Matthais... I feel for you.. I have often wondered how Apple can ( have the cheek to) decide what should or should not be... I wonder if when you submit an app if it stays with the one reviewer whilst until all the problems are solved and their decision is the final one without ever consulting one of their colleagues...
I submitted one app with the name 'filthy lucre'... a currency exchange calculator.. It was rejected because of the name as I was informed that it was a title likely to cause offence ... I was amazed, since it is an expression that has been used for centuries and not for being derogatory... it ended up with the unimaginative name of 'moneyXchange'... It would seem that these days you have to make sure that you don't rock the boat to make any waves at all... just be a good little citizen. At times I feel that Apple now are really to big for their boots with their commercial sucesses over the last decade, the company seemed to be much more amenable when they were teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. Dixie > Subject: Re: App rejected now the 3rd time - because... > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 00:52:14 +0100 > To: [email protected] > > Hi Matthias, > > Hard to learn what they wants, for sure ! And as i will be in the loop next > january too, i expect in reading your post than it will not be really > painless ! Indeed, it's in sharing such kind of news that we will become > fully able to speak the Apple's "iTunes Store dialect language". So, just > don't give up until getting your iTunes Store graduate ;-) > > Warm regards, > > Pierre > > > Le 2 déc. 2012 à 00:26, Matthias Rebbe a écrit : > > > Hi, > > > > today my new app was rejected the 3rd time. > > > > The first rejection was because the app was to simple for Apple Review > > Team. They argued > > it was just a browser showing only local content. And apps, that are web > > sites bundled as apps > > may be rejected. > > > > Btw: The content was a 3D Animation showing my customer´s logo which > > the user could rotate left / right by swiping his finger over the screen. > > > > The app is (now it seems was) planned to be part of a big marketing > > campaign. > > It was intended to be something like a lucky charm, which the user can > > rotate > > like other do rub a "rabbit´s foot" . Is "rub" the correct word for that? > > > > After talking to our customer they agreed to extend functionality and so i > > added > > Monte´s BarCode Reader external and some other of his externals. The > > customer already > > planned to use QR Codes in his campaign, so this would be a usefull > > extension for the campaign. > > > > The user can now scan QR Codes and take appropriate actions after scanning > > like sending sms, sending email, do phone call, open an URL in Browser > > or add the scanned vCard to the address book. > > > > But it was rejected again. Now Apple told me, that the UI experience is > > very important > > and that i have to follow their UI design… blah blah blah. > > > > I then recreated all from scratch. Used Navbars, toolbars and so on. I even > > optimized > > and extended the features of the QR Code reader. > > > > But again it was rejected, now with this explanation: > > > > "We found that your app only provides a very limited set of features. > > It only include a single animated image as well as an open source code bar > > code scanner. > > While we value simplicity, we consider simplicity to be uncomplicated - not > > limited in features and functionality. > > … > > Apps should provide valuable utility or entertainment, draw people in by > > offering compelling capabilities or content, > > or enable people to do something they couldn't do before or in a way they > > couldn't do it before." > > > > Btw.: The "animated image" is a set of 36 images which rotate only when the > > user swipes of the image using HTML5 and javascript. It is not an animated > > gif or something. > > > > I am not sure, if the reviewer is even knowing about the implemented > > actions after scanning QR Code. Maybe she/he only tested with normal > > barcodes. > > > > I responded to this rejection now, explained what features the app now has > > and asked if the many fart apps in the app store are more useful than our > > app. > > > > But anyway I am stumped now and fed up. > > > > > > Matthias > > > > > > -- > > Matthias Rebbe > > matthias (at) rebbe.tk > > Tel +49.5741.310000 > > Tel +49.160.5504462 > > -- > > "Life is too short for boring code" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- > Pierre Sahores > mobile : 06 03 95 77 70 > www.sahores-conseil.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
