Should we just use the website? – TED Review

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.
Review by 8xwygg on TED.