@sequel@indieapps.space made it to number 4 in the UK App Store “Meet the all-new Siri AI” collection 🤯
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Roman Lefebvre
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mastodon 4.7.3French product designer living in London. Developer behind the all-in-one media tracker @sequel@indieapps.space for iOS.
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Joined May 03, 2023
Can’t really believe I’m here but that’s probably the jet lag… @WWDC26
This has been on my mind for a very long time!
It goes quite a bit beyond adding a shadow to boost contrast or giving logos a fixed area to fill. The algorithm that picks the most legible logo and formula to size them took nearly two months to get right.
I started simple but the variety of logos meant a (much) more complex approach was necessary. If I’ve done my job right, it’ll just feel right!
Hopefully you’ll appreciate the result. 😊
I’ve had a lot of fun making @sequel@indieapps.space’s new importer. You can even tap and drag covers around to kill the time. 👀
It was inspired by the Photos.app memories creation interface (albeit with less special FX and my own little touches) entirely in SwiftUI. Hope you like it!
Boy am I glad I ordered an M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 64GB of RAM two days ago. Today’s price increase is spicy 🌶️ 🥵
#TVTime is shutting down, and @sequel@indieapps.space’s new import feature is almost ready.
If you're a long-time TV Time user and would like to help me test it, get in touch by private message. Thank you so much! 🙏
Heading to my first WWDC and I couldn’t be more excited! If you’re going and see me around, please come and say hi. It’d be lovely to meet some of you!👋
#WWDC26
I have no words. @sequel@indieapps.space won the MacStories Selects award for Best Design! 🙏🎉
Before going indie, I was a product designer so this one really means a lot to me. I pour my heart into every update, but 2.6 in particular was a labour of love. Thank you to the @macstories@mastodon.macstories.net team and thank you all so much for the support! ❤️
I’m beyond excited to be going to my first WWDC this year! On Apple’s 50th anniversary year no less! Hope to see some of you there. 😁✌️ #WWDC26
It’s hard to believe @sequel@indieapps.space was released three years ago today. I started working on it over four years ago now and I never thought this would become my full time job. Thank you all for making this possible 🙏
It’s not every day your work gets two full pages in a magazine! Huge thanks to MacFormat for featuring @sequel@indieapps.space 🙏
@sequel@indieapps.space is sponsoring this week’s episode of MacStories Unwind! 🎉
As a long-time follower of @viticci@mastodon.macstories.net and @johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net, getting to support their work with my own indie app means a lot.
If you’re into movies, TV, or games, their Best of 2025 episodes are the perfect time to jump in. 😊
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I've seen a lot of mixed feelings about Liquid Glass. It’s not perfect, but has improved a lot since beta 1. For Sequel, it just felt like the right fit.
I didn’t have to redesign Sequel for iOS 26. Instead, I tried to find synergies with my existing plans that could be better served by the new design. Like changes I was reluctant to bring with the iOS 18 aesthetic. In the end, I believe this new design genuinely improves the experience. I hope you’ll agree once you try it!
A foldable iPhone really doesn’t appeal to me. The marginal benefits vs tradeoffs are just not worth the price of those devices (for me). What I want though is an iPad mini that unfolds to be twice the size. This would be a dream portable media consumption device but there’s no rumours about it…
@oj@masto.es it’s something I’d like to do yes. But then again, I also have 500 other things on that list 😅
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@jack@mastodon.coffee probably the highest praise I could wish for considering the discourse around the new design!
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@crichton007@mastodon.social I think I have. I moved one size down for my right ear tip and that’s helping. Still not as comfy as the 2s though 😅
It’s happened, the AirPods Pro 3 are the first ones that feel uncomfortable to my ears. 🥲
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@BenRiceM@mastodon.social agreed on folding phones. I’ve been enjoying my mini. The added portability and lightweight design made it click for me more than the 11” ever did. It’s a bit specific but I do miss the larger canvas to read comic books. 😅
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@matlfb@social.lol the design needs to scale for all media types. Unfortunately, that wouldn’t work for books or games.
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@matlfb@social.lol ultimately, Sequel’s status system works quite differently from Trakt’s. Wishlist and the other statuses aren’t separate things, they’re a progression and this carries over to other places in the UX. To me, it doesn’t make sense to do just to avoid an extra tap or long press 😅
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@pauls@social.lol it just felt like it let moise noise in (despite what the seal test said)