I rarely use the IOS mobile app store. Today, I decided to allow about one minute to find a book on compassion.
- Intuitively, I selected the hamburger menu.
- At the bottom of the "Popular" section, I found "Store." Good.
- Opening the store, was met with "Logos Fundamentals." What? I already own everything in that plus a good deal more.
- I glanced around for a Search box, magnifying glass, something. I found nothing.
- I scrolled to the very bottom, baffled. No way to search anywhere obvious. Should I give up? Not I!
- Taking a quick long shot, I expanded "All Resources." Aha! A search field!
- I typed compassion. No results. Should I give up? Not I!
- I must have done something wrong. Maybe All Resources somehow wasn't really from the store. Maybe I somehow ended up in Advert-ville. I hunted here and there for another way to the real store. Should I give up? Not I!
- Undaunted, I went to the home page. Hunted here and there, and finally clicked the Settings Gear. Yes! I see "Store!" Confident I might have a better store experience, I clicked the Store. Absolutely nothing happened. Then I remembered that I was editing Sections on the Home page. My dumb. However, I did add "Store" to my Home Page.
- I clicked store from the home page. To know more about this new store experience goto #3 above, elseif you don't want to know more, then continue.
- I gave up on the mobile app store and opened the store on my PC. The website worked great!
Short version:
1. Searching the store on my phone is a pain to use, and results returned are a fraction of what is available.
2. Why?
3. Suggestion. Add a magnifying glass to the top left of the main store screen.
