{"id":16519,"date":"2016-12-02T14:18:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T19:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=16519"},"modified":"2016-12-28T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T15:13:00","slug":"status-board-discontinued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/02\/status-board-discontinued\/","title":{"rendered":"Status Board Discontinued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/blog\/the-future-of-status-board\/\">Cabel Sasser<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/11\/29\/panic-discontinues-status-board\/\">MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/blog\/the-future-of-status-board\/\">\n<p>Unfortunately, while Status Board became a beloved friend to offices around the world, sales weren&rsquo;t enough to sustain further development.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>First, we had hoped to find a sweet spot between consumer and pro users, but the market for Status Board turned out to be almost entirely pro, which limits potential sales on iOS &mdash; as we&rsquo;ve learned the hard way over the past couple of years, there&rsquo;s not a lot of overlap right now between &ldquo;pro&rdquo; and &ldquo;iOS&rdquo;. Second, pro users are more likely to want a larger number of integrations with new services and data sources, something that&rsquo;s hard to provide with limited revenue, which left the app &ldquo;close but not quite&rdquo; for many users. Finally, in the pro\/corporate universe, we were simply on the wrong end of the overall &ldquo;want a status board&rdquo; budget: companies would buy a $3,000 display for our $10 app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/blog\/the-future-of-status-board\/#comment-627325\">JM<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/blog\/the-future-of-status-board\/#comment-627325\"><p>You should have done a native Apple TV version of this when it became possible. Would make total sense to me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/blog\/the-future-of-status-board\/#comment-627326\">Cabel Sasser<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/blog\/the-future-of-status-board\/#comment-627326\"><p>Apple never provided an official WebKit view for Apple TV apps, and Status Board depends heavily upon them, for custom panels, etc. So unfortunately, it wasn&rsquo;t possible to port an Apple TV version, even though that would make the most sense&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabel Sasser (MacRumors): Unfortunately, while Status Board became a beloved friend to offices around the world, sales weren&rsquo;t enough to sustain further development. 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