Comments on: iPhone 1.1 Compatibility (Yes, it’s compatible!)

By: Samm

Samm — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:51:24 +0000

Hi, my Signal downloaded properly onto my PC yet I can’t get it to open on the iPhone because the “server stopped responding”. I’ve entered the URL correctly and don’t know how this could be solved…

By: Alain

Alain — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:34:49 +0000

I love this web app… Incredibly useful, simple, free, I’m always using it now
Will register for sure.

Thank you sooo much, man, keep up the great work.

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:14:56 +0000

Hi Alex,

Signal acts as a remote control for your media player - iTunes on the Mac or iTunes, Winamp, or Windows Media Player on the PC. You can find more information on the main web site at http://www.alloysoft.com/

As for control of other applications, my philosophy for software development is that an application should do one thing and do it well. This keeps development focused, makes the application easier to use, and as the product evolves time is put into making the primary purpose of the app better and better. If a program tries to cover every possible function that development time gets split over far more areas and I believe you see an impact to quality as a result of this.

Just let me know if you have any other questions, always happy to help.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:37:30 +0000

Is this the same thing a “remote buddy” without the other remote control features ? If not what is the difference ?

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:04:44 +0000

Hi Tony,

You should be able to control movie and TV show playback using Signal today. These items are already indexed by the media library and when played back you they will display using the default iTunes video preference (windowed, full screen, etc). Just let me know if you have any further questions.

By: Tony Stone

Tony Stone — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:26:54 +0000

Great app, but will you have support for all iTunes functions, Movies in Particular as i would like to use your app on my iphone as the remote for all digital media from my mac linked to my projector and amp

Regards Tony

By: Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:14:47 +0000

This app is insanely cool. I can’t believe it.

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:41:29 +0000

Bob: Signal is actually installed on your Mac or PC and not directly onto the iPhone or iPod (as Apple doesn’t support this yet). After downloading and running the Signal application on your computer a web address will be displayed - enter this address into Safari on your iPhone or iPod and the remote control interface should appear.

By: Bob Devaney

Bob Devaney — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:21:45 +0000

Error. Says safari cannot download this file? What can I do?

By: Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:39:25 +0000

When Signal cannot find album art locally it will automatically go out to the internet and search for a match. It will also do this for internet radio stations that expose track title information. It’s not 100% successful, but it generally does a pretty good job and provides a nicer-looking UI than just the default “no album art” image.