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

Lucas Garron said:
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.
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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!
 
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?
 
Ickathu said:
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?
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Yes, It's the WCA Megaminx scramble, I'll add other kind of scrambles soon.
 
supergin said:
Yes, It's the WCA Megaminx scramble, I'll add other kind of scrambles soon.
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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--.
 
BlueDevil said:
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--.
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OMG! I made a terrible mistake, I'll fix it soon.
 
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
 
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Yuxuibbs said:
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
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Hmm.... I've got a 3rd gen ipod touch and I downloaded jusytfine. I'm also running iOS 5 just fine.
 
Yuxuibbs said:
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
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mdolszak said:
I can't get it because my old iPod can't update to iOS 5...stupid Apple marketing practices!
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I feel so sorry about that. But I used ARC and Storyboard when I wrote this application, and they support only iOS 5+. Sorry for that.:(
 
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Would you ever consider writing for android phones too? Sounds like an excellent timer but I don't like iAnythings (apart from iPods). My SS Galaxy SIII will be happier when I get it if I can have your app (:
 
MalusDB said:
Would you ever consider writing for android phones too? Sounds like an excellent timer but I don't like iAnythings (apart from iPods). My SS Galaxy SIII will be happier when I get it if I can have your app (:
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I may write for android in the future, but I will focus on this app now. I know there is a powerful android timer, even more powerful than mine. However, it is also written by a Chinese cuber and unfortunately, it doesn't support English. What a pity. :(
 
Hello, just got the app.
I like how simple it is =P, cool that you utilized gestures.

Running on iPad 1st gen, 5.0.1.
I have no idea how to change scrambling mode for different puzzles

Ideas...
'Settings' tab next to the three at the bottom with random features?
-Change background feature
(Able to grab a picture off the camera roll/photos app)
-Change scrambling size
-Change time size
-Change gestures around
-Inspection mode
---Change duration of inspection
 
Just got my copy, for me it wasn't worth spending money on but I am happy to test it for free.

Running on iPod touch 3rd Gen 5.1.1, might get it running on iPad 2 and 3 later on today.

Tis all for now.

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MalusDB said:
Would you ever consider writing for android phones too?
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jjtimer? I know it's had some bugs... and still does but it's still fairly good, not as good as one I could name but that hasn't come to android yet either :(
 
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I just got the app, did some quick solves.
I really like how you've kept the solving window as empty as possible, so that there's a low chance of hitting a button instead of stopping the timer.
Also the geastures seam to work well ;)

WCA inspection is a must I think.
It would also be nice if you could customise your time (e.g. scramble size, time size, as said earlier)
And maybe it is possible to turn off the bottom buttons when the time is running, because if I click the stats button while solving, the time just continues running.

Other than that, great app, I like it over iiTimer!
 
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