Hi Melissa
Cool app - thanks, have downloaded and had a play. It works well, looks nice and is fun to use.
I'm wondering though whether you could expand on why you chose to implement it as a mobile app? The functionality and usability seems much more web-app like to me - things like entering a URL, viewing an output on a small screen etc - wouldn't this be better off as a pure web app?
cheers
Mike
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On 12 Jul 2013, at 19:48, Melissa Terras <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I thought that some of you may be interested in hearing about our new
> iPhone app, Textal, which is now up for download for free in the app store!
>
> Textal is a free smartphone app for iOS that allows users to analyze
> documents, web pages and tweet streams, exploring the relationships between
> words in the text via an intuitive word cloud interface. The app generates
> visualizations and statics that can be shared without effort, which makes
> it a fun and useful tool for both research and play, bridging the gap
> between text analysis and mobile computing.
>
> What does it do? For an example, see a twitter search on the #musetech
> hashtag visualised: http://www.textal.org/gallery/bf5754a67330 - although
> you have to look at it in the app for the full functionality to see the
> stats of the underlying words.
>
> You can read more at www.textal.org, and download Textal for free at
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textal/id646764497. We're also on twitter,
> at @textal.
>
> Textal was made by UCL Centre for Digital Humanities and the Bartlett
> Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis . We're gradually telling the world
> about it now - it would be really great if those of you with iPads or
> iPhones could try it out, and we look forward to your feedback.
>
> best,
>
> Melissa
>
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