Hi Katherine
Because I believe Diana’s post, which elevated the thread, is representative.
She’s looking for inquiries and light updates, not to create and maintain her project on an Android device. Full-featured mobile versions, with what they cost to develop and how much can be charged for them, are risk-on. People pay very little for Android apps, and any old notetaking app can be used to capture thoughts and changes for import.
To me, a browser-based implementation, remote or local, written once, universally compatible, with a style sheet to fit each device, is more likely to be a fruitful endeavor.
I can understand the desire of folks for a native Android version, but it’s for L&L to cast the dice and make that investment, bearing the cost alone. This will require realistic considerations of how many customers the app will attract, how long they’ll have to wait, how much they’ll be willing to pay, and how much they’ll really use it, given the limits of the platform. Don’t wish to dampen anyone’s enthusiasm, but this app will be a long time coming, and will depend on the success of the iOS. Keith has been up-front about the difficulties in getting that implementation into production. There’s a lot on L&L’s plate. So as a mobile user who misses his project when he’s away from it, I’m looking at how to meet the workflow with options in easier reach. And I believe one such is an author’s e-book, engineered and automated to represent and track the project in progress.
Rgds – Jerome