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Fetch App for iPad (7 posts)

• Started 1 month ago by Linda Clifford
• Latest reply 2 days ago from Scott McGuire

• Linda Clifford Member

  I've been following the Apple iPad announcement and the device fills all my traveling needs except a way to update & upload/download pages on my web site.

  The iPad will run Apps from the iPhone AppStore.

  If you could develop a Fetch app & we could convince BBEdit to do the same, I for one in many, would be a seriously happy camper!!

  Posted 1 month ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Linda,

  Thanks for the suggestion and feedback.

  We're still digesting the iPad announcement and thinking about the possibilities for future work.

  Best,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 1 month ago #

• qitnl Member

  Count me in as +1 for Fetch for iPad!

  I've been using Fetch since the Dartmouth days and have recommended it to tons of clients. While I don't have an iPod or iPhone, the iPad is very enticing. I climb mountains and maintain websites. It could replace my MacBook Air, shaving a pound and a half off my back, and I could make very good use of the 3G access.

  Apart from email and web, all I need are a good text editor and ftp client - but they would be essential. I see some folks at BBEdit Talk are busy wishing, I'll add a vote there and a vote here for Fetch!

  Thanks
  -Joe
  qitnl.com

  Posted 3 days ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Joe,

  Thanks for the feedback and thoughts.

  Out of curiosity, if there was a Fetch for the iPad, what features would be most important to you? What tasks would you most want to be able to accomplish with Fetch on an iPad?

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 3 days ago #

• qitnl Member

  Hi Scott -

  Thanks for the reply. It's encouraging to know that you might consider this.

  My basic needs are simple. I would like to be able to set up Shortcuts to various live and staging servers, upload and download files (of course), and occasionally change permissions. I took a look at the Apps currently available and none of them appear as robust and trustworthy as Fetch on my MacBook.

  While I don't currently have experience with the iPod/Pad, one area I think might be tricky could be file management on these devices?

  Looking back from where we came, it's not terribly far-fetched that this sort of development could be on the horzon.

  Thanks
  -Joe

  (edit - oh, sorry - that pun was not intentional)

  Edited 3 days ago #

• Linda Clifford Member

  Hi Scott & Joe,

  "far-fetched" (groan)

  I agree with the Shortcuts. My goal would primarily be to download pages from & upload changes to my website while traveling.

  Thank you for considering this.

  Cheers,

  Linda Clifford

  Posted 3 days ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Joe and Linda,

  Thanks for the additional thoughts.

  To be clear, our replies here should not be taken as an indication that we are planning a version of Fetch for the iPad; we are just interested in hearing about what you think you'd like if there was such a thing.

  And yes, if the iPad is like the iPhone, you may not be able to work with files in the same way you work with them on a Mac today, which might limit what things you could do with an FTP client. But of course, it remains to be seen exactly what is or isn't possible with an iPad.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 2 days ago #