| Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Jennie S | 5/24/12 6:45 AM | A new version of Google+ for Android is now available in Google Play. Please have a look at this post for more information about the features and changes in this release. Reply to this thread if you have feedback or encounter any ongoing issues wit |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | David Andrews | 5/24/12 6:58 AM | I'd appreciate the option for smaller text size in the app. Everything is so BIG now due to the larger font size used. This may not be a problem for those on whiz-bang super duper phones with larger screens. But for those with more modest phones, ev |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | David Andrews | 5/24/12 7:06 AM | Furthermore, multiple versions, updates and upgrades on, images are STILL being force cropped to a square aspect ratio on my Wildfire S regardless of the actual dimensions of the image. Since the new update is so image centric, this seems like such a |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Lovro | 5/24/12 7:20 AM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Jennie S | 5/24/12 8:29 AM | Hi David - Thanks for your reports. 1 - Are you saying that the feedback page isn't loading? Keep in mind that there are two steps to the Feedback form. Please continue to the next step to finish submitting feedback. Let me know if you're still ru |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | David Andrews | 5/24/12 8:44 AM | Issue 1, this is what I'm seeing (text descriptions will have to do as I don't know how to take screenshots) - Start G+ app - Go to all Circles - Menu button > Send Feedback - Browser opens up with "Google+ Help" page: - "Thank you for your interest |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Jennie S | 5/24/12 9:19 AM | Hi David, Thank you for clarifying. Issue 1 - We're now aware of the issue and are working on a fix for the feedback form. Please stay tuned. Issue 2 - Thanks for the report. We'll investigate this on our end. Do you know if this is happening wi |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | David Andrews | 5/24/12 9:29 AM | Let me check If by photo's from link snippets, you mean images on a webpage that's been shared in a post (the webpage link, not the image) then it doesn't appear to happen to them. Although the image shown is very low res and pixellated. |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Jennie S | 5/24/12 9:34 AM | You're correct - I mean images on a webpage that have been shared with a post. Thanks again for the feedback about the new UI. I will bring this to the attention of the team. |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Jennie S | 5/24/12 10:15 AM | Hi David - The feedback form has been fixed. Please feel free to use it to submit additional feedback about the new version of the app. |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | alexs77 | 5/24/12 12:10 PM | I've got to say, I very much dislike the new layout. iPhone users warned us and you, but now you're forcing the bad new design also upon us android users… What annoys me very much, is how extremely excessive image-centric the new layout is, especiall |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Jennie S | 5/24/12 12:54 PM | Hi alexs77, Thanks for your comments. The team is constantly iterating based on feedback, so I'll be sure to pass along your experience with the new UI. Which device are you using? Are you browsing primarily on WiFi or on a data network? As for |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | minicht | 5/24/12 5:31 PM | The 2.6 update does not work well on the HTC Sensation. All photos and posts are stretched to the width of the screen, distorting the images and making the user experience much less enjoyable than before. The lack of an obvious visual break between |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Dmtry Lakhno | 5/24/12 8:59 PM | When image in post contains text it looks like this: Unreadable and not beautiful at all. |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | GlenB | 5/24/12 9:31 PM | I must agree, I am extremely disappointed with the look and feel of the new update. The new version (a) makes the photos in the streams far too big (b) puts them on a black background but (c) puts the WHITE text on TOP of the photos! This means that |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | alexs77 | 5/24/12 11:03 PM | I normally use the app when I'm on a data network. I've got a Galaxy Nexus. "what else is in 2.6": - Ability to edit posts - didn't miss this. I was fine with doing that online on a pc. - Download images from posts - didn't miss that either - Hangou |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | Rob | 5/25/12 9:54 AM | Generally, I've been a fan of every UI change Google has been making over the past year or so, but I am not a fan of this change. Hate the text superimposed over pictures. It makes the stream harder to read. There needs to be clearer differentiation |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | GlenB | 5/25/12 10:43 AM | Rob - I agree. The fade-in effect you refer to is barely noticeable on a phone. On a tablet, it's disastrous. It's not a "fade-in" so much as a "reverse-zoom-in" effect. The post scrolls into view large, and then grows smaller before "settling" |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | NiveusLuna | 5/25/12 12:25 PM | The new interface, to me, is just terrible all around. You ask me about something in particular, it's probably worse than in the 2.5 version. I've found a 2.5 APK, but I'm not sure it's entirely safe to load. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B756Qtg |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | GlenB | 5/26/12 9:22 AM | Dear NiveusLuna - Thank you so much for that APK! I installed it, and it is so nice to be back to a readable interface! Sad that I won't be able to get updates anymore, and sad that Google+ will probably change the API over time, rendering this us |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | GlenB | 5/26/12 9:24 AM | Dear Jennie S - Are you still with us? There's been a lot more discussion about the drawbacks of the new user interface.... but we haven't heard anymore from you. Is there any communication from the team on this feedback? Speaking only for myself |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | noel | 5/26/12 1:13 PM | Like others have said please either revert the latest photo centric UI theme or provide an option to use the prior clean look for people who are more interested in actually reading text instead of being overwhelmed by pictures. The new theme is absol |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | minicht | 5/27/12 6:39 PM | The 2.6 update to Google+ has made the application worthless to me. The problems that I have encountered are mentioned by other posters here, but they include - photos stretching unnaturally to the width of the screen; white text being placed on top |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | DDL | 5/27/12 9:30 PM | I agree with other posters. The latest app redesign has made it unreadable much of the time. I searched fruitlessly for an option to switch off background images. Is Google emulating MySpace? (I await auto-playing music next!) |
| Re: Try out the new version of Google+ for Android (2.6) | traviss | 5/29/12 7:32 AM | I agree as well. the new update is very hard on the eyes. Half of the time the text overlaid on the images is not very legible. It's also laggy when loading and scrolling on the Galaxy Nexus over 4g or wifi. I've resorted to using the mobile view of |
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