The app looks incredible, but you can't get past the splash screen without one of those bookfaces. This is the first time I've been completely locked out of an iOS app I wanted to use for not being on FB.
One wonders why they feature a twitter button in their screenshots and not offer twitter login?
Because, currently, there isn't any way to friend/unfriend anyone through the app. We use your FB social graph to get your connections. By allowing you to go through some other method, twitter, for instance (or just regular old email/password), you wouldn't be able to interact with other people. Granted, you can still SMS/email/tweet your link and have people view your photos, but there would be large parts of the app that would be perpetually empty for you.
It's not to say that FB will be the one and only way to access Batch forever and always, but, for now, in its current state, it makes for a better user experience (I feel, at least) if we do only allow FB logins.
(Disclaimer: While I work for Batch/Dailybooth, the opinions expressed here are my own and are not necessarily the opinions of the company.)
Because Batch would then be permanently attached to FB and would always require FB login. There may be a point in the future where Batch allows other logins.
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The app looks incredible, but you can't get past the splash screen without one of those bookfaces. This is the first time I've been completely locked out of an iOS app I wanted to use for not being on FB.
One wonders why they feature a twitter button in their screenshots and not offer twitter login?
Because, currently, there isn't any way to friend/unfriend anyone through the app. We use your FB social graph to get your connections. By allowing you to go through some other method, twitter, for instance (or just regular old email/password), you wouldn't be able to interact with other people. Granted, you can still SMS/email/tweet your link and have people view your photos, but there would be large parts of the app that would be perpetually empty for you.
It's not to say that FB will be the one and only way to access Batch forever and always, but, for now, in its current state, it makes for a better user experience (I feel, at least) if we do only allow FB logins.
(Disclaimer: While I work for Batch/Dailybooth, the opinions expressed here are my own and are not necessarily the opinions of the company.)
> "This is the first time I've been completely locked out of an iOS app I wanted to use for not being on FB."
Didn't this used to be against app store guidelines?
Also, with the granular permissions of FB, if tying it to FB, why not host the photos on FB?
Because Batch would then be permanently attached to FB and would always require FB login. There may be a point in the future where Batch allows other logins.