I know you got a lot of money and everyone thinks you are cool. But I live in the desert, here in Phoenix Arizona, and I like to try new apps. So I downloaded Color on the day it was released, and here’s what I found:
1) Totally non-intuitive. When I open it, the first screen says “take photos together.” What if I want to look at photos I have already taken? Photos someone else has taken? Ah, the little globe on the bottom left. A strange assortment of odd-shaped photos from events I have been to where other people also took pictures. But why wasn’t I notified they were there waiting for me? I would have never seen them if I didn’t sit down to write this review.
2)Strange people. Now I’m seeing all the folks from Twestival Phoenix who were testing Color the night of the party (last Thursday). But I didn’t even know they were there, and I don’t recognize any of the people in the photos. Do I need these photos in my photostream? Do I want them?
3) No way of identifying who took the photos? Eric —hmmm—which Eric? Janae has an unusual name, so I know which are hers. But Chris? I know four of five of those.
4) What’s this little heart on the bottom of my screen? Oh, that’s how I share. With all the icons we have for sharing and the fact that a heart usually indicates a favorite, why did you decide it was the right icon to use for sharing? I didn’t discover that until hours later, when I was already deeply frustrated. And I found I had to email the photo to my own daughter, who also has the app but lives out of range.
5)Why do I need this, although it is pretty?
Gentlemen, I already have Instagram, PicPlz, and Path, in addition to Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr on my iPhone. I don’t have time to figure all this stuff out and still check into Gowalla,, Foursquare and Facebook. I used to have a life. I can’t have it eaten up by apps whose functions overlap, and none of which give me a complete communications solution.
I’m about to go to yoga. There will be 50 people there. None of them will have Color. So does that mean I can’t use the app in the yoga studio? Then how do I help my friends discover the great yoga studio I have found?
Why don’t you make yourselves useful instead of just making yourselves rich?
