App icons you wish they would change back

[steventsmith]

Day 1 complete. Not as many votes as i would have liked. The current icon has grown in popularity (above 74%). I'm wondering what effect the black/white icon is having. Based on my initial poll, i'm guessing it's stealing votes away from both other icons.

I think over the weekend i'll hopefully get the 100k goal. There are usually a lot of people upgrading at that time as well as using NowPlaying to find movies.

I still find it very interesting that the original icon is the least favorite, but it has some incredibly vocal people. Oh well, at least people are passionate

Hi Cyrus,

The problem isn't simply that your current icon is bad, it's that the previous icon was of a good quality and the app itself is a good quality app that some people who bought it before are really disappointed it had to be changed.

The current icon is generic and cheap, like any of the other 99% of the app store. If you had had that icon all along, there wouldn't have been this problem; it's only that you had an icon that stood out and changed it to a generic 10-minute-job that [some] people are so offended.

If you're doing a poll inside the app, do remember that those who don't like the icon might not be running the app anymore. It sounds silly, but the artwork and branding for an app is extremely important for user loyalty.

There's no accounting for user taste, so I seriously think a poll is useless if you actually want an outstanding app.

-S

 

[Night Spring]

The current icon is generic and cheap, like any of the other 99% of the app store. If you had had that icon all along, there wouldn't have been this problem; it's only that you had an icon that stood out and changed it to a generic 10-minute-job that [some] people are so offended.

I really liked the original icon, and was a bit taken aback when it was changed, but then, when I think of how my whole iPhone screen will look, I find myself favoring the current icon, precisely because it is rather generic and would "blend in" with all the other icons. I find the grey the least appealing, mostly because the "slice" in the upper left square looks like you just cut a chunk out of the icon rather than evoking the sweeping timer movement in the old movie reels.

 

[TheSpaz]

Can I just say one thing?

I never really fully liked Now Playing and I only downloaded it because it was free. I think I used it once, but the discussion we were having was about the icon, not the app's usefulness. I'm not the target market here, I'm just commenting on the icon's design. I haven't had this app installed on my iPhone in a long time and regardless of the icon, I'll just keep it uninstalled. What I'm saying here is, I wouldn't use the app either way but the ticket icon was my favorite icon. The end.

I think the poll results might be skewed because the people who liked the red icon probably aren't upgrading because they don't wanna lose their favorite icon and so they cannot vote.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I think the poll results might be skewed because the people who liked the red icon probably aren't upgrading because they don't wanna lose their favorite icon and so they cannot vote.

What percent of the population would actually NOT upgrade because of an icon? .0002% .004%? Spaz, give up. You lost by a landslide. Quit making up excuses.

 

[Metasyntactic]

Alright. Voting is complete. We hit 100k votes.

Total result:

I'll leave voting open indefinitely though. No harm in letting everyone speak their mind.

Thanks everyone for your feedback and help throughout all of this.

 

[Zincous]

That was a close race between 2nd and 3rd

 

[Metasyntactic]

I happen to think along the lines of the poll being biased (aka...it's not really a poll, i feel the developer is just plugging in numbers).

no way the current icon is that far ahead. the current icon is completely elementary looking.

paint-by-number's.......YAH!

WTF? Seriously? You think i faked two customer polls to... what? End up picking an icon that isn't my favorite?

How on earth does that make sense?? If i was actually a liar (as you make me out to be), i would have just made up whatever numbers i wanted in the first vote.

What do you want from me at this point? I listened to your complaints. I gave your desires full weight along with all the rest of my customers. I've gotten *100,000* votes so far to work with, and i'm going with the majority of them. And you still have the gall to claim i'm a liar?

Why do you even bother trying to talk to developers and why should developers attempt to have a conversation with you and the community if this is the way you behave?

 

[Metasyntactic]

Hi Cyrus,

The problem isn't simply that your current icon is bad, it's that the previous icon was of a good quality and the app itself is a good quality app that some people who bought it before are really disappointed it had to be changed.

Well, first of all, no one actually bought my app.

Second, when it comes to any app, some people will end up being disappointed. You cannot please everyone, and so you need to make the decisions that make the most sense over your entire userbase. I have millions of customers, so i know that *no* icon will be 'right'. But i'm happier going with the icon that 75% of people like rather than one that 12% like.

The current icon is generic and cheap, like any of the other 99% of the app store. If you had had that icon all along, there wouldn't have been this problem; it's only that you had an icon that stood out and changed it to a generic 10-minute-job that [some] people are so offended.

I wouldn't have this problem. But i did have the *opposite* problem. I had tons of complaints about the old icon. As i mentioned earlier in the thread it was *1/3* of my total complaints.

If you're doing a poll inside the app, do remember that those who don't like the icon might not be running the app anymore. It sounds silly, but the artwork and branding for an app is extremely important for user loyalty.

That's possible, except that my server stats have gone up *significantly* since making the change. So i either haven't been losing people, or i've been gaining far more than i've been losing.

There's no accounting for user taste, so I seriously think a poll is useless if you actually want an outstanding app.

-S

What would you have recommended instead?

 

[Metasyntactic]

So the ticket icon has just barely inched ahead of the grayscale icon. However, they're still very much behind he new icon. Voting seems to have died down, with >200k votes recorded.

I'm putting this subject to bed. If apple allows me to have multiple icons in the future, i'll certainly offer all of these. But, until then, it'll be the current icon.

Thanks for all your feedback!

 

[Rayfire]

So the ticket icon has just barely inched ahead of the grayscale icon. However, they're still very much behind he new icon. Voting seems to have died down, with >200k votes recorded.

I'm putting this subject to bed. If apple allows me to have multiple icons in the future, i'll certainly offer all of these. But, until then, it'll be the current icon.

Thanks for all your feedback!

Thanks for the update, I guess now we can

/thread: Now Playing icon

 

[loneapple24]

MyFantasyTeams

The icon before had a simple, "Y! Fan" icon. Now it's, "MyFanTeams" Terrible...

 

[heyp]

I'm still having difficulty getting used to the new AroundMe icon...

BJ

yeah i miss the old aroundme icon