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Adam
Maker
Hi! I've made this app because I love Unsplash. I wanted super smooth, 60fps scrolling experience where I can see photo optimised for my device. And I made it. Scroll vertically, tilt device to scroll photo horizontally, touch and hold to save it. Simple :)
Borui Wang
@rurza this really looks like Polarr's Logo, but better and bolder. Polarr also has an filter collection made by Unsplash and it supposely gives your photos the "Unsplash Look".. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/...
Rick Bannerman
@bwang29 @rurza I actually thought it looks like the Android Boot screen
Adam
Maker
@bwang29 Wow, I never ever seen this app. :) Fascinating! Background logo was inspired by Siri waveform, especially color blending.
Adam
Maker
@plexkits @bwang29 never seen this as well :( Everything is a remix
Rick Bannerman
@rurza @bwang29 Oh yeah, I wouldn't worry. Sorry didn't mean for that photo to take up so much space. Your app looks awesome btw. I can never get enough of Unsplash either!
Jimmy Amash
I can appreciate the simple UX used here, kudos on the intuitive scrolling - but not at the cost of a search feature. Am I supposed to just scroll until I hopefully find something I might be interested in? Seems like that would be key to your MVP, both from product and data perspectives. Or maybe I'm taking this too seriously.
Adam
Maker
@jimmyamash Hi Jimmy, don't worry :) I'm thinking about: a) native profiles, b) search, c) curated collections (patterns, seasons, main color etc.)
Adam
Maker
I know that there are some problems with API request limit :( Working with @unsplash to resolve it :)
Adam
Maker
@keithbarney @unsplash sorry for that :( try on the hour :) EDIT: solved :)
Flowsion
Just downloaded it to try it out and it's as dope as it sounds.
Ross Blankenship
Yes. This is awesome. Back at it again @Unsplash and the Crew team!
Simon Keane
How do I access the menu/settings and change what feed of wallpapers I'm seeing? 😕
Adam
Maker
@keanetweets Settings -> Background. If you have iPhone 6S(+) or 7(+) just press firmly on app icon (wanted to keep UI as simple as possible) :) EDIT: I mean, iPhone main Settings :)
Justin Mabee
@rurza @keanetweets REALLY neat use of 3D Touch there. I was about to ask the same, but then found it. Very, very cool.
Mark Bao
God yes this is awesome. I'm tired of using sketchy ad-filled apps to find backgrounds. Great work. Would love to see scrolling be "paged" in the sense that scrolling down will scroll image-by-image, not a continuous scroll (think home screen, not Instagram).
Adam
Maker
@markbao There is paging, kind of. If you use inertia with scroll, photo will stop exactly on edge. I was experimenting with typical paging (like on iOS home screen) and it felt a little clunky :)
Mark Bao
@rurza Hmm, I don't think I'm seeing this on my side (latest iOS, iPhone 7+) - when I try to inertia-scroll (that means quickly scrolling, right?) the view just goes past multiple photos.
Adam
Maker
@markbao right, but eventually it will stop on full photo :)
Kirill Zakharov
Lovely app Adam. @lukechesser and I played around with it at the office the other day. Super simple and straight to the point 👌
Luke Chesser
Super clean and easy to use. There have been a lot of wallpaper apps that have used the Unsplash API, but this is definitely my favourite iOS one I've seen yet. Love that you clearly credit the photographer and let the details of the photo stand out by not cluttering the screen with a UI. It's the same approach we've used for Unsplash and it's great to see your unique take on it :)
Grant Ammons
This looks awesome. I put it on my wife's iphone and she loves it. Any chance for Android support as well?
Adam
Maker
@gammons nope, sorry :( I don't know nothing about Android :(
Joshua Giambattista
Great app! Would you consider adding a ios-like blur option to the wallpapers? That would be deadly.
Adam
Maker
@joshgiambi No, sorry! It's all about photos (but I agree that would be deadly). But there are apps for that I think :)
Gillian Morris
Cool! I've usually used @artsy for my background pictures but this could definitely replace (or provide a good alternative). I always love @unsplash photos. Also looks like the same horizontal scroll effect @tomislav built into @hitlist_app - happy to see it spread further :)
Abe Storey
@rurza This is super neat. I wish there was a way replicate the gyroscope based viewing on the Apple homescreen.
Tomas Peniasko
I'm using unsplash a lot, and this is definitely the coolest tool built on top of that. Great work ;)
Vineeth Vijayan
love the way it scrolls and tilts :) but cant find a way to access the settings to change my feed
Adam
Maker
@vinbhai4u iPhone main Settings -> Background. If you have iPhone 6S(+) or 7(+) just press firmly on app icon (wanted to keep UI as simple as possible) :)
Catalin
Thanks God! I've been always thinking I'm the only one obsessed with wallpapers 😇 Awesome UX @rurza
Rahul Chakraborty
Finally, thanks a lot!
G G
Force touch menu would have been good to select collections.
Adam
Maker
@androidlove Hi! Menu to do what? :)
Nikhil V.
Epic! Won't have to just constantly download images to get them as backgrounds.
Marco Rodrigues
This is Awesome.