Linus Tech Tips App

[Rohan Reddy]

I would like to get the opinion of the LTT Community about the idea of an unofficial Linus Tech Tips App. Please leave a thumbs up or a comment if you want to support this idea. For any android developers willing to join or help me in the app. Please send me a message in the forum or by just mailing me by clicking my profile and then clicking the send message button. Thank You Everyone.

Edited May 22, 2016 by Rohan Reddy

[Chewique]

I have also thought of this idea for months! 

[bgibbz]

2 minutes ago, Rohan Reddy said:

I would like to get the opinion of the LTT Community about the idea of an official Linus Tech Tips App. Please leave a thumbs up or a comment if you want to support this idea. For any android developers willing to join or help me in the app. Please send me a message in the forum or by just mailing me by clicking my profile and then clicking the send message button. Thank You Everyone.

What kind off app? Like link the forums and the YouTube feed into 1 independent app? You should probably email linus on his bussiness email and ask permision before though.

[AHaskin14]

There's already a youtube app and a tapatalk tap for the forum. And as stated, you can't really just go freelance making a software for a company without their permission

[Aytex]

3 minutes ago, AHaskin14 said:

There's already a youtube app and a tapatalk tap for the forum. And as stated, you can't really just go freelance making a software for a company without their permission

tapatalk no longer works

[AHaskin14]

1 minute ago, Aytex said:

tapatalk no longer works

:-( I didn't know that. I used to use it on an old ipod touch. Nowadays I have an actual smartphone so It's just bookmarked in firefox. Sad loss.

[Vercii]

11 minutes ago, Rohan Reddy said:

I would like to get the opinion of the LTT Community about the idea of an official Linus Tech Tips App. Please leave a thumbs up or a comment if you want to support this idea. For any android developers willing to join or help me in the app. Please send me a message in the forum or by just mailing me by clicking my profile and then clicking the send message button. Thank You Everyone.

 

Hope all goes well with this. Talk to Linus about it. This app will definitely help our community.  

[Bananasplit_00]

well the main problem has always been the price but if your just doing this then awesome, just tell Linus before you release anything  

[flowalex]

I would check out this thread by @colonel_mortis 

 

 

[Rohan Reddy]

12 hours ago, bgibbz said:

What kind off app? Like link the forums and the YouTube feed into 1 independent app? You should probably email linus on his bussiness email and ask permision before though.

I have already mailed Linus for permission. Through the staff section of this forum. I have to check if he replied.

 

[Rohan Reddy]

12 hours ago, Vercii said:

Hope all goes well with this. Talk to Linus about it. This app will definitely help our community.  

 

Thank You for your support. I will try and get a few more opinions and then start working on it. There is already a windows 10 mobile and windows 10 app for the forums. I will try and bring that to android.

[bgibbz]

2 minutes ago, Rohan Reddy said:

I have already mailed Linus for permission. Through the staff section of this forum. I have to check if he replied.

 

Ok. Well good luck, an app could be quite cool! If you want to email linus through his email rather than PM him on the forums, his email can be accesed on the about section of his youtube profile.

[Rohan Reddy]

12 hours ago, bgibbz said:

What kind off app? Like link the forums and the YouTube feed into 1 independent app? You should probably email linus on his bussiness email and ask permision before though.

Yes, an all in one app for the forums and the channel. I have emailed him and im waiting for his response.

[Rohan Reddy]

12 hours ago, Chewique said:

I have also thought of this idea for months! 

Cool are you into android development ?

[Rohan Reddy]

5 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

Ok. Well good luck, an app could be quite cool! If you want to email linus through his email rather than PM him on the forums, his email can be accesed on the about section of his youtube profile.

Thanks. It will definitely take some time before it reaches the stable stage. I'll check out his e-mail. Thanks for the advice.

[Rohan Reddy]

12 hours ago, AHaskin14 said:

There's already a youtube app and a tapatalk tap for the forum. And as stated, you can't really just go freelance making a software for a company without their permission

I have asked his permission and i am waiting for his reply before starting it.

[Rohan Reddy]

12 hours ago, Vercii said:

Hope all goes well with this. Talk to Linus about it. This app will definitely help our community.  

Thank You. I am waiting for Linus' reply.

[LogicalDrm]

You can read @colonel_mortis's answer about anything official there. You are free to make unofficial app. Just it clear that its fan made and LMG has nothing real to do with it. For using their logos and banners you will still need permissions.

[Chewique]

7 hours ago, Rohan Reddy said:

Cool are you into android development ?

Sadly, no but my friend is!

[colonel_mortis]

Provided that you make it clear both in the title of the app and in and descriptions that the app is unofficial, specific permission is not required, provided that you follow the rules described in https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/193630-complete-list-of-forum-addons-scripts-apps-etc/?do=findComment&comment=2624256.

However, I don't see the benefit of making an unofficial app - the only thing you can do is make the entire thing a webview, so it is exactly the same as using a web browser, except that you have to switch to a different app to do it. If it were official, there would be a couple more things that could be done that would require implementation on the back end, but even then it would still not be much better than using the browser version, but with a lot of work involved.