. It would make a favorable picture for Canonical if they'd
> > play a driving role in this process. (I'm guessing.)
> Oops, I think I wanted to write: "It wouldn't make a favorable picture [...]"
>
> I meant, it could cause Canonical look like begging for support (kind
> of: because they run out of money), and that's what marketing probably
> wouldn't want. So, really, in the light of Firefox OS *sigh* we users
> should take care of our personal killer apps become reality.
>
> Is there a list of "most wanted apps" for Ubuntu phone somewhere?
> Maybe something where we can still vote on? -- That could then be a
> starting point to kick off some crowdfunding campaigns.
>
> Cheers, Peter