First release of 2012 and boy, does it feel good. There were lots of “carve outs” for simplicity’s sake in v1.4 of the app while dropping in the single most requested feature: frictionless sharing (never leave the app) and Facebook iOS integration.
With this release, I believe we have set the foundation for all mobile products at Travelzoo - notably, “to get out of the way” for subscribers when it comes to discovering inspiring deals on the go. More on this later, though, as the whole world of mobile is all about fading into the background of the user experience and let the content do the talking.
Give it a whirl at http://www.travelzoo.com/iphoneapp - update or download, and let me know what you think!
January 25, 2012
Incredibly odd seeing a Shake Shack in Washington, DC.
One of my favorite single-purpose pages showcasing a site’s mobile products.
January 24, 2012
"Even putting this bifurcation aside, most people resist making advanced commitments before they absolutely need to make them."
The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast | TechCrunch
January 22, 2012
"The reason webviews feel less responsive is that there is an artificial 300ms delay on link clicks (and in fact any click event) in a webview! As I understand it, this delay exists so that the webview can tell the difference between a tap, a double tap and a tap-and-hold gesture - but the result is a noticeably different (worse) feel than a native UI component."
Simon Willison’s answer to Does Facebook’s iPhone app use a proprietary web rendering engine instead of UIWebView? - Quora
Smartphone users LOVE to multitask.
January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012
Is Chill.com “Path” for the browser? Based on the design, it sure looks like it.
