If that was the reason why would they make a version for web browsers? That looks fine on the iPad also.
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If that was the reason why would they make a version for web browsers? That looks fine on the iPad also.
Fine is not optimized;
No direct messaging
No IGTV
no blocking
^ cannot do these on the web version ... the web version is most likely just to check changes on the app to see if they work. Clearly this is an app based social media service.
Also I think the ONLY reason why it's not fully enabled on browser is because they're worried of bots going havoc on their platform.
More resources for recruiting their user data (anyone else noticed the last month that Instagram ... a facebook company now loads when you launch the app?)
Some other social media service will take over and be available on ALL platforms (like FB does) and then IG will release an iPad app ... yet too little too late when that occurs.
This. Make the existing app a Universal app. Like thousands of other companies have done.
Oh I agree it's annoying not having those features in the web version. I was addressing the people who were saying that Instagram photos wouldn't look good blown up on an iPad screen. The photos look fine on the web version on an iPad.
What a lame excuse. Been waiting for an instagram ipad app forever. Viewing it thru a web browser isn’t the same. But whatever. Not the end of the world. Will download it whenever it eventually comes out. Until then, life goes on...
Reading the posts of others in this thread is why i made such a comment. Other posters have commented on the fact that there are some very good ipad apps that have been developed by either a single person or a team of two. There is also that fact that Instagram is not only a platform for posting ones pictures on but also for others to comment on and where are a huge majority of these comments going to be coming from? yep, you guessed it, people sitting at home on their sofas/couches with their ipad.
It would be extremely easy for Instagram to hire a 3rd party app developer who could develop an ipad app in a number of days, even a week, which is how a lot of companies get their apps developed, by hiring specialist ipad app developers BUT the only way social media companies like Insagram can make money is by targeted ads OR harvesting customer data and selling it on to 3rd party advertisers or 'associated partners'.
When you install Instagram on the phone, it comes up with a message saying 'this app would like to have access to your phone camera, your contacts, your location, do you accept? If you do, this means some of your personal data is sent to Instagram which they then sell to their 'associated partners' (many apps and websites are doing this). The large majority of ipad owners do not have phone capabilities so asking for such information is pointless, hence Instagram not being able to profit from ipad users.
Like I said before, once Instagram has figured out a way to harvest ipad owners personal details, then you will see an app developed for it.
iOS dev here, it depends.
The UI itself *should* be rewritten to take advantage of iPad specific features. You can generally use the same backend code for both if the app was engineered properly but if the Insta team did no refactoring throughout the years it's going to be tough.
In iOS development (ignoring SwiftUI), logic and views are tightly coupled so a lot of the view and logic code isn't easy to separate into a separate iPad app even if the UI was created to be reactive to screen changes, but it's not impossible, it just requires work.
Further complicating things is the fact that with iPadOS 13, your apps need to be able to run in multiple instances on the iPad. It's not a requirement at the moment, but from what I remember hearing back during last years WWDC, it's supposedly one come April 2020 (don't take my word on that date though).
They need to start with an iPad specific design, and that design will dictate how much work needs to be done. I see many on the forum guessing a month tops but I feel like it would be longer than that. Settling on a design would take longer than a month most likely.
Do Facepalm have any developers and if so, do they ever do any work??
WhatsApp has only just got dark mode I've heard, something Telegram had years ago.
Honestly, I imagine that all they do all day at their offices is high-five each other whilst digitally-shredding files that they wouldn't want any investigators to see.
WhatsApp has only just got dark mode I've heard, something Telegram had years ago.
Honestly, I imagine that all they do all day at their offices is high-five each other whilst digitally-shredding files that they wouldn't want any investigators to see.
Instagram is amazing. Even though Facebook are doing their best to spoil it.
Not the next best thing yet?
THEN A CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE AND STOPPING FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE BETTER BE NUMBER ONE AND TWO.
I miss the days before the FB buyout and android.
THEN A CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE AND STOPPING FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE BETTER BE NUMBER ONE AND TWO.
I miss the days before the FB buyout and android.
I don’t get it. Is it the pathetic little square pics? The idiot comments? The ads? So amazing. Lol.
I can watch the highlights of my football team on Instagram, see photos from things I am interested in, view comments and media from people/companies/brands/athletes/actors/bands/singers I am interested in, find out when my favourite bands are touring, get notified when tickets are on sale, view content from my favourite YouTubers, see behind the scenes images/videos from anything I mentioned above & most importantly view photos/videos from my family & friends. I've also discovered work by various photographers who I now follow thanks to IG.
It's not my fault you have none of the above in your life.
Oh and, lol, I guess?
Well, in all fairness, Apple can't manage to make a (proper) iPad app version of Music either. (The current one is just a minimum effort reshuffling of the iPhone UI elements - extended rant with screenshots.) The extra market just isn't attractive enough for mass-appeal iPhone apps in many cases.
The next day? How about within the hour 😂 They'll fix this problem and then an iPad version will be pushed out right away!
I used to use the phone app on my iPad mini with the FullForce jailbreak tweak. This was like 99% of the functionality I wanted or needed and a way better experience than instagram on a phone screen. It's pathetic that this is the official stance is management. Clearly they just don't want to offer if on iPad for reasons unknown.
I don't think it's about being lazy. They know exactly what they are doing. If there isn't a benefit to releasing the iPad app they won't do it. They're doing things like not showing ads to certain users to measure how that changes how they interact with the app and who knows what else.
While I don't know for sure, I would be shocked if they didn't run a closed beta test of an Insta app to see how users interacted with it. Maybe they found users posted less on a tablet, or interacted with photos and videos less, or whatever metric you want to insert that didn't support their goals.
While I don't know for sure, I would be shocked if they didn't run a closed beta test of an Insta app to see how users interacted with it. Maybe they found users posted less on a tablet, or interacted with photos and videos less, or whatever metric you want to insert that didn't support their goals.
"Huge majority ... with their iPad" seems an entirely unsupportable assertion - it assumes a huge majority of people using Instagram have iPads. Only a small fraction of mobile phone users have iPads. Are you suggesting that the vast majority of people who use mobile phones but don't have iPads, don't use Instagram?
Why are you mentioning mobile phones?? No where in my post do I mention mobile phones or give the impression I am referring to mobile phones.
Multibillion dollar company can’t hire 1 single engineer to blow up instagramm app to ipad size.
Lying scum like their fearless leader Zuckerberg
Lying scum like their fearless leader Zuckerberg
I just realized (and double-checked) that I don't have ads in my IG app on my iPhone. I guess I should use it more...I follow like 3 people. 