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Apple Merges Apple.com Website and Online Store

Osxguy said:
I'll get some slack for this but the website is sometimes a nightmare to navigate.. I liked having the store icon there to show clients products in a clean uniform matter with the price.. people want to see the price..
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Go to any product page and click on the compare icon. Shows each model in a clean uniform manner with the price.
 
ok... neat touch Apple...


Users know its apple url anyway..... having the store. prefex give extra credit so users know there are on the store, but whichever works
 
myrtlebee said:
I only mentioned it to give you an idea as to WHY I wanted to comment on an aspect of design since you blasted me for it. It was not to say that I am right because I have the degree. If you know anything about visual art, you would know that many times a degree means jack ****, and I am the first to acknowledge that. Many of the best designers and artists do not have a degree at all. So, let's focus on your original post blasting me for daring to comment on an aspect of design of a reDESIGN of Apple's website instead of participating in your circlejerk where criticism of any of Apple's decisions is taboo.
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I'd be happy to have a civil conversation with you if you didn't contradict yourself. First you say you felt qualified to judge Apple's website art changes because you have a bachelor's degree in the field. Now you say you'd be the first to acknowledge that a degree in art doesn't matter. Contradict much? And I would highly recommend you watching what you say here using such words that highlighted in red. That's against the forum rules. Can't deal with people with classless posts like that. Have a good day.
 
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HenryDJP said:
I'd be happy to have a civil conversation with you if you didn't contradict yourself. First you say you felt qualified to judge Apple's website art changes because you have a bachelor's degree in the field. Now you say you'd be the first to acknowledge that a degree in art doesn't matter. Contradict much? And I would highly recommend you watching what you say here using such words that highlighted in red. That's against the forum rules. Can't deal with people with classless posts like that. Have a good day.
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Again, that is not what I said. I mentioned my degree to show why I would have an interest in the site's design, not to say my opinion was superior. You are taking it that way, I did not mean it that way. Last time I am addressing that point. "Circlejerk" is a banned term on the forums? Must have missed that one in the rules. Here are 128 times of it being used on the forum: https://forums.macrumors.com/search/409300/?q=circlejerk&o=date
 
Help! Seriously, I can't figure out how to buy anything with the new store. Is it possible the store isn't compatible with the Chrome Browser?

Here's what happens - I choose a Macbook Pro I want. Then I configure some options, but it doesn't show the price with those options configured. And.... that's it! I can't find any button to actually see the final price or buy the item or maybe add accessories. When I click on the bag icon it's empty.

Can someone help me out? Once I have a configuration for a product, how do I see the price and actually buy it?

Thanks so much,
- Jeff

UPDATE: OK, I figured it out. The new Apple store is NOT compatible with the Chrome Browser. When I used it in Safari, there was a floating footer panel that showed the current price and option to select the product.
 
Is the site still not "retina-ready"? I remember there being just one or two large product images that had improved resolution on hidpi screens.
 
kmj2318 said:
It sounds like it's much harder to get to accessors, speakers, iPods, etc. Basically any product that doesn't have its own tab.
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Yep. Another example of apple streamlining its interfaces and having nowhere to put the oddities (accessories, offline music in music app, etc.). We now have to hunt for those oddities. Way to go apple, by making a few simple things even simpler, you have made other things bloody difficult. Bravo.
 
jacobj said:
Yep. Another example of apple streamlining its interfaces and having nowhere to put the oddities (accessories, offline music in music app, etc.). We now have to hunt for those oddities. Way to go apple, by making a few simple things even simpler, you have made other things bloody difficult. Bravo.
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Every product page has an icon for accessories. Tap it and it takes you to the accessories for that product. Not difficult. And on apple.com when you scroll down to the bottom of the page there are links for iPod, TV and accessories as well as links to find a store, links for education and business. Nothing is difficult to find.
 

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I know this article is old(ish) but I logged into my Dev account today and can't seem to figure out how to buy a new system with the Dev discount. Anyone know what happen to the ADC... pages?
 
davidwells said:
Remember when Apple products simply "just worked"? Now it's "What's this do?" & "Where's the thing that was always here?" Is that a clipboard, roll-on or what? It appears style is edging out function both here, iTunes, Music... just about everywhere.

I miss the old Apple. The one that just worked.
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Jobs has died. Now Apple is just a luxury fashion brand.
 
This new site is horribly designed. It is so hard and confusing to find stuff. There is no more filter store searching. Trying to get into the EDU store where you buy stuff for your school is majorly egregious. I spent 15 minutes clicking around not to find what I used find in a few minutes. Apple, put back the "Store" tab and "iPod" tab for God sake. FYI the public can handle two more tabs....
 
WardC said:
This is ridiculous. It doesn't make the shopping experience easier, it makes it so dumbed down that you don't even ever want to buy from Apple online ever again! It's like the "Store" used to have a wealth of things you could check out all very quickly, compare, browse around, shop. You can't do that now.
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Seriously! WTF!!!!! I have to use this site for work when I make quotes.... it's absolutely useless now. Cook is an Fing moron. I want him out ASAP!

And what is up with the stupid over sized marketing images? Damn it, I don't want 1 product image covering the entire fing page. Scroll down, get lost...wait what was up top??? I don't know scroll up... wait what was way down there.. I don't know I cannot see shizz!
 
All form and no function; sums up a lot of Apple's output these days.

Can't find the refub store; had to use Google to find it FFS. Fascinating that when searching for "refurbished" it can't find a single answer; but the page still consumes 450kB.

How about another common thing: looking for the USB-C adapter that you *must* buy if you're after a Macbook. Have to use search for that.

When you find something - say the refurb store, then there's no top-level menu item for it so you've lost your context.

It used to be that the Apple website was the leader in usability and simplicity. Sure isn't now.

Usability fail. Way to go Apple.
 
I personally think that this is not a wise step taken by apple because I don't think it would be make shopping experience as easy as we think it has to be.
 
Geekazoid said:
How come? Browsing the web is still an accurate description to this day, I don't see any reason for a change, unless of course you were joking, in which case.....okay I've got nothing. LOL
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Every "modern" webpage now requires too many scrolling, thats why is part joke part fact.
 
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