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Wayfarer replied on March 12, 2009 19:40 to the idea "Move Infinite SMS and Keep it Alive!" in innerfence:

I think there are a lot of options out there still available for Innerfence, I kinda now want to know what their final decision is, and if I actually do need to go find a replacement app, or if they will change Infinite SMS.

Wayfarer replied on March 11, 2009 19:23 to the idea "Move Infinite SMS and Keep it Alive!" in innerfence:

Do you know how this works? I'm not a big fan of apps that simply send stuff through email, Infinite SMS used an actual Gateway, which was cool.

Also, Guys at Infinite, if you really are done with this chapter in your company, perhaps the best thing you could do is make Infinite SMS opensource, and see if the community could take it to a new level.

Please consider this idea.

Wayfarer replied on March 10, 2009 19:59 to the question "Infinite SMS Alternative" in innerfence:

From what I have seen in the APP store, here are some alternatives:
SMS for Free
AIM (Allows some Text sending)
SMS Landscape Big Keyboard (Deluxe)
Free Texting SMS
touchTXT (Uses AIM)
Freedom SMS (Uses email)

Some of these are free, some cost money.

Wayfarer shared an idea in innerfence on March 10, 2009 19:47:

Move Infinite SMS and Keep it Alive!

First off, it blows that Google had decided to cut off external XMPP access, although I suppose it was almost guaranteed to happen with so many users using Infinite SMS. But is this really the end?

I think that innerfence could still keep Infinite SMS alive with one of the following options - of course, it would take a lot of work, but it would be worth it for all the customers you have. From my experience, keeping customers is a lot more important than always making money.

1: Use another SMS Gateway! Google is good, but surely there are others out there. Try working with those companies to keep Infinite SMS alive.

2: Get your own SMS Gateway. I'm not sure how much money you made, but you could purchase your own gateway and have complete control over everything that goes in and out.

I'd love for Infinite SMS to stay alive, because going out and shopping for a new texting program is just going to be a pain in the butt. Already I have found some which have built-in limits, and ads displayed; nothing as pretty as Infinite SMS. Take these ideas into consideration as you continue to move forwards and not let problems get in your way.

~Wayfarer

Wayfarer shared an idea in innerfence on March 10, 2009 12:34:

SMS Still Works For Me

With the recent flood of people saying how much it doesn't work, I would like to point out two things. First of all, this isn't the companies fault, I'm sure they are working on it as we talk. Secondly, the app still works for me. I have version 1.3, I have not updated it, but I sent Text Messages today, and gotten response. Infinite SMS still works for me, so I'm not sure if it is a problem with version 1.4, or Google. Because if it is Google... why can I still send Texts?

Also, the Lab Text feature is still in Gmail.

A comment on the problem "CUSTOMER WARNING: INFINITE SMS WILL NO LONGER OPERATE (GOOGLE IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS "FREE" TEXTING CAPABILITIES)" in innerfence:

I think you may recall me saying in my other post that if you had gotten this recently, pursuing a refund may be a legitimate option. – Wayfarer, on March 10, 2009 12:30

Wayfarer replied on March 10, 2009 11:07 to the problem "CUSTOMER WARNING: INFINITE SMS WILL NO LONGER OPERATE (GOOGLE IS SHUTTING DOWN ITS "FREE" TEXTING CAPABILITIES)" in innerfence:

I'm sure this company had a lot of power in what google did /sarcasm. If you used their application, then you haven't been ripped off. Grow some backbone and try to understand the company is doing all it can.

Wayfarer replied on March 10, 2009 11:04 to the problem "Please refund me my $1.06 since Infinite SMS is now obsolete." in innerfence:

Guys, it's a freaking dollar. Give it a break, and simply let this company that has done such a good job keep their profit. Suck it up - you used their app, so your dollar was well spent. If you bought it in the last week, then maybe you have the right to complain, otherwise stfu.

Wayfarer replied on March 07, 2009 13:40 to the idea "Concept for New Icon" in innerfence:

Hey Innerfence, I'm posting in this topic because, well, I'm being intelligent. I love this product, keep up the great work.

Okay, onto my point. I recently Jailbroke my Second Generation iTouch, and have been using backgrounder to run Infinite SMS. Voila, wonderful little problem solved. However, I also added a wallpaper to my Home Screen - you know, besides the usual black. And, well, I found out that your icon is not transparent like I had thought, but has a lot more black in it. This picture is what I came up with:


As you can see, the icon is not transparent, so there is a considerably amount of black around it. My suggestion is to make all that transparent - so people with... different backgrounds don't have an ugly piece of black around the pretty little text Chat Speech Bubble thingy.

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Wayfarer shared an idea in innerfence on March 06, 2009 00:41:

Landscape Switching - Small Bug

Hey, I think this goes under an idea rather than an issue because the program runs fine, it just doesn't work as well as I think it should. Again, I'm a huge fan of ours, I love this app, you guys are doing brilliantly, keep up the great work. As a blooming developer, I appreciate what you guys are doing.

So, here is the issue. When you load a conversation in Portrait mode, and then switch to landscape mode, It doesn't bring you to the bottom of the conversation. Rather, it simply brings you to where you were in portrait mode - see the pictures.


Those two pictures show me switching the iPhone, and the conversation staying where it was, instead of the bottom of the screen as this screenshot shows:


So my suggestion is to have the conversation scroll too when you flip to landscape mode to keep the bottom flush, instead of the top.

Wayfarer replied on February 28, 2009 03:49 to the idea "A few small interface suggestions" in innerfence:

Not sure I can follow all the nit picky stuff here, but I do agree that Infinite SMS could be compacted just a little bit more to make it cleaner. Don't really care which path you take, and if you really, really wanted too, you could add options in the settings that would allow the user to customize the UI a bit.

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Wayfarer replied on February 21, 2009 05:02 to the idea "Audio Notifications for new text messages" in innerfence:

Just downloaded the update, the sound notifications work just like you said! It really is nice - so the next step would be being able to customize that.... but that can come after landscape keyboard.

Wayfarer replied on February 21, 2009 05:01 to the question "Will the Sound Notification be a file in the app folder?" in innerfence:

Well that almost ruins the fun, lol.

Wayfarer replied on February 21, 2009 04:59 to the question "Infinite Sms with jail broken phone" in innerfence:

Also, it would be really beneficial if when Infinite SMS was running in the background (backgrounder.app, extremely useful) that it didn't use up too many resources when it checks for new SMS. With the new Sound Notifications it makes the PERFECT SMS app (thank you!), so having it run constantly in the background without reducing performance is a big concern of mine.

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Wayfarer gave praise in innerfence on February 21, 2009 04:57:

Infinite SMS Version 1.2

Thank you so much for Version 1.2! It comes with Audible notifications and delete function, it really is just what we need. Next is landscape typing, but I know you are working hard on that. So Thank You for getting this out quickly, it's just what I was looking for!

Wayfarer replied on February 20, 2009 18:52 to the idea "tones" in innerfence:

Added my own thought about this under audio notifications. Not all of us have an iPhone!

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