Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

What Isn't There an App For?

Posted by Soulskill on from the surviving-a-walrus-attack dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "There's an app for that!" It's been both an educational comment and a joke for years, now. There are so many small, single-purpose pieces of software available that it's impossible to keep track of everything apps can do. Indeed, when I'm looking for more usefulness out of my phone, I tend to browse the various app stores for interesting software, trying to figure out what more the phone can do for me. But a recent article turns that around and asks: for what tasks does the software have yet to be written? Though most of the article itself doesn't focus on that subject, it got me thinking about apps I'd like to see. (Which was harder than I expected.) I'd like an app that'd help me diagnose bad noises my car makes. I'd like one that can aggregate all my communication channels into one screen. I'd like one that can easily pick up program states from one PC — like an IDE session — and carry them to another PC. What apps are you still waiting for?

5 of 421 comments (clear)

  1. What Isn't There an App For? by Idou · · Score: 5, Funny

    There isn't an app for telling you what there isn't an app for. . .

    --
    Sdelat' Ameriku velikoy Snova!
    1. Re:What Isn't There an App For? by AssetYoYo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      For us myopics, an app that used the autofocus feature of the camera to adjust text size on presets by me such that I can read the fine print.

  2. Re:Plant Recognition by Yaotzin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hopefully the app will be capable of discerning between immature Amanita ocreata and Agaricus arvensis.

    --
    Error: No error occurred
  3. Re: App Store by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    And Linux stole unix. Linux also stole all the command names from unix. They also stole much of the underlying mathematical concepts from boolean algebra.

    And video killed the radio star.

    --
    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
  4. Re:Society has been dumbed down by hackertourist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not this Luddite bullshit again. When I'm on the road, I'm on my way to a destination. When it's for work, I don't care about new places, I just want to get my appointment via the most efficient route. When I'm on vacation, there's a bit more leeway but I still have a destination to get to. At the end of a long journey, I no longer care about the scenery and just want to get to my hotel or campsite already.

    The cost of making a mistake is high in lost time and aggravation. Without GPS I'd have to resort to maps, and have you ever driven solo while navigating from a map? You end up either a menace on the road, or having to stop to consult the bloody map every 5 minutes. Not to mention having to buy the map in the first place.
    So if you enjoy getting lost, fine. But stop whining about people using GPS.