Learn more. Be more — App more! Wait... what? Yes! The all-new iMore app is here!
- iMore app - Free - Download now
At WWDC last year, Chris Harris, Serenity Caldwell, and Chris Harris of TapJet sat down to talk about the future of the iMore app. We'd chatted off and on at the Ull conference and previous editions of WWDC. But this time it was serious. Coffee and not cocktails was involved.
Chris, it turns out, how worked with our head of product, David Lundblad, at a previous gig, so it was an easy project to get moving on. Especially when our new special projects lead, Jochen Doppelhammer got involved — his trains, they run on time.
Flash forward to today and, just a week or so after the new iMore web design launched, the new app is launching. And we couldn't be more proud.
iMore isn't just words, sounds, and video bits to us. It really is a way to learn more and be more together, through connected technology and all the various articles, podcasts, and shows we do.
And now we have modern, more flexible, and most important, more expansive platforms to do that, both on the web and in the all new app.
With you.
So, yes, this is a new beginning of sorts. But there's more to come. Lots more.
If you're already using the iMore app for iPhone and iPad, you'll get the new app automatically as an update. If you haven't tried it yet, I welcome you to do so now.
- iMore app - Free - Download now
And once you've given it a test-drive, please let us know what you think! We're especially interested in how you'd like us to prioritize the next wave of features. What do you want to see in the first few updates?
Reader comments
All-new iMore app is here! (You're already downloading, aren't you?)
Overall I like the App. Comments shooting you out to a browser window(even if it's within the app) really really annoys me. I also don't like that the app breaks the "swipe to go back" function. I use it all the time and now it takes me back to previous article. Also, it does seem cumbersome getting to the individual sections. I honestly understand your reasoning, but I really liked being able to go through a chronological listing of articles. Now if I want to go back to something (this article for one) I had to try and guess what section it would be in. When I clicked "see more" on the featured section it only went back so far.
No ability to search? No ability to commrnent?
Are "Chris Harris" and "Chris Harris of TapJet" different people?
Rene said, "At WWDC last year, Chris Harris, Serenity Caldwell, and Chris Harris of TapJet sat down..."
Hey, no one is perfect. Nice article. Thanks!
Kudos to iMore for adding the functionality to adjust the size of text from within the app. The former version used very small text (at lease in the opinion of more "mature" viewers like myself) and it was not adjustable. I wrote a scathing review on the App Store for its poor accessibility. Guess I'll have to go and update that bad boy right now. I like yellow.
I think the new iMore Colors are terrible, and the layout is too. This Site constantly lags behind the other Mobile Nations Sites.
There are just three things I'd like to see in this new app:
1.) The ability to search articles like we can online
2.) Dark mode
3.) The ability to comment from within the app.
These are listed in order based on what I see as the most important. The top one being especially needed. I really dislike having to search forever or go online to find a post I enjoyed reading last week.
I would swap 3 and 2 around, don't get me wrong I'd love a dark mode as well, but Apple don't specify this as a requirement for their apps and as such it's currently a unique feature for the apps that have it, whereas on the other hand the comments should never take you to a web view that's technically not part of the app, otherwise there's no point in having the app. The web view is designed for viewing external websites without you having to properly "leave" the app, although iMore is slightly abusing this feature at the moment by linking to their own website as there is currently no comments system inside the app
I guess it's time to download! :D As long as there is a 'Dark Mode' setting. Im all in on the new design :)
There's no dark mode setting, not yet anyway
I guess we're supposed to complain about the new app here:
It would be nice if the Section Title stuck to the top of the screen while scrolling until the next section took its place.
Can't find a way to jump to a section. Have to scroll & scroll. *see note below about scrolling performance.
Sections too short prior to "load all" button.
Can't swipe right from left edge to go back to list, only goes to previous story, have to use my finglonger to reach the tiny top left back arrow; breaking iOS GUI protocol.
Content blocker breaks comments when entering "safari kit" (whatever) view. This means I have to load the article 3 times to leave a comment. Don't you dare go back to reference the article while typing a comment, you must copy first, then reload 2 more times, then paste, so don't try to c/p from the article.
Comment window is too small - URL bar & big blank gray space above, big (Comment) button below - waste of screen real estate.
Scrolling inertia is too low; scrolling feels laborious compared to every other app/site.
Scrolling is jittery. I assume the article thumbnails are loading only after I start to scroll. Maybe my poor little iP6 just can't keep up. I'm on fast internet right now, will have to test again on slower cellular.
Unclear if comment replies will generate app notifications - a feature I would like. I assume not since we have to go into safari kit for comments in the first place, and since I didn't get a confirmation to allow notifications. I know I can turn on email notifications, but I'd rather just go straight to the comments in the article by tapping the notification.
Be more perfect faster!!! /s
"Featured" has a "More Recent" button, which only goes back to yesterday's articles... ? Would like an "All Articles" [in chronological order] section. Readers will surely miss many articles with the current configuration.
Seriously, add the "swipe right from left edge to go back" gesture. That back arrow is too small of a target. I hate that every single iOS app puts the back button up there to begin with, and when the swipe-back gesture is gone or flaky, I delete the app. I deleted Facebook & Amazon bc that gesture only worked 1/2 the time, so I'll give iMore one more update before it goes the way of the flappy bird.
I mean, I understand you want to make changes, and sometime you have to tear down the whole building bc the foundation can't support your plans, but don't make the tenants move in before the new building is complete. If the elevator is slow and jerky, if the AC isn't installed, if the lights flicker, if the toilets are flowing the wrong direction, they're going to move out. Changing the colors is the easy part, it's what the users notice first, but lack of function stops them from coming back, no matter how attractive the form.
❤️U iMore!
Is this site sponsored by Sprint? These black and yellow colors are....
iUrine.
Needs a search box so I can find older stories. Otherwise it looks nice.
Good job, I even like the "Stryper" throwback colors. People, don't forget this is only phase one; hopefully a lot of your concerns will be fixed when the website is complete.
Like others, I wish the comments were integrated but that's not as big a deal to me as being taken to "Featured" stories when the app opens then clicking to see "More Stories." It was much easier to see all stories when the app opened with the most recent at the top.
No 3D Touch is a great oversight but hopefully coming later. 👍
"Chris Harris, Serenity Caldwell, and Chris Harris of TapJet"
"Chris, it turns out, how worked with our head of"
Great new app and site, now we can get back to proof reading the content. 😂
I love the yellow and black! It's a breathe of fresh air and makes everything more bright and delightful.
"Breath" not breathe lol!! Just messing with you :)
I use a Nexus 6. The iMore App is not buggy on Android and runs smooth. But, there's no update in the Play Store yet.
Posted via the iMore App for Android
Comments already updated to be within the app? At least for me, I've not been taken into Safari.
Sent from the iMore App
It takes you into a Safari Web View, which is the same as taking you into Safari. If it was within the app, you wouldn't see an address bar at the top, and it would be styled the same as the rest of the mobile app, as opposed to obviously being the mobile website
Hey folks, good job!
As with all apps, it will be a work in progress and I appreciate the desire to improve and listen to your audience.
I'm surprised Rene can bear to be involved with something that has such poorly aligned icons.
Poorly aligned? Where? If you're talking about the white bar behind the text "iMore", it's centered to the capital letter (as that is the defining top and bottom for text)
The settings cog is slightly further to the right than the heart icons on the articles, which in turn are misaligned with the heart icon at the bottom. It's even worse in landscape mode.
I think you're clutching at straws a bit, those three things are all in different sections. The settings icon is aligned with the far right of the articles (where the article image ends), since the setting icon floats above everything else it it doesn't need to be aligned with what's below it because anything could be below it, it's simply right aligned with the internal margin used on the app. The heart icons on the articles are slightly inset because if they were touching the edge of the image it would look odd (think of padding in website design). As for the heart icon at the bottom, that's clearly designed to work like other apps (including Apple's own) where the icons are evenly spaced across the bottom without relation to anything else except the text below them of which it's centered. This last particular "misalignment" exists in Apple's own apps, look at the phone app and go on the recent section, you can see the info icons do not align with the voicemail icon
If Rene can get upset about a headphone jack not being perfectly aligned with a USB port, I'm perfectly within my rights to get discounted about some misaligned icons.
But as I've explained they're not misaligned, they're in different sections in the app. The last supposed misalignment exists in Apple's own apps, which proves it's not misaligned, just two different sections.
Poppycock. Just because they're in separate sections of the app doesn't mean they can't be in alignment. Google manage to align all of their icons in their Gmail app and it looks superb.
Several have already commented on the logo; interested to hear the thought behind it.
No search ability within the app
No ability to comment without being taken to an in app browser window.
Can not see all articles at once (need to press to view more)
No option to jump to a section
No 3D Touch options for the icon (e.g. New articles, search, tips and tricks, etc)
I do like the option to save articles now!
Seems like the app got a facelift but overall lost features in the process.
It apparently got rebuilt from scratch, the old app was incredibly buggy and broken in some areas. This one works, but has fewer features. I'm guessing they're going to add the rest back in updates
I take it no android app support?
Posted via the iMore App for Android
Previously the Android app was made by a different set of developers, and actually worked better than the iOS app. Hopefully an Android update will come eventually though
I couldn't find the Android apps anymore.
Now back to your regularly schedule program...
See what I mean? Breaking up the comment got it through. Go figure.
But I've never understood the names that this site has gone through, either; "tipb" was nonsensical and "iMore" isn't much better. Surely you can come up with a better name?! How about something simple and easy to understand: "Apple Central," "Apple Nation," or a name using an apple variety, e.g., "The Beacon"? Anyway, doesn't matter--the content is great, so keep up the good work!
"Tipb" stood for The iPhone Blog? I believe. It was years before I understood that though. I agree that Apple Central would be a much better name, especially since there's already Android Central and Windows Central.
When the new iMore is branching a little beyond Apple, that wouldn't be much of a fit ;-)
I really appreciate iMore and come here regularly; however, this design is pretty strange. The icon is kinda weird. The yellow/black like/dislike buttons are off-putting.
I really appreciate iMore and come here regularly; however, this design is pretty strange.
OK, that was weird: I tried to comment and got this security message:
"We use a security service to protect ourselves from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data."
I can't see anything in my comment that would warrant being flagged. Can anyone give me a clue what sets it off?
Must have been thinking negative thoughts. They are pretty sensitive around here.
I was expecting the update to be called "The courageous update"
I'm digging the design, but not cool with having to open Safari to drop a comment. Why have the app, then?
Moving away from an app centric mobile experience.
don't like apps for something that is available in a browser.
Just updated. As previously stated, was shocked when I clicked on comments and it took me to Safari😳
Just out of curiosity, why the yellow and black?
Yellow and Black are the colors of communication.
Army Signal Corp colors are orange & white ;-)
They are also the colors of Sprint, which is what this app makes me think of every time I look at it.
The app is a major improvement for me, since the old one rarely seemed to update, but oh, that icon! What were you thinking?
Love the app, don't know what i think about the huge Yellow iMore logo when you start the app up its a little to bright, right their in your face. And what is up with all the Wheel of Fortune ads???
Yeah, why cant we view/make comments in the article?
Where is the Forum?
The font used for headlines would have the Apple design team falling out of their chairs.
Are you kidding me with the icon?
To be fair to imore, the header font is no worse than what Apple use for their shambolic News app.
I can agree with this (also in the Music app), I don't get what's with the super bold text
Agree with returnmyjedi also would like to know if I can access the forums like the old app or I must revert to the iMore Forums app in the app store
Looks great so far. Still going through the app.
It looks good, I'll try it out.
It looks nice and all, but why no in-app comment function? Being taken out of the app to Safari is pretty naff.
This was the first thing I noticed, kinda sad considering it was there before (albeit slightly broken but it was there). Here's hoping that it's coming in another update.
Looks great! Good job everyone :)