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Google releases standalone Youtube iOS app

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Re: Google releases standalone Youtube iOS app

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Post by denzil_correa »

kristofferR wrote: post #3
Samuel_Michon wrote: post #2

It's an app for iPhone, it's not optimized for iPad. Doesn't seem like Google put much effort into it, just look at the sloppy icon.

They had to get it out by tomorrow, when Apple will release (or at least announce) iPhone 6 and iOS 6 without the Youtube app. This looks like a rush job, but they'll likely improve it quickly. The Google+ app was totally horrible in the beginning, but they quickly made it one of the best social networking apps on iOS.

That's the point! Is this a win-win situation for consumers or no?

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

bookwormAT wrote: post #11

What do iOS users think about the design of the app? I'm asking because from screenshots and a video, it looks the design is a close copy from the Android app. How do users accept common patterns like Actionbar or Slideout Menu on an iPhone?

The slide-out menu pattern showed up on both platforms mostly simultaneously (think Facebook may have been an early adopter). Also, it doesn't seem to follow the action bar pattern any more than other iOS apps do. Back and search buttons in the title bar has been an iOS convention since the dawn of the OS.

Visually, it is adopting a similar "flat" design to Holo (as has Google+ on iOS), not sure how I feel about that but I'm not a primary user of iOS so my opinion is mainly moot there.

Re: Google releases standalone Youtube iOS app

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Post by geon »

bookwormAT wrote: post #11

What do iOS users think about the design of the app? I'm asking because from screenshots and a video, it looks the design is a close copy from the Android app. How do users accept common patterns like Actionbar or Slideout Menu on an iPhone?

I think YouTube borrowed the menu-behind-the-content-when-it-slides-to-the-right from Facebook. Anyway, that's where I first saw it.

Design-wise, it looks pretty much like the new mobile website.

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Post by christensen_emc »

geon wrote: post #14
bookwormAT wrote: post #11

What do iOS users think about the design of the app? I'm asking because from screenshots and a video, it looks the design is a close copy from the Android app. How do users accept common patterns like Actionbar or Slideout Menu on an iPhone?

I think YouTube borrowed the menu-behind-the-content-when-it-slides-to-the-right from Facebook. Anyway, that's where I first saw it. Design-wise, it looks pretty much like the new mobile website.

The menu behind the content UI Pattern is actually one of the suggested UI patterns in the official Android style guide.

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Post by blindhippo »

bookwormAT wrote: post #11

What do iOS users think about the design of the app? I'm asking because from screenshots and a video, it looks the design is a close copy from the Android app. How do users accept common patterns like Actionbar or Slideout Menu on an iPhone?

"Icon is no good" 1 Star review.

Man do I hate people who review IOS apps in the store.

Personally my initial impression is positive. The slideout menu imitates similar patterns I've seen on the iPad and seems to work well on my phone. Not entirely sold on modals (login is in a popup) - but I have a hate on for modals in general.

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