Chapter 147 Application worth over 100 million (Part 1)

As mentioned above, the shortcut software is characterized by functional diversity.

But functional versatility is only one of several features of shortcuts.

Lin Hui believes that the biggest feature of the Shortcut Command software is its efficiency, which surpasses similar iOS software at the same time.

With the help of shortcut software, operations that originally required many steps for Apple phone users can now be completed with extremely limited steps.

For example, under normal circumstances, if a user wants to realize the simple function of taking a screenshot of web page content and then sharing it, at least the following steps are required:

Take a screenshot → Open the photo album → Select the screenshot just now → Circle the part that the user thinks is worth sharing → Save to the photo album → Share with friends → Delete the screenshot

(ps:...Don’t substitute the current situation.

It is true that you cannot directly edit or share screenshots taken from previous Apple phones)

Is it troublesome to follow the traditional operation method?

But with the shortcuts app, everything is different.

Use pre-edited actions in shortcut commands.

When users want to quickly share the content on the webpage with friends, they only need to take a screenshot, and then click the [Share Screenshot Content] tool in the shortcut command.

At this time, the [Share Screenshot Content] custom tool will automatically obtain the picture you just captured.

Then directly enter the picture editing mode through the Aviary SDK built into the shortcut APP.

After editing, the iOS built-in sharing options will automatically pop up.

After the user finishes sharing, the custom tool [Share Screenshot Content] will also automatically delete the screenshot just now.

The same thing is about sharing web page screenshots with friends, with the help of shortcut command software.

The actual operations performed by the user are as follows:

Take a screenshot → Click [Share screenshot content] in the shortcut app → (User circles the part that is worth sharing) → (Share it with friends)

Normally, seven steps of operation are required, but with the help of shortcut commands, this software can now be completed in only four steps.

In reality, the steps required may be fewer.

If the user has a fixed sharing partner.

By editing the corresponding sharing tool, set the sharing to a specific contact of a specific application in advance.

In this way, only three steps are needed in the actual sharing process.

And if all the user needs is to take a screenshot and share it with fixed contacts.

No need to edit pictures.

Then with the help of shortcut commands, the actual operations required by the software user are reduced to two steps.

It’s just a few steps missing. Is it worth the hype?

Of course it’s worth it!

Although it's just a few steps missing, it's still a great victory.

The steps can be reduced because the shortcut software transforms a process that originally required coordination in many different software into a one-stop process.

When using shortcuts to share web page screenshots.

When users share, whether it is two steps, three steps or four steps, all steps are actually performed in one software with shortcuts.

There is no need to jump between various software.

If you need to jump between various software.

Then the user's attention is likely to be attracted by other software during the actual sharing process.

In short, one-stop processing seems to be just missing a few steps.

In fact, it greatly improves user efficiency.

Sharing screenshots of web content is just one example.

In fact, the software can improve the efficiency of many tasks or processes with the help of shortcut commands.

At the same time, with the help of the shortcut command software.

Some software, such as long image stitching, short video image rotation, and animated image conversion to short video, are likely to be retired in place.

In addition, the shortcut command software has many functional built-in actions that are unique to productivity applications.

For example, compress the file, make the result into a PDF, save the content to iCloud, etc.

This software also has many unique features for some third-party application shortcuts...

In short, the shortcut command software is very powerful.

However, all this is limited to this point in time in 2014.

It actually doesn’t make much sense to talk about value out of touch with the times.

Things that seem valuable now will be worthless in a few years.

But it doesn't matter, as long as this software is valuable to Lin Hui at this time, it is enough.

Although the shortcut command software can achieve many functions.

But what Lin Hui is concerned about is not the functionality of this software.

Lin Hui is concerned about the shortcut command software itself.

Although the shortcut command software appeared in the next few years as a built-in application of the Apple mobile phone system.

But it was not originally developed by Apple.

The original name of the software "Shortcut Commands" was not called "Shortcut Commands" either.

Instead, it’s called “workflow”, which literally translates to “workflow.”

However, among the many names of this software, Lin Hui still likes the name shortcut command the most.

Other explanations are more or less vague.

The software Past Life Shortcut Command was developed by Ari Weinstein and others at the end of 2014.

According to the normal timeline, the Shortcut Command software only landed on the Apple App Store in December 2014.

When it first landed in the Apple App Store, the Quick Commands software appeared as a paid app.

Lin Hui remembered that it still costs 18 yuan to download in China.

Although Quick Command is a paid software, it does not affect the spread of this software.

The shortcut command software was widely loved by users as soon as it was launched.

There is a reason why users love this software.

First, the shortcut command software formally breaks through the sandbox restrictions of iOS.

Users can get information from one application and send it to another application.

The second reason is that the shortcut command software can give users a sense of control.

Users will gain a sense of programmatic control when customizing tools.

Due to the popularity of users, Workflow won the title of the best app in the App Store in 2015.

Later, Apple also became interested in this software.

This software was acquired by Apple in 2017.

The development team was subsequently brought under Apple's wing.

Lin Hui remembered that in his previous life, the shortcut command software was acquired by Apple for US$30 million.

Thirty million U.S. dollars, but more than 100 million yuan.

In this way, Lin Hui can completely develop the software in advance and wait for it to be acquired by Apple.

Although it took several years for this software to be acquired by Apple in its previous life.

But in Lin Hui's opinion, the reason why this software took a long time to be acquired in the previous life was.

This is because the developer of this software did not know that this software would be acquired by Apple.

Therefore, I have not focused my work on this software.

So much so that this software only got on the right track in 2016.

But if Lin Hui knew that this software would be acquired by Apple, the situation would naturally be different.

Moreover, Lin Hui has the complete version of this software as a reference.

It can be said that the online version is a quasi-mature version.

As for why it’s not a mature version?

Because if you want to achieve a fully mature version, you must enable the corresponding permissions from Apple.
To be continued...