iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
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iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
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Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#2It certainly feels like a disaster for users. I hate the single card view. It drives me crazy.
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#3My App Store experiment is still ticking along with no big reduction in its modest number of daily downloads although maybe it has just enough reviews not to disappear (4.5 stars UK and US stores). The update going into store did help, I think that there might be a penalty for not having issued an update recently. I issued an update for the iPhone 5 and the numbers picked up (got my record daily download yesterday).
http://itunes.com/apps/fastlists
It's a lists app but I want it to be the best damn lists app. It is particularly designed for repeated use lists like packing and shopping. All free at the moment but some in-app purchases will be coming soon although existing users won't lose any features.
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#4Their main complaint was there is no new releases section, but there's still a new & noteworthy section.. and each category has its own 'new' section. Isn't that the same thing?
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#5Their main complaint was there is no new releases section, but there's still a new & noteworthy section.. and each category has its own 'new' section. Isn't that the same thing?
From experience, I can tell you each layer you ask the user to travel down eliminates 75-90% of the audience.
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#6Let's look at the source shall we?
When I arrive I'm treated with a bar across the bottom that asks me to turn on cookies. Cookies are on. That's a good sign.
Looking around I see the "Hot Topics", the first two news stories are fake. It took about 24 hours to vette though so they are still riding off residual traffic from old lies.
Reviewing the article, the rousing source for this news: some guy's blog. The article's title could be "Chris doesn't like the new approach and believes heavily in metaphor.".
The card idea in the app store hasn't changed my purchasing behavior. The ability to see the list is still there, but added functionality to browser WHILE downloading has been included. This minor item ensures that when I'm spending, I keep spending. It means more money will be spent and I can guarantee the numbers will show this in the coming months.
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#7One of my main problems with the store is that the single card view doesn't even work well. Perhaps it's because I'm on an iPhone 4, but the loading time that comes with this new configuration absolutely destroys the experience for anyone wanting to find anything. Perhaps when we all have gigabit connections on our phones this card view will reign supreme, but until that point it's a completely short sighted attempt at improvement.
Btw, I also speak as a developer who has had their sales slashed enormously due the concert of changes that started in late July. My main title has sold at least a handful of copies @ 2.99 a day for the past two years; that was until the store started to limit the amount of queries a user would get from their search. We have a very sexy icon, and very unique concept for the game. I actually thought the high rate of piracy at the beginning of the app's life was the reason for the continued sales, but after the changes started to take place; sales are now limited to about 1-2 a week, I know it was because of the app icon and screen shots.
Anyway, I mostly speak here as a user, and this new App Store has not been welcomed. I miss Steve.
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#8Their main complaint was there is no new releases section, but there's still a new & noteworthy section.. and each category has its own 'new' section. Isn't that the same thing?
It looks like the 'paid' and 'free' sections are new releases, sorted by newness. There does seem to be some curation comparing results vis-a-vis iOS 5.
The 'new' section for each category seems to be previous 'new and noteworthy' titles for that category.
This would all be a good thing except for the single-card layout on the smaller devices.
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#9The layout also limits the space allocated to the app's title. When scrolling though the top paid apps, it seems it cuts off the title at 7 characters. Basically, almost every app ends with "..." due to space. This is terrible.
The card view is slow, and my App Store crashed once I reached search result #100 (I was searching for my own app). I'm on a 4S, which should be albe to handle the load.
They did introduce the "Related" tab within an apps page, but I'm curious to see how that affects sales after a few weeks.
Re: iOS 6 App Store is a disaster for developers
#10One of my main problems with the store is that the single card view doesn't even work well. Perhaps it's because I'm on an iPhone 4, but the loading time that comes with this new configuration absolutely destroys the experience for anyone wanting to find anything. Perhaps when we all have gigabit connections on our phones this card view will reign supreme, but until that point it's a completely short sighted attempt…
I miss him too. I bet he would have been pretty pissed at this design.