iPad App Store app is terrible...

[vastoholic]

It's the same sucky App store as the iPhone and if they haven't seen a reason to improve it after selling 50MM+ units then don't hold your breath.

It's not quite the same. The one thing I loved about the iPhone was that in each Category I choose to browse the top paid and top free apps in separate searches. I have yet to figure out how to do this on the iPad.

 

[rorschach]

They need to start using the popovers that they have in the iTunes Store app and the iBookstore. The "not going back to where you left off when you navigate back from an app's page" is really annoying.

^^Why isn't that used for the App Store?

 

[vastoholic]

^ +1. I love the pop up window that iTunes and iBook has. Just keep it consistent. Isn't that the first rule of programming.

 

[iCheddar]

iBooks also annoys me in that it takes you back to your library after making a purchase.

I often go to check out the top 100 free books and usually download a book or two, it's a pain to have to go back to the store after downloading something.

 

[Mellofello808]

It's so bad that i even download free apps from instalulous. I hate the iPad app store with a passion.

Why can't it be a doppelganger for the desktop store? They have the room to give a very, varied, and rich experience. I'm positive that there are dozens of apps out there that I haven't discovered because they are not "what's hot" or in the 15 top grossing apps. Why do I care what apps are top grossing? Please use that real estate for more in depth categories.

 

[Mitchrapp]

It's slow as hell. Slower by the day even. This morning it was almost impossible.

 

[Crosbie]

I'm guessing this has been brought up before, but I just have been fed up lately with how slow the App Store on the iPad is. It seems like things take awhile to load, such as when you go to the top selling apps section. When you click 'next 10' it seems buggy and sometimes doesn't register or takes a few extra seconds. Then if you've revealed say the top 50 apps that way and decide to click on one, when you go back, it reverts back to only the top 10, and it will take you awhile to press 'next 10' four more times to get back to where you were. Its just no intuitive and strange for an Apple product.

The iPhone app store app is much faster and more intuitive.

Seems fixed in 3.2.1? Can someone confirm this?

 

[highdefjunkie]

I agree. I hate looking at App #46, reading some reviews, and then going back and being stuck at square 1. Totally unneccessary.

I also am finding disdain for iTunes as well. For a company that has spent years making fun of bloatware such as Windows, iTunes is the slowest, most spinny beach ball app I use. The store is horrendous even on a 12Mbps internet connection.

Agree! That's the biggest gripe I have with it. I cant even look at reviews on an app because as soon as I do, It put me to page one again. UGH