Callanish
Splitting off into a new thread from "Being enabled by Tarot apps!!"
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=229469&page=2
I'm interested in hearing what AT folks like, don't like about either their Tarot App(s) or websites offering digital Tarot.
There's a wide range of topics that come under this, I can suggest one to get a good discussion going.
- What's the best method you've used in any App/Website for picking cards from a digital deck?
What do you like most?
(please don't talk about the decks, this thread is asking about the functionality of the software)
What do you like least?
What would you like to see Apps/Websites offering in digital Tarot?
There's a great opportunity to contribute to Tarot's evolution in the digital age.
I keep looking for ways to try new things with Tarot that can only be done in software.
Software trying to emulate a deck of cards in your hand will always be inferior to the real thing.
So I'm looking at how Tarot can grow and evolve in the digital realm in ways that could never be possible in printed form.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=229469&page=2
I'm interested in hearing what AT folks like, don't like about either their Tarot App(s) or websites offering digital Tarot.
There's a wide range of topics that come under this, I can suggest one to get a good discussion going.
- What's the best method you've used in any App/Website for picking cards from a digital deck?
What do you like most?
(please don't talk about the decks, this thread is asking about the functionality of the software)
What do you like least?
What would you like to see Apps/Websites offering in digital Tarot?
There's a great opportunity to contribute to Tarot's evolution in the digital age.
I keep looking for ways to try new things with Tarot that can only be done in software.
Software trying to emulate a deck of cards in your hand will always be inferior to the real thing.
So I'm looking at how Tarot can grow and evolve in the digital realm in ways that could never be possible in printed form.
As much as we love the wonderful variety and choice of Tarot decks the frame work in which we use them remains largely uniform.
I'd like to see more being done with the digital framework in which we use Tarot.
There's enormous potential for contributing to Tarot's evolution in the digital age.
My critique of the majority of Apps out there is that they focus entirely on a single deck without giving any thought to how someone will use that deck on a day to day basis.
It's entirely sales focused (selling artwork for hanging on a digital wall).
Publishers are trying to sell decks, digitally, without thought to the after sales (how they will be used once purchased).
If you create a digital framework (App) which focuses on the user experience then the deck sales will take care of themselves and we'll see Tarot really coming on age in the digital realm.
I'd like to see a thread on AT (this one or a new one) where we critique what we like/don't like in the Apps we use (not the deck, the functionality/user experience/usability). What we'd like to see. Questions on what is possible in software and what isn't.
It's up to those who make the Apps to pay attention. I am. I'm ready to listen.
Callanish