Track your story submissions on your Windows PC – Coming Soon!
Quite awhile back I announced my plans to bring my iOS and Mac submission tracking app, Story Tracker, to the Windows platform. After a prolonged development struggle, today I can finally present an early look at the interface.
While it looks very similar to the Mac version, the PC version was actually a total rewrite. I’ve had to learn a new programming language, and come up to speed with development on an unfamiliar platform.
The PC version will include much the same features as the Mac, including printing. enhanced search capabilities, and data transfer to and from the iOS version over WiFi. It will support Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1. I also plan to support Windows 10 after that’s released.
I’m planning to release Story Tracker for PC for direct sale via my website. It’ll be available for download as a free trial version, with similar limitations to the Lite iOS version. The full feature-set can be unlocked via purchase.
Development is proceeding swiftly, so I’m hoping to release the app sometime within the next 2-3 months.
If a PC version of Story Tracker sounds interesting to you, and you’d like to Beta test or just be notified when the app is closer to launch, sign-up here. I’ll also be posting the occasional update on the Story Tracker Facebook page.
#1 by Devin L. Ganger on April 3, 2015 - 2:10 am
I’ll be honest — knowing that you’re supporting XP immediately tells me that the app is going to be on a limited framework that is not going to be as useful on my touch-enabled devices going forward. XP is a dead platform that is out of any sort of support.
If you were doing a Windows 8.1/Windows 10 universal app, so that I had a chance of seeing the app on my Windows phone and Windows tablet..well, then I would be very interested.
#2 by Andrew Nicolle on April 3, 2015 - 9:08 am
The decision to support XP was purely based on existing market-share. For a niche productivity app like this, I need to support the platforms with the most users. Currently Windows Phone and Windows tablets have captured a minuscule portion of the market, and even Windows 8 / 8.1 have been disappointing in that regard.
The app is being built on .NET, C# and WPF, all of which are fairly recent, and according to Microsoft allow for relatively straightforward ports to their new platforms. I’ll believe it when I see it! I’m sure it’s not a simple recompile to get things working on these newer platforms, but nowhere near as difficult as it would be to port a crusty old Win32 or MFC application.