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How did you get into developing apps?

Francois DESLANDES:

I was developer few year ago. It was a job AND a passion. Now, I am software team manager… less coding, more responsibility. Few month ago, I changed my phone from Windows mobile to Android… and I thought : “Whoaaa ! Excellent !”. After few days, I saw some drawbacks : poor widgets. I was really used to my home page in Winmo. So, I decided to try to code a widget … and the story starts here !

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What was your inspiration for developing this app?

Francois DESLANDES:

I made a first widget ‘Weather forecast’ based a Google widget example. Always compared to Windows Mobile, I was thinking to the poor Google calendar widget. I was looking for something : Simple, useful and design. And here we are : ‘Pure calendar’ is born !

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How long did it take to develop the app?

Francois DESLANDES:

In hours ? something about 250h…I try to follow all user need. I use a forum to exchange with advanced users, and I try to take into account all market comments.

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Are there any hidden features to the app?

Francois DESLANDES:

No !

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Do you have any future plans for this app?

Francois DESLANDES:

Yes… I’d like to make it scrollable. The best would be swipe & scroll … unfortunately, it is not available in the current Google SDK. So, it will be buttons. I want to make each event selectable (with trackball or keypad) to make individual actions. And configuration font sizes would be nice.

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Do you plan to develop any new apps? If so when can we expect to see them in the Market?

Francois DESLANDES:

Currently, I had a lot of work to adapt my widgets to Moto Droid and its new resolution. But, now I have more time to work on ‘Pure messenger’. My last widget. It allows to see Gmail, Sms, emails (POP&IMAP) and Facebook in a widget.
There is a lot of work to make it perfect. I’d like additional layouts, more stable, with Gtalk & Twitter…

You can see a screenshots and news about my widgets on my blog : http://koxx3.wordpress.com

I have also developed ‘Pure grid calendar’ (similar to HTC Sense calendar widget).

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