Comments on: TransLink’s iPhone app is now in the Apple App Store! http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:24:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mark Sweeney http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-125340 Mark Sweeney Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:42:12 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-125340 App is horrible. All it does is open their website which is not optimized for mobile browsers, and poorly designed and laid out for small screens. App is horrible. All it does is open their website which is not optimized for mobile browsers, and poorly designed and laid out for small screens.

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]]> By: Dahlya http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-125064 Dahlya Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:48:14 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-125064 The Translink app hasn't been working for me for over a month. It redirects me to the website, which like the person before me said, is nearly impossible to use on a small screen. Please fix this! The Translink app hasn’t been working for me for over a month. It redirects me to the website, which like the person before me said, is nearly impossible to use on a small screen.

Please fix this!

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]]> By: Denis Laplante http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-125007 Denis Laplante Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:39:45 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-125007 Translink Application stopped working for me 2 weeks ago: it now redirects me to Trip Planner web page, which is nearly unusable on small iphone screen. I recently bought iPhone App \TransitTimes Vancouver\ which does an excellent job. Features I like include off-line use; maps; and \favourite\ lists of stops, routes and trips. A \trip\ is a sequence of buses/trains, and when you display one previously memorized, the next several times are displayed (start, duration, arrival). Translink Application stopped working for me 2 weeks ago: it now redirects me to Trip Planner web page, which is nearly unusable on small iphone screen.

I recently bought iPhone App \TransitTimes Vancouver\ which does an excellent job. Features I like include off-line use; maps; and \favourite\ lists of stops, routes and trips. A \trip\ is a sequence of buses/trains, and when you display one previously memorized, the next several times are displayed (start, duration, arrival).

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]]> By: David Jenkins http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-38341 David Jenkins Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:18:52 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-38341 Hopefully they will add the live feed of next bus stops reached by the bus to the app. The iPhone apps are fast and don't show any sluggish tendencies, that's what makes or breaks the usability of a device, nobody likes to wait, even for half a second, because after time it adds up. So good on all the fast iPhone apps!! Hopefully they will add the live feed of next bus stops reached by the bus to the app.
The iPhone apps are fast and don’t show any sluggish tendencies, that’s what makes or breaks the usability of a device, nobody likes to wait, even for half a second, because after time it adds up. So good on all the fast iPhone apps!!

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]]> By: The Buzzer blog » iBusVan: an iPhone transit app http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-37381 The Buzzer blog » iBusVan: an iPhone transit app Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:01:12 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-37381 [...] if you don’t know, TransLink offers its own official iPhone app for free in the App Store. But we do welcome development of tools like iBusVan to provide more info [...] [...] if you don’t know, TransLink offers its own official iPhone app for free in the App Store. But we do welcome development of tools like iBusVan to provide more info [...]

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]]> By: Ian Fisher http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-243 Ian Fisher Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:51:54 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-243 Also of note, the iPhone 2.2 software update adds public transit and walking directions to the built-in Maps application It's quite a slick implementation and even allows selection of future dates & times for "depart at" and "arrive by" queries. So the TransLink iPhone app is great for finding the next bus at a stop, while Maps can plan itineraries. Also of note, the iPhone 2.2 software update adds public transit and walking directions to the built-in Maps application It’s quite a slick implementation and even allows selection of future dates & times for “depart at” and “arrive by” queries.

So the TransLink iPhone app is great for finding the next bus at a stop, while Maps can plan itineraries.

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]]> By: Igor Faletski http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-237 Igor Faletski Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:20:15 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-237 Thanks for the feedback. You should try the Google Maps app for BlackBerry as well, as it should have transit route planning for Vancouver! http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/06/get-bus-and-train-directions-on-go-with.html Thanks for the feedback. You should try the Google Maps app for BlackBerry as well, as it should have transit route planning for Vancouver!

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/06/get-bus-and-train-directions-on-go-with.html

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]]> By: xl http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-207 xl Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:46:30 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-207 When I first looked at http://m.translink.ca/ interface, I was very excited. But quickly found the "scrolling" too slow and clumsy on my Blackberry trackball to look up bus stops for a route. Waiting for all the bus stops to appear for a route was also painful. The search box was basically useless when I tried to enter cross streets. I basically abandoned http://m.translink.ca/ and went back to main site using OperaMini (I hate Java). I'm not surprised Blackberry users are boycotting the http://m.translink.ca/ site. This morning while waiting for an appointment, I decided to spend some extra time looking at http://m.translink.ca/. When I started to put in the 5 digit bus stop code in the search box, it was pulling information faster than SMS. Also when I started to bookmark the bus stops on my Blackberry browser, the information was available to me faster still. I now have a new found appreciation for http://m.translink.ca/ with my Blackberry. Perhaps the "Bus schedules by Search" should be changed to something like "Bus schedules or Bus Stops by Search". As http://m.translink.ca/ is a barebones site for speed on the homepage. A help screen to show people how to use the site efficiently would be useful. I'm going to look forward to the ability to enter cross streets and use trip planning on http://m.translink.ca/. I realize the near-term plans is to use GPS information on mobile devices. But GPS can take a long time to sync if we are inside buildings or around tall buildings in the downtown core. When I first looked at http://m.translink.ca/ interface, I was very excited. But quickly found the “scrolling” too slow and clumsy on my Blackberry trackball to look up bus stops for a route. Waiting for all the bus stops to appear for a route was also painful. The search box was basically useless when I tried to enter cross streets. I basically abandoned http://m.translink.ca/ and went back to main site using OperaMini (I hate Java). I’m not surprised Blackberry users are boycotting the http://m.translink.ca/ site.

This morning while waiting for an appointment, I decided to spend some extra time looking at http://m.translink.ca/. When I started to put in the 5 digit bus stop code in the search box, it was pulling information faster than SMS. Also when I started to bookmark the bus stops on my Blackberry browser, the information was available to me faster still.

I now have a new found appreciation for http://m.translink.ca/ with my Blackberry.

Perhaps the “Bus schedules by Search” should be changed to something like “Bus schedules or Bus Stops by Search”. As http://m.translink.ca/ is a barebones site for speed on the homepage. A help screen to show people how to use the site efficiently would be useful.

I’m going to look forward to the ability to enter cross streets and use trip planning on http://m.translink.ca/. I realize the near-term plans is to use GPS information on mobile devices. But GPS can take a long time to sync if we are inside buildings or around tall buildings in the downtown core.

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]]> By: Igor Faletski http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-200 Igor Faletski Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:23:58 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-200 Thanks for your feedback guys! While a lot of phones support Java, only a little fraction of them have data services enabled. On the contrary, 98% of iPhone users actively access the Internet. Moreover, the demographics of RIM and Symbian users in Vancouver do not match the transit rider population in a way that the iPhone does. We carefully measure the stats of the universal mobile portal at http://m.translink.ca and iPhone users are the absolute majority there, with RIM being in a very distant second place. It's a priority for us to provide service to everyone, but at the same time we work hard to improve the quality for those who use it the most. Thanks for your feedback guys!

While a lot of phones support Java, only a little fraction of them have data services enabled. On the contrary, 98% of iPhone users actively access the Internet. Moreover, the demographics of RIM and Symbian users in Vancouver do not match the transit rider population in a way that the iPhone does.

We carefully measure the stats of the universal mobile portal at http://m.translink.ca and iPhone users are the absolute majority there, with RIM being in a very distant second place. It’s a priority for us to provide service to everyone, but at the same time we work hard to improve the quality for those who use it the most.

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]]> By: xl http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/11/translinks-iphone-app-is-now-in-the-apple-app-store/#comment-198 xl Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:34:58 +0000 http://buzzer.translink.ca/?p=1073#comment-198 Yes, I too was shocked to hear Translink plans to develop first for a small niche market (iPhone). Java may be available for RIM products, but it's unstable with memory leaks. I suggested doing the site with basic HTML makes it open standard for more products and minimizes data bandwidth charges, as well as higher performance. Yes, I too was shocked to hear Translink plans to develop first for a small niche market (iPhone). Java may be available for RIM products, but it’s unstable with memory leaks.

I suggested doing the site with basic HTML makes it open standard for more products and minimizes data bandwidth charges, as well as higher performance.

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