designer said that the process is designed to collect information on food safety information source for mainstream media reports purpose is to facilitate query rather than to verify the authenticity of the

since last week, to say the hottest applications in the App Store of Apple’s phone is probably necessary to number called a “survival manual” program. This specialized program of the mobile food safety information almost every day, real-time updated content. Procedures shelves only just three days, it is accumulated to download more than 20 million times, quickly rush to the Apple App Store Free APP list first.

not many of you know, this program is only designed a network product manager in his spare time, was originally just a give the gift of his wife and daughter.

text / reporter Zhongda Wen, Zhou Rui-Ming Chen Chen

Past and Present

generation: from the gift to the family

it comes to the birth of this application, the beginning of the design process of a network product manager have a confession: “industrial glue to add the children’s food can hurt my daughter, the formaldehyde cabbage can hurt my father, I obviously can feel to relatives and friends for food safety from the depressed anger become anxious, continue to stimulate a man’s dignity. “

As a result, anonymity, product manager decided to use in their own way, to do something “,” This is a sad gift gave his wife and daughter. “

So the product manager Mr. advantage of their spare time to design such an application.

Internet companies have found this procedure, the possibility of promotion. Company person in charge of Dr. Fu said, the media information on food safety a lot, but they are scattered, and the companies hope that these information collection, collation, so that coherent, user-friendly query.

Later, two or three colleagues in the company get together to improve the program in more than a week, and then placed on the App Store.

momentum: downloads rankings rapid surge in

May 23, 2009, a called “survival manual” free application launched its first version, boarded the App Store. Last weekend, the ratings of this program is the accumulation of more and nearly 6,000 points; popularity jumped up, has been ranked the App Store free bang “list.

future: want more people to participate

the future of this program, Fu performance is very low-key, “This is a public welfare program,” Fu said, “We do not have much feelings, just want more people to participate.” At the same time, Fu Mr. also said that certain features of the program in the future may be improved, for example, will have on the category of unsafe food more scientific recognition, information search can be more refined.

“stressed, this is just a simple App, you know.” creative product manager of the program even more cautious.

friends hot

For this application, the users’ evaluation is one-sided. “To force” and “timely” and “good” kind words accounted for the vast majority of more than 4,000 comments. Friends, “” support this for the sake of people’s livelihood, health, not for profit software; stranger Kuang Hua “said the software” very good “in life more than a pair of eyes. Users read the software commented, shocked the food safety situation which rendered.

“survival” information on how to ensure authenticity?

reporter found, the user can “food safety issues, feedback to the software specified by the recipient to send food safety clues. However, reporters try to send mail, After a day of waiting, I did not see had sent in the day’s latest survival remind “.

“leon250 encouraged developers must continue to do so, also referred to the program manager to verify the clear source of information.

explained:

network company official told reporters, this program is just to collect existing mainstream media as a network company is not the message to verify the rights and obligations.

at present, has received the “rebellion” information provided by the users over 20, this information, program management staff will take note of relevant reports, some government agencies and enterprises from the official news release and authoritative media reported. If so, will be included into the survival manual.

food

resolved how to do?

as well as friends, in case some unsafe food exposure, the relevant departments to combat, had been eliminated, but the negative information remain in the program, would not make already safe food, “innocent in gun “?

The User “as to” put it bluntly: “to write their food, what food to eat is the people really care about.”

explained:

network company said that if such information, we will promptly follow-up. “In fact, sometimes the top of our program is not necessarily full of negative information, there may be positive, such as the relevant departments to combat successfully destroyed some black dens, etc., if there is new progress, we will update

the Reporter trial of

open the software, one at a “survival remind emerge in front. With the sliding of the fingers, these “survival Reminder can get real-time updates, or traced back to even earlier time. If you know of a particular brand or food safety incidents, or directly to the search.

reporters search, including last year’s ink vermicelli case, also the program’s search results. Snacks, beverages, spices, vegetables, meat food and health products in 12 categories, they are all “survival Filmography” incorporation of the object. Each is specific to survive to remind “of the brand, the event area, the hazard level, news, etc. were listed. Among them, the part to remind summarizing the detailed “survival method.