We’re still working on ironing out a few bumps around here with the new TouchArcade, but so far things are going surprisingly well. No one seems to really hate the new look, which is always a good thing! One of the biggest questions we’ve been asked is, “Where the heck is the watch list?" The TouchArcade watch list was one of the core components of our app, which allowed you to bookmark (or “watch") a particular game and get updates as we post stories, the game goes on sale, or in the case of upcoming games, is released. It’s a pretty killer feature, and really provides some unique functionality which surprisingly enough, even the App Store is missing.
The bad news is, we’re still working super hard on getting the watch list back online. Getting this site to this point has been a massive undertaking, and we’ve still got a few components that we’re actively working on- with the watch list being the biggest one. The good news is that if you were a huge watch list user with tons of games on your personal list, none of that data has been lost. We’ve still got it all on our end, we’re just working on converting it over to the new site which leans heavily on Xenforo instead of Vbulletin.
With that being said, the forums are totally functional and you should check ’em out. When you’re used to how old and busted Vbulletin (our previous forum software) was, Xenforo straight up feels like flying a spaceship from the future. Us being down over the weekend really screwed up the cadence of new games being posted to our forums, so if you’re a developer and you’ve got games that are released be sure to post a thread for them!
We’re working on digging through the App Store right now to find the games we’re missing, but Apple really has not made it easy to find new stuff anymore. It’s sort of inevitable that we’re going to miss some new releases this week, and if you’ve got a new game, that’d be … pretty bad if we missed it!
Anyway, thanks for sticking with us through this transition. Once all the bumps are ironed out I’m super excited for the potential that we have with our new Xenforo-based platform.
site is looking pretty slick guys! congrats
I love that the new site works well on mobile - kudos for that! It was definitely my #1 wish. Glad that wishlists are making a comeback as well, because that was my #2 wish :P It's mind boggling that the App Store doesn't have this feature. It's like leaving money on the table. I don't play a ton of mobile games when I'm at home, and I usually use my wishlist to buy a bunch of games whenever I travel. Not sure how common that use case is, but I can't be the only one that makes extensive use of wishlist type features. Google Play has had it for years.
One aspect I'm not loving in the new design (and I realize "UI tweaks" is probably not the top of your priority list) is the rounded corner boxes at the top. Seems like a mix of text and images, but the images are usually not great or off-center. Most of the time they just look like dark gray boxes. I suspect this may just be a 'growing pains' thing, but I figured I'd call it out because it really bothers me for some reason :P Overall, I think it makes the design feel a little bit 'clunky' to me. If it were up to me, the content would start with the articles just below those boxes, which I think look great in the new design.
Congrats on the design overall and glad it's going well so far!
Hey Guys, any watch list updates?