Nope. Apple has reinvented the Store.
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Apple's Website Gains Redesigned Store Section and Dedicated 'Store' Tab
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It’s a marketing ploy dude. As soon as the store goes down, the internet is buzzing. Free publicity.
Yep… I have no idea why they got rid of it. Back in the day I used to always go straight to the store to check prices and all the specs. Much easier than going to individual product pages
The idea behind this new look may make sense but it looks pretty bad. The sideways scrolling is not my idea of good design and the fine print info at the bottom takes up one and a half screens on my MacBook Air.
Not just you, doesn't scroll properly with my Wacom either.
Shockingly bad design choices. Half a page is empty and you have to scroll to the left on some product channels. If this were a school project you'd get a massive fail!
I don't really understand, what's better or faster now about the shopping experience? 🤔
Maybe work from home isn't a good idea...
I can't believe the horizontally scrollable areas prevent vertical scrolling. This is exactly the same 💩 IKEA has on its website.
Came here to bitch about this, it is really annoying. As soon as you encounter a horizontal scroll section the vertical scrolling just stops working.
LOL I can't scroll with my USB Microsoft mouse. This is ridiculous.
This is the best store we have ever created BY FAR. 2.5 times faster than the previous store and 3.5 times more pictures. You will LOVE our new store.
The display of Apple Watches is still a disaster. They are shown in what straps you can have, rather than size and casing. So that page is completely confusing as there are far too many products on display. It would make more sense to choose size, then casing, then cellular, then strap. At the moment, you have to search for a casing and a strap first, but they're all mixed in together.
I get the mobile first approach, but did they not test this on desktop? That side-scroll stuff is just really poor UX. Especially as it doesn’t appear you can click and drag it like you would be able to a carousel and instead have to use the left/right controls that appear on hover.
Beware, if you accuse Angela or one of the current geniuses at Apple of changing a product, interface, software, or experience for the sake of something new/different (usually with either a non-improved function or a worsened function), most at MR won’t agree with you. But the smart ones will.
Once Apple reverts the Community help forum and Refurbished Store away from the “modern, fresh appearance” (i.e., space-wasting minimalism) and back to how things were (with enough detail on the page to support efficient navigation/use) then they’ll be really showing progress.
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You're not alone. Our EPP store now links to a Page Not Found as well. Would be nice to find a new link from some EPP store somewhere, but haven't found one yet.
I’m feeling all nostalgic now. May actually open my copy of Snow Leopard Server and and use my SuperDrive to install it on my 2010 MBA today for ha-has.
I never had an issue. All their main product lines were always listed at the top, and then you just click "Buy" after you select the product you want. Not sure how that was confusing. And accessories could easily be searched for from the home page. Not really sure what the point of the separate Store page is honestly.
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I know, and it looks like new Apple Silicon SoCs as well! But I don't understand why they aren't using M1X / M2 for the chip names - "Core i7 processor"? Apple, please be consistent with your SoC names!
And yes, I know the new MBP with new SoCs haven't been released yet and that the Core i7 is an Intel processor.
i especially love how it cuts off the final teaser box on the right while having all this empty space on the left. Attention to details my A
Not really a big deal. It doesn't affect the functionality, and I honestly didn't even notice it until you pointed it out. Once you click on the right facing arrow/caret to start scrolling through the products, the boxes move over to fill the empty space.
FWIW, on Safari for iOS it doesn't look like that.
The iPod shuffle without buttons!... The iPod shuffle with buttons again!