ChaoTimer Released! (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Timer)

[supergin]

This looks great! It's nice and simple, and for the first time on iOS... random state 3x3x3 scrambles! I'm excited about that.

However, your initialization sounds unnecessarily slow. Mark 2 initializes for me in under 10 seconds (and generates several 20-22-ish move scrambles per second after that. It uses a Javascript version of Shuang Chen's min2phase. Perhaps a port of that would be feasible? I would love to see 3x3x3 random-state scrambles as default. (Even better, I would love to have libraries of scrambles in major programming languages, mostly C and Java -> Javascript, free for anyone to use in their programs. No one should be implementing scrambles from scratch...)

Anyhow, the interface is very eager to catch taps. This interferes with the four-finger pinch gesture (for closing the app) on iPad.

Also, the in-app gestures are a cool idea, but I don't think they're intuitive and memorable enough. Some simple way to access them might be nicer. Perhaps start swiping to see the options or have a recessed options panel?

Nice job overall, though. I'll probably start using this instead of iiTimer, for the random-state scrambles. I hope you keep working on it.

Thanks for support. The initialization is slow because I directly used Shuang's javascript scramble. However, Apple does not use Nitro javascript Engine to run js in apps, but they uses it in Safari. The reason why I didn't use 333 random state scramble as default is obviously the initialization time. Anyhow, I'll try my best to optimize it. Thanks!

[Olji]

Bought it and is checking it out right now, so far I like it.

[Ickathu]

Oh wait, I just noticed something, and I could be wrong, but isn't Megaminx supposed to be <R,D,U>? For me, at least, it is just showing R and U:
R++ U-- R++ U++ R++ U++ R-- U++ R-- U-- U
R-- U-- R++ U++, etc

Should all of the U's (except the final one per line) be D's?

[supergin]

Oh wait, I just noticed something, and I could be wrong, but isn't Megaminx supposed to be <R,D,U>? For me, at least, it is just showing R and U:
R++ U-- R++ U++ R++ U++ R-- U++ R-- U-- U
R-- U-- R++ U++, etc

Should all of the U's (except the final one per line) be D's?

Yes, It's the WCA Megaminx scramble, I'll add other kind of scrambles soon.

[BlueDevil]

Yes, It's the WCA Megaminx scramble, I'll add other kind of scrambles soon.

No, the WCA scramble looks like this:
R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'

Your scrambles have U++ / U--, but it should really be D++ / D--.

[supergin]

No, the WCA scramble looks like this:
R-- D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D++ R++ D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D++ R++ D++ R-- D-- R-- D-- R-- D++ U
R-- D-- R++ D-- R-- D++ R++ D-- R++ D++ U
R++ D++ R-- D++ R++ D-- R-- D-- R++ D-- U'
R-- D-- R-- D-- R++ D++ R-- D-- R++ D-- U'

Your scrambles have U++ / U--, but it should really be D++ / D--.

OMG! I made a terrible mistake, I'll fix it soon.

[supergin]

Free for a limited time!

[Yuxuibbs]

Could you make it compatible for 3rd generation itouches? right when its free I find out I can't download it because it's not compatible.

EDIT: unless its my ipods fault.... the highest apple will let my ipod update is 4.2.1

[Ickathu]

Could you make it compatible for 3rd generation itouches? right when its free I find out I can't download it because it's not compatible.

EDIT: unless its my ipods fault.... the highest apple will let my ipod update is 4.2.1

Hmm.... I've got a 3rd gen ipod touch and I downloaded jusytfine. I'm also running iOS 5 just fine.

[mdolszak]

I can't get it because my old iPod can't update to iOS 5...stupid Apple marketing practices!