"Official Eurogamer iPhone Application: OUT NOW!"

No, EG browser is a good idea, though it is much more buggy than safari ATM.

Do you think vroom wrote his own browser for the eg app? I would have assumed it's Safari running embedded.

Nevertheless it is. Perhaps it's because the app uses more resources?

Yip its embedded Safari alright. ;)

The app rankings have gone crazy i think. We're 37th overall in all paid apps now!

Interesting bug on the way home today. On Tom's (presume it was tom's because there's no author name ;) ) Pal releases round up the list of games doesn't display.

ah yes, that old peach. ;)

That's at EGs end. I shall let 'em know.

37th on the top list? Even though it's just a bug that's some fantastic free advertising there.

;)

To pass on the good vibes, according to my iPhone, Eurogamer app is nr 10 in the Entertainment chart. Coolio.

I'll be honest, I was a little cheesed off when I first thought EG wanted to charge for the app, but when I realised it was someone doing it in their spare time with EG's blessing I was totally for it. Excellent effort, I hope the extra £ it gives you, plus the endless praise on the forum makes it worth the trouble. Thanks Vroom! Keep it up.

Thanks for the nice post :)

Just shipped the first beta of v1.1 off to beta testers and Importants today.

Vroom, I have to tell you this is quickly becoming the most used thing on my iphone.

Deadly.

Worth 2 quid then ;)

Once it gets better forum features it will be brilliant. At the moment it is merely 'good'. :)

8/10 then.

Same here. Waiting in the queue at the post office browsing EG is second only to landing on the moon as far as I'm concerned.

Just downloaded and using it now. Awesomes!

Brilliant job Vroom!

Pleasure.

Got a doozy. I post the following from the app:

"Aaah, the flawed gems carrot mirage tirelessly drawing you on.

That bit between the beginning and end of GTA4, Bioshock and especialy Shenmue 2.

The underground tunnels of Panzer Dragoon Saga.

The chase section of the circus level in Psychonauts.

The mere thought of any traditional JRPGs.

The bits between savepoints and boss fights in Ninja Gaiden.

Playing Sam'n'Max again in 2008.

Ironing ones clothes in the game of life.

Halo 2&3s matchmaking in 7 minute intervals.

Farenheits (aka Indigo Prophecys) 'puzzles'

Playing Baldurs Gate 2 in 2008.

That prologue before playing PC games.. Whatsit... Installing and setting up Windows.

Dealing with the PC gaming inlaws, Windows 9x.

Playing: GOTTA CATCH'EM ALL with patches.

Attempting to get platinum in PGR2 cone challenges.

Playing Mario 64 again in 2006.

Waiting for Perfect Dark to be enjoyable in 2006.

Every RTS since C&C1 and Starcraft. Except for Relic and Close Combat games.

School classes in Bully.

Finding boss 7 or 8 in Shadow of the Colossus.

ANOTHER FUCKING DUNGEON!!!! In Zelda 64.

Flames be damned!"


But it posted as:

"Aaah, the flawed gems carrot mirage tirelessly drawing you on.

That bit between the beginning and end of GTA4, Bioshock and especialy Shenmue 2.

The underground tunnels of Panzer Dragoon Saga.

The chase section of the circus level in Psychonauts.

The mere thought of any traditional JRPGs.

The bits between savepoints and boss fights in Ninja Gaiden.

Playing Sam'n'Max again in 2008.

Ironing ones clothes in the game of life.

Halo 2"


Luckily I copied the text before posting. So I pasted it into a new post and deleted everything above the Halo 2&3 line and posted and got this:

"Halo 2"

Thats a reeeeeeal bummer

iPod 1G 3.1

Vroom Vroom

Lol. Niiiice bug :)

Yip, that's fixed in the current version gone to beta testers. Just as well you copied it.

Got a doozy. I post the following from the app:

"Aaah, the flawed gems carrot mirage tirelessly drawing you on.

That bit between the beginning and end of GTA4, Bioshock and especialy Shenmue 2.

The underground tunnels of Panzer Dragoon Saga.

The chase section of the circus level in Psychonauts.

The mere thought of any traditional JRPGs.

The bits between savepoints and boss fights in Ninja Gaiden.

Playing Sam'n'Max again in 2008.

Ironing ones clothes in the game of life.

Halo 2

Just testing. Yip. Works ok now.

Sorry about that :)

Wooo! New version! Thanks vroom!

And a big ass mail too ;)

Maybe I'm not understanding you. You just pasted my measage into a new post but it is still ending on "Halo 2"

After editing the original post from my pc it displayed okay on the app.

PS: For yhe love of god we nee a wideacreen keyboars in this app fir the forun!

I can see the entire post in my version of the app. I was just posting to check.

You cab consider that fixed.

Not only has this app been great from the get go but the continued support is fantastic. Cheers Vroom

OK updated list from the last few pages which i could see.


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Ideas:
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*News Page
*Forum Page (could be newest - groups - interesting)
*Forum Quote
*Forum Edit Post
*Comment Edit
*Video Bigger thumbnails! (sort it !! :)
*Have a setting that forces a particular section to load on launch. Some have little interest in the front page.
*A way to be able to save images on the EG Forum from links people post (porn etc) to your iPhone/Touch. (press and hold on the image, gives option to save, send etc)
*When you go on say the 5th thread page only way to get back to page one is hittin 'prev 5' times needs a 'newest' on say the forum flick banner.
*Quote looks a little odd maybe have it with a line above and below it?
*Turn iPhone on its side for landscape/side view of the app.
*To be able to search for reviews news forum posts?
*Filter forum topics.
*Show reviews by format. (add to news flick banner)
*No thumbnails on videos on 3G (every other app has these on 3G, there very small size wise)
*Change ugly icon in iTunes to App icon :)
*Enhancement - Open article in Safari (either embedded in the App or Safari separately). Could be useful once you've read an article to open the full thing as a proper web page as it has extra links, screen shots etc.
*PM and user profile implantation, probably a big update!


Done:
*Bouncing scroll in the forum threads.
*Quick way to get to top of the thread/article/etc.
*Quick way to get to the bottom of the thread/article/etc.
*Option at the bottom of articles to open in a full browser.
*Spoiler tags (shake to see them) added i think for next one?
*It doesn't show more than 50 comments on front page features (news, reviews, etc). Option for user to set? (shows 100 now)




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Bugs:
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*Video No Image (add a default EG banner for videos without an image?)
*Seems '+' not work when typed in on forum and comments, test these sort of keys :)
*Settings page: filter, i cant select multiple of topics/formats. Either all or one of them?


Fixed:
*Gallery No Image
*The refresh icon disapears after you make a post have to go back to main and then back to thread, bug or feature?
*Tilt both ways (for gallery images)

Edited by HoriZon at 12:25:07 08-11-2009

Great app. Does anyone else get the bug where you have to exit and re enter the app after watching a few videos to get them working again?