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Alien Blue
- ... that Alien Blue was the most popular Reddit app for iPhone and iPad at the time of its discontinuation?
- Source: [1]
- ALT1: ... that Alien Blue was "unofficially" considered the official Reddit iOS app, due to its usage by some Reddit employees?
- ALT2: ... that discontinued iPhone Reddit client Alien Blue went on to inspire other developers and Reddit's own development team?
- ALT3: ... that discontinued Reddit app Alien Blue heavily inspired Reddit's current official iOS application?
- ^ "Arguably one of the best, and certainly the most popular, is Alien Blue on iOS, which existed both as an iPhone app and a specialty app for the iPad." https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/15/6985829/the-best-ios-reddit-app-relaunches-under-reddit-ownership
- ^ "Alien Blue is probably the most preferred Reddit iOS app for the majority of regular Reddit users — including some of the original Reddit employees, who decided to forgo development on their own in-house official Reddit app in favor of using it. In other words, it was unofficially the official Reddit iOS app anyway." https://venturebeat.com/business/reddit-acquires-popular-ios-reddit-app-alien-blue/
- ^ "The developer also sees it as a suitable replacement for Alien Blue, which Reddit abandoned to focus on its official iOS app early last year." "Reddit's new apps look like souped-up versions of Alien Blue, with design tweaks and iconography that make the experience feel less like a stripped-down version of the desktop site and more like a unique destination." https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/23/apollo-reddit-app/ https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/7/11379944/reddit-ios-android-mobile-app-launch-alien-blue
- ^ "Reddit's new apps look like souped-up versions of Alien Blue, with design tweaks and iconography that make the experience feel less like a stripped-down version of the desktop site and more like a unique destination. The software preservers its predecessor's popular Night Mode feature for viewing Reddit in low-light situations." https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/7/11379944/reddit-ios-android-mobile-app-launch-alien-blue
5x expanded by StewdioMACK (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.
StewdioMACK (talk) 05:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC).
Review
General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: The article could use some screenshots to illustrate the points made about the merits of the app's appearance and interface but that's not a show-stopper. The first hook seems reasonable (though I've copy-edited its links) while the ALTs are no better. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:02, 22 July 2024 (UTC)