Wishlist for the ChinesePod iPhone App
johnb
September 28, 2010 at 02:44 AM posted in ChinesePod Mobile AppsThis thread is intended to be a holder for feature wishlists for the ChinesePod iPhone app. If there's something you'd like to see on the iPhone app, please leave a comment in reply to this thread and we'll see what we can do.
light487
December 02, 2010 at 01:06 AM
One thing I noticed today after bringing my iTouch up to date and installing the latest "Subscriber" version is that there is no progress indicator for the downloads... it just says "Downloading" but no percentage on completion..
light487
November 29, 2010 at 08:09 PM
Same as RJ really.. and also the ability to add new lessons without having to go first to the website and bookmark them manually. This also goes for the SpanishPOD app as well, which I assume is developed in parallel. It's annoying when you run out of lessons and want to get more but you are stuck somewhere where you can't access the main site properly..
light487
November 30, 2010 at 07:06 PM
Haha.. yes I am.. I been lurking a lot and about 2 weeks ago I signed up for Praxis Pass subscription for 6 months so I can learn more Chinese and start learning Spanish as well :) I tried learning Spanish a while a go while I was still coming to grips with Chinese and it was all a little too much for me.. but now that I am somewhere between Elementary and Intermediate level with Chinese, I am finding it much easier to cope with a new language...
...though I do often find myself using Chinese words (like.. 我 and 你) automatically :)
RJ
September 28, 2010 at 06:52 PM
1. audio on the flash cards
2. audio on the individual dialogue and expansion sentences
3. skritter
4. a back up 30 sec button on the lesson audio
HongKongNik
September 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Hey everyone, here's my personal wishlist for the iPhone app:
- Audio review files (!!!)
- Lesson Exercises (!!!)
- Writing practice (!)
- Record & Playback function (!!)
- Access to community (!)
- Direct access to "vocab of the day" videos currently posted only on Facebook (!)
light487
November 30, 2010 at 08:08 PM
Yes.. access to the community.. even if it is was only, at this stage, to access the discusssions of the current lessons that are loaded into the iphone/itouch (which is around 12 max at the moment I think).. One of the great things about ChinesePod is the ability to ask questions and answer others' questions in the discussion area.. it's the community that makes this site truly great.
xiao_liang
September 28, 2010 at 09:46 AM
A way to easily download more than one lesson at a time without having to go through 3 menus to do so. i.e. click a checkbox on several lessons and then download them all
A way to view subscribed and bookmarked at the same time.
Links to comments threads.
Ability to do the exercises through the App.
Fixes for the bugs e.g. random crashing, downloading the wrong lessons if you queue several up, randomly signing you out etc.
root
December 19, 2010 at 03:13 AM0) Rename the new v 2 app into something else, and put old app back in the iTunes store.
1) Bring back all old app features
Alternative sentence audio
Readable sentence breakdown page (please no pinyin, hanzi and translation together! everything on one page -- worst UI sin ever!)
Words linkable to Vocabulary (most important)
Vocabulary page that works (word audio, sentence list, links to sentences)
Sentence page with audio
Expansion page that works
2) Bring back the team that made the old app
3) Stop using community page to collect customer requirements, this will only allow developers to pick and choose their pet features, without regard for actual user needs.
From day 1 the big advantage of CPod has been Ken's context-rich environment. Outside of the excellent audio portions, to me, this meant the instant full sentence exploration for any word you find. This was especially useful and convenient in the old iphone apps. So much so, that an expenditure equivalent to 5 years of CPod subscription is a no brainer considering the added benefits.
It feels the new app has completely disregarded the foundational learning principles of CPod in favor of "pretty software structure" and the like. The UI design has gone out the window, let alone addressing the learning needs of users. Does Ken Carrol even exist anymore? /end{rant}