TED Reviews – Page 10

App has room for improvement

Coves Darden PRE

The content deserves at least a 4 star rating but the app has given me some grief. It closes unexpectedly as the video is loading and I wish talks on the subject matters of interest previously selected would appear on the home screen. Currently there are many talks I have already watched and others that are recommended for me but in which I have little interest. Wouldn’t it be nice if the selection would refresh with talks yet to be enjoyed.

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hi ,there is problem when I try to airplaying video on my smart tv . The video start playing without stoping

Should we just use the website?

8xwygg

Picture-in-picture closes while audio playback continues. This doesn’t seem like an intentional feature. Video player should be replaced with the stock iOS player. You’ve included no additional functionality using a custom UI, and it’s less responsive. There is an occasional scrolling glitch I haven’t figured out how to replicate. The page jitters struggling to line up with the inertia of the gesture. Scrolling performance is also extremely poor, lagging on long lists. The only standalone feature that sets the app apart from the website is the ability to download media for offline listening. I don’t need this feature enough to put up with the rest of the app experience. The presentation of categories minimizes discoverability. One alphabetized list that lags is not effective. Switching bottom tabs is also extremely laggy. Additionally there is an absence of - transcripts - speaker profile pages - related links to learn more and/or participate in the topic of the video - reading lists - footnotes - comments I can see the negative space in-app where these items are listed on the website so I hope that they’re in the pipeline. Hoping this app will change! I think there’s utility to providing more than a web app, but this ain’t it right now.

It’s Alright

Nonyab1235

I like the fact that you can still listen to the audio while the app is closed. However, the front page hasn’t updated since I downloaded the app a week ago. Same videos and categories, same recommendation — I mean this is like app 101 the home page should have new daily content to look at. I also agree with a reviewer below that I would prefer no or little categorization and to let the content flow into a beautiful chaos of ideas. I understand TED has to try and remain relevant within the problems and contexts of these crazy days, but what made TED special in the first place was its ability to transcend all of that and make its viewers view problems in a different perspective.

Needs a fix!

Altman9

Great update, won't even load or open now...

Some bugs

JackieH26

I love me a good Ted talk, but the app won’t load half the time and when it does there are all kinds of problems. One way or another, all but one of the times I’ve opened the app I’ve been stopped before I can start watching a talk. Maybe it’s just my phone (a two years old 6s) but I think I’m better off watching in browser.

Font is too small with new design

Eastmarch

I enjoy TED and the old version 5 app, and this new version 6 is still problematic. Thanks for making the font so SMALL that it's barely readable with no accessibility size choice. It’s about 4 points smaller. Please make the font larger like it used to be, or give users a size choice.

No local network access support on iOS 14

falsneg

Support for new local network privacy feature that was introduced in iOS 14 (along with others) has to be explicitly added by devs to allow casting to work properly (e.g. with Chromecast or similar devices). Other than that, great app and awesome content.

Won’t work

xmntncop

I have deleted and re-downloaded the app and still can’t listen to any talks. It says, “oops something went wrong, try again later “

Make application not BUG

Shdydhebsnjdeb

Say your programmer to write good programming and less bug. It's like I'm using a bug demonstration app. Videos fails, scrolling not smooth, extremely slow performing.