[hyperb0le]

I think I'm finally ready to put my Cocoa programming skills to the test. The only problem is that I don't have any ideas about what to make. So, what kinds of apps would people on the forums like to see? I appreciate any and all ideas.

Thanks

[cpac]

not sure how many of these fall within your cocoa parameters or if they're too basic or too hard, but in case it inspires something:

New Software
conduit to sync stickies w/ notes on palm/phones/etc. via iSync
Sherlock channel for FindLaw.com
Sherlock channel that actually has "add to address book" available from the white pages/yellow pages
Sherlock channel for TV that actually works
easy sound editing app (like you can do with Quicktime pro, but without the $30 pricetag - so you can cut mp3s in half for hidden tracks and the like)
easy app/plugin that gets pictures from iPhoto or wherever and crops them to exactly the right size/shape for Address Book


Software that's great, but needs some help:

Meteorologist (Weather in menu bar, free, and more customizable than Weatherpop)
TextEdit (yes, the Apple app) - but with extra features such as page numbering, adjustable margins (smaller than 1 inch), etc. - this one could be a good starting point since you can see the TextEdit source right in the Dev. Tools
Camino - it's the cocoa-ist of the free/opensource browsers


That's it for now for me - I'm sure others have ideas as well.

[hyperb0le]

I know people hate bumped threads, but I'm going to do it anyway...

Anyone else have any ideas?

[madmacgames]

I would love to see Samplitude Professional come to OS X, but that probably doesn't help you any, unless you could convince Magix to let you port it over.

Also, I would love a program that lets you open a movie (quicktime movie for example) and freely slide the audio and/or video track around. I haven't found anything that will easily let me do this (I have a copy of Dark Side of the Moon synced to Wizard of Oz, but the sync is off by about 1 second and I'd like to fix it).

[hyperb0le]

Originally posted by madmacgames:
Also, I would love a program that lets you open a movie (quicktime movie for example) and freely slide the audio and/or video track around. I haven't found anything that will easily let me do this (I have a copy of Dark Side of the Moon synced to Wizard of Oz, but the sync is off by about 1 second and I'd like to fix it).

You could use iMovie to fix that. Just extract the audio from the imported clip.

[Uncle Skeleton]

better yet (because you don't have to recompress twice), Sync Hole or QTMutator (site seems to be down)