[1eyedjack]

What's new in version 3.91 of the Android app?

[1eyedjack]

Oh I see we are about to get another thread on it. I can wait.

[diana_eva]

I'll just post here. Better to wait with the official announcement until the app is visible in apple and amazon stores too. Less confusing


Version 3.91 new features:

Support for multiple languages, including Chinese.
Friends/Following now distinguished from each other
ACBL Instant Tournaments
Free weekly instant tournament available in the Play Bridge area
Live travelers while playing a tournament
Various performance improvements and bug fixes

This post has been edited by diana_eva: 2015-June-04, 04:03
Reason for edit: Fixed wording

[Phil]

Friends/Followers or Friends/Following?

[diana_eva]

 Phil, on 2015-June-04, 02:50, said:

Friends/Followers or Friends/Following?

Friends/Following, same as on BBO.

[diana_eva]

Apple just approved the latest mobile app release. Version 3.91 should be now available for Android, Kindle and very soon for Apple (might take up to 24 hours until the Apple version becomes visible in the app store).

See release notes here.

Feedback, comments, suggestions, bug reports welcome.

[Geoff103]

 diana_eva, on 2015-June-14, 15:03, said:

Apple just approved the latest mobile app release. Version 3.91 should be now available for Android, Kindle and very soon for Apple (might take up to 24 hours until the Apple version becomes visible in the app store).

See release notes here.

Feedback, comments, suggestions, bug reports welcome.

Adverts? An appalling addition. How do I downgrade to previous version?

[1eyedjack]

 Geoff103, on 2015-June-15, 01:19, said:

Adverts? An appalling addition. How do I downgrade to previous version?

More to the point, how did you avoid the adverts in the previous version?

[diana_eva]

 Geoff103, on 2015-June-15, 01:19, said:

Adverts? An appalling addition. How do I downgrade to previous version?

Ads are part of Version 3.91. In previous versions players would only see ads when playing anonymously.

The way ads are displayed on the mobile app is now similar to the other versions of BBO (web and downloadable client). Free areas see ads. As soon as a player plays something pay or engages in other commerce activity (eg. rent robots) ads will be hidden for 24 hours.

[fwbt]

How can one go back to an earlier version? The ads running above the page are very annoying.

[1eyedjack]

 fwbt, on 2015-June-15, 15:25, said:

How can one go back to an earlier version? The ads running above the page are very annoying.

Do you have an alternative business model to suggest?

[ulven]

 1eyedjack, on 2015-June-15, 23:39, said:

Do you have an alternative business model to suggest?

Yes, paid/pro version of app that removes ads.
Ads totally ruin it for me and I've contacted Fred about it.
Unless a lot of people object it's unlikely to change.
So I've stopped using the mobile BBO app.
Btw, I don't mind it in the web client, but the limited screen estate on mobile and the blinking ad is a total killer

[1eyedjack]

 ulven, on 2015-June-16, 13:37, said:

Yes, paid/pro version of app that removes ads.

And how much would you be prepared to pay for the pro version?

I ask, because the option is already available, but perhaps you think it too expensive at $0.25 per day (and only for the days on which you play).

Or perhaps (and with this I sympathise) the inconvenience of paying $0.25 on a daily basis is too much.

[ulven]

 1eyedjack, on 2015-June-16, 14:02, said:

And how much would you be prepared to pay for the pro version?

I ask, because the option is already available, but perhaps you think it too expensive at $0.25 per day (and only for the days on which you play).

Or perhaps (and with this I sympathise) the inconvenience of paying $0.25 on a daily basis is too much.

I never play on mobile client, only kibitz vugraph and interesting tables.
For that purpose I'd say maybe $10 or $15 but I could go higher.
And I just don't want to think about if I have money in an account or not.
If putting money in an account there would remove ads forever in mobile client, sure I can do that.

[gwnn]

It shouldn't be too hard to release a paid version for 10$ on Google Pay that has no ads right? A lot of programs work like that (although for less money). If nobody buys it, you still don't lose too much programming time.

[1eyedjack]

That's true. But I wonder if there might be a bit of a catch 22: If it is unpopular, it is not worthwhile doing it. If it is popular, then the advertising revenue may take a hit that more than compensates for $10 (or whatever) per head. Presumably all the other commercial companies have done that equation and it works out OK.

One possible drawback is that if you go through Google Play then Google expects a kick-back from the in-app purchases, which might then include a % of all the current revenue stream through paid services. THAT could be painful.

[DJNeill]

Re: ads, if it matters, the blinking ones are the only ones that make using the app impossible for me on my droid mini (small screen like iPhone 4). The nonblinking ones I can live with.

Thanks
Dan

[lycier]

In order to let mobile users get happy playing experience on bbo,I suggest that BBO should create mobile tournament only for mobile users,for example,Mobile Bingo Race.
To promote Mobile BBO version,BBO have to take corresponding measures and BBO should do more from now on If possible.

[gwnn]

Why?

[diana_eva]

 lycier, on 2015-June-20, 01:34, said:

In order to let mobile users get happy playing experience on bbo,I suggest that BBO should create mobile tournament only for mobile users,for example,Mobile Bingo Race.
To promote Mobile BBO version,BBO have to take corresponding measures and BBO should do more from now on If possible.

I think the idea is to make it possible for people to play on BBO from any device (mac, PC, mobile, tablet) rather than promote one client over another. That said, there are probably more urgent features to align on mobile than Bingo, like CCs or training tables for example.