The new Appstore/iBook store layout/design

[Kainz]

Am I the only one finding it a complete and utter travesty of design? Even speedwise it is horribly slow when accessed.

I was using my iPad3 this weekend on the Appstore and experienced 8/10 crashes when accessing the store. This was after a reboot with nothing running. It seems that there are too many graphics elements being accessed causing the store to take a few seconds to appear or just CTD outright. In addition the store feels sluggish to use.

The same goes for the iBooks store. No crashes this time, but oh so slow. It is a huge step backwards imo and I have no idea why Apple haven't seen how bad the new design is.

 

[Kainz]

Glad to see it isn't just an issue on my end then. It is very un-Apple like to have something that is so painfull to access.

I was searching for Baldurs Gate over the weekend, as I was out of London. The amount of times my iPad crashed over 3G was unreal. I then gave up, and went to find some books, and the same issue there. I gave up and just read an existing book in my library as a result.

 

[Kainz]

Odd. Can't say I've ever had any slowdown or crashes.

Does it not take longer than usual to bring up all the graphical elements on any section of the store? On wifi it means I have blank icons for 2-3 seconds before the images finally appear. On 3G it is obviously worse depending on your speed.

 

[Kainz]

This is how they force to you upgrade, make all the apps run slow on older models.
Grrrrr

I know where you're coming from and I've been expecting it. Not even bothering upgrading beyond iOS6 now, not that it'll help. As with my phone, it'll probably be the last iPad I ever own anyway before I shift camps. Getting tired of seeing devices being left in the dark from various features that only work on newer kit.