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Weightbot -- my first feedback...
First of all, I really love the GUI of the app and its usability...! This is what iPhone apps should be like...!! :)
But here are some of the flaws I discovered so far:
Like many other people I know, I tend to check and register my weight once a week -- that's more than enough for a long-term weight loss program and also the way many Weight Watchers groups operate...and since losing weight is a long-term process first of all I was a bit bummed that I couldn't go firther back than 90 days...!? But that's kind of acceptable, I guess...
The bigger problem here is the graph: since it lists all the days and not just the ones containing a weight entry I get a long, looong line that makes not much sense at all, as you can see fro the screenshot...! That would be way more useful if it would only use the days which actually contain a weight figure, hence making the graph more accurate and useful...! As of now it's not much use at all to me... :(
Another suggestion would be to add some kind of zooming feature when in graph mode, so that you can zoom in and out, show a monthly, weekly or yearly view and so on...!?
Also it uses the US standard for displaying dates when in graph mode, even though I am using a German phone and have set the app to use metric -- you might want to change that as well...
Since I cannot really have an overview of my weight stats in the graph view I was hoping there would be a list view -- but no luck here either...!? :(
As sweet as the app is, I think you need to add the option to track the weight progress in a list view as well...!
One last thing, not nearly as important as the ones above: when I launch the app it shows me the current day, but lists 0.0 kg as weight -- it should either jump to the most recent entry or just copy the last weight entry to the current day as long as a new entry has been made...
Really looking forward to your reply and of course to further improvement of what could be a great app and a nice start for a series of similar applications...!
- MILE
But here are some of the flaws I discovered so far:
Like many other people I know, I tend to check and register my weight once a week -- that's more than enough for a long-term weight loss program and also the way many Weight Watchers groups operate...and since losing weight is a long-term process first of all I was a bit bummed that I couldn't go firther back than 90 days...!? But that's kind of acceptable, I guess...
The bigger problem here is the graph: since it lists all the days and not just the ones containing a weight entry I get a long, looong line that makes not much sense at all, as you can see fro the screenshot...! That would be way more useful if it would only use the days which actually contain a weight figure, hence making the graph more accurate and useful...! As of now it's not much use at all to me... :(
Another suggestion would be to add some kind of zooming feature when in graph mode, so that you can zoom in and out, show a monthly, weekly or yearly view and so on...!?
Also it uses the US standard for displaying dates when in graph mode, even though I am using a German phone and have set the app to use metric -- you might want to change that as well...
Since I cannot really have an overview of my weight stats in the graph view I was hoping there would be a list view -- but no luck here either...!? :(
As sweet as the app is, I think you need to add the option to track the weight progress in a list view as well...!
One last thing, not nearly as important as the ones above: when I launch the app it shows me the current day, but lists 0.0 kg as weight -- it should either jump to the most recent entry or just copy the last weight entry to the current day as long as a new entry has been made...
Really looking forward to your reply and of course to further improvement of what could be a great app and a nice start for a series of similar applications...!
- MILE
I’m a little disapointed
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Inappropriate?Hey MILE,
The 90 days is only limited to how far you can go back and enter or change data. The main function of the portrait view of the app is to enter your data. Are there reasons why someone would need to add/edit/delete weight data that's older than 90 days?
The bigger problem here is the graph: since it lists all the days and not just the ones containing a weight entry I get a long, looong line that makes not much sense at all
I understand your concern on this one. We will be addressing these sort of issues over time. Our ultimate goal is to provide the ability to scale the graph and we are working on a good solution. I'm assuming that if you could view more dates onscreen at a time, this would solve your issue right?
We will be providing alternate graph views like weeks/months/years so don't worry. It's all just a matter of time.
Also it uses the US standard for displaying dates when in graph mode, even though I am using a German phone and have set the app to use metric -- you might want to change that as well...
Localization is another task we need to tackle and the default measures will be fixed based on that.
Since I cannot really have an overview of my weight stats in the graph view I was hoping there would be a list view -- but no luck here either...!? :(
We will be providing more data viewing options in the future.
One last thing, not nearly as important as the ones above: when I launch the app it shows me the current day, but lists 0.0 kg as weight -- it should either jump to the most recent entry or just copy the last weight entry to the current day as long as a new entry has been made...
We designed it so that you can quickly enter a weight for each day. So it's important that when the phone launches, you are on "Today" and 0.0 makes it really easy to glance and know if you have entered a weight for that day or not. Once you press on the LCD, your last weight will be displayed and you can adjust from there.
We really appreciate your suggestions and a few are already in the works to be addressed. This application is just a side project for us so if we were to implement every feature we wanted, this app wouldn't be released for another 5 months. :) We wanted to release with the core features in place and we plan to improve on it over time. -
Inappropriate?Mark, thanks for getting back to me so fast...! :)
Are there reasons why someone would need to add/edit/delete weight data that's older than 90 days?
Well, I admit that's something one would need only once, when "switching" to the app -- it's just that I started my weight loss program six months ago and of course it would be nice to have an overview of the whole process and the progress I made ever since and not just the last 90 days...
Our ultimate goal is to provide the ability to scale the graph and we are working on a good solution. I'm assuming that if you could view more dates onscreen at a time, this would solve your issue right?
Personally, I'd rather consider that a workaround...!? ;)
But yes, it would at least improve the usability of the graph view...!
On the other hand, would it really be that difficult to just ignore the dates that don't contain a weight entry and only include those that do...?!
And of course zooming in and out would be really helpful as well, no doubt about it...!
We will be providing alternate graph views like weeks/months/years so don't worry. It's all just a matter of time.
Great, I'll be looking forward to future releases -- not worried at all...! ;)
Localization is another task we need to tackle and the default measures will be fixed based on that.
That would be nice, because even though the app itself is easy to use and doesn't contain too much text it's just a matter of improving the user experience. And as I mentioned before -- feel free to contact me if you need help with a German translation/localization...! I have occasionally done some before over the years, and I have recently assisted several iPhone devs in localizing their apps to German...
We designed it so that you can quickly enter a weight for each day. So it's important that when the phone launches, you are on "Today" and 0.0 makes it really easy to glance and know if you have entered a weight for that day or not. Once you press on the LCD, your last weight will be displayed and you can adjust from there.
Yes, I understand that, and it's not really a bug or much of a problem anyway -- just something one has to get used to to...
This application is just a side project for us so if we were to implement every feature we wanted, this app wouldn't be released for another 5 months. :) We wanted to release with the core features in place and we plan to improve on it over time.
Of course I do understand that as well, and many developers say the same thing, but -- and please don't get me wrong here -- from the user's side it sometimes creates the impression of an unfinished, half-baked app being released before its time...
By no means do I want to criticize you and I am sure that you have quite a few great things yet in store for all of us -- but as "delicious" as Weightbot is, right now it is only of very limited use to me and probably quite a few others...!? Even though I was kind of aware of that I still bought it immediately as it was available, because what I saw from the 'leaked' video and screenshots was pleasing enough and made me want to support your efforts -- which I'm sure you'll keep up in the future...! :)
- MILE
I’m looking forward to future releases
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Inappropriate?
Well, I admit that's something one would need only once, when "switching" to the app -- it's just that I started my weight loss program six months ago and of course it would be nice to have an overview of the whole process and the progress I made ever since and not just the last 90 days...
That makes sense. If you read my reply here, that might answer more questions about this.
We are making note of all the feature requests because we want to make a better application for our customers, but at the same time we are not going to stray from our vision for this app.
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We are making note of all the feature requests because we want to make a better application for our customers, but at the same time we are not going to stray from our vision for this app.
Nothing wrong with that...as long as your vision occasionally intersects with your customer's needs and demands...!? ;)))
We really appreciate your support as an early adopter. :)
Sure, my pleasure...I still love that app and hope that in the near future I will even be able to get some more use out of it...! :)
- MILE
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