Post by seaneads on Apr 29, 2014 16:15:38 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
Overdrive has an updated version of their app (3.1). It launched about 7 days ago, and it is apparently a disaster. A sampling of complaints can be found here:
www.apptweak.com/overdrive-media-console-library/iphone-ipad/united-states/app-store-optimization-aso/reviews-ratings/worst/latest-version/366869252#.U2ATYpbLIYN
I've found most of these complaints to be very valid. I tried installing the app on my iPhone, for example, and it refused to recognize my Adobe ID.
One thing of note, too, is that this new version of the app asks people to create an "Overdrive Account," which is not the same as creating an Adobe ID. I was helping a patron over the phone yesterday and she was very confused about what this was. (So was I, since it was my first encounter with it). I'm not sure if people can actually skip creating an Overdrive account altogether or not. It seems to have a "not now" option, but how skipping it might effect the reading experience I don't know . . .
Sean
Overdrive has an updated version of their app (3.1). It launched about 7 days ago, and it is apparently a disaster. A sampling of complaints can be found here:
www.apptweak.com/overdrive-media-console-library/iphone-ipad/united-states/app-store-optimization-aso/reviews-ratings/worst/latest-version/366869252#.U2ATYpbLIYN
I've found most of these complaints to be very valid. I tried installing the app on my iPhone, for example, and it refused to recognize my Adobe ID.
One thing of note, too, is that this new version of the app asks people to create an "Overdrive Account," which is not the same as creating an Adobe ID. I was helping a patron over the phone yesterday and she was very confused about what this was. (So was I, since it was my first encounter with it). I'm not sure if people can actually skip creating an Overdrive account altogether or not. It seems to have a "not now" option, but how skipping it might effect the reading experience I don't know . . .
Sean