Apple has already defined the gold standard for app stores, but that doesn't mean it is sitting idly by. Apple has raised the bar for app stores even higher with new changes that make it easier for developers to market their apps, and for customers to learn about them.
The brushed metal silver background has been replaced with a simple white that brightens the app store screen up a bit. The most noticeable changes, though, are the increased size of the app icon, located at the upper left, and the inclusion of multiple screenshots, in exchange for shortened or truncated text. The redesign of the App Store pages exhibit the philosophy that a picture tells a thousand words.
Although Apple has nearly ten times the number of apps of any competing app store, and the revenue generated from the Apple App Store is in a whole different ballpark from competitors, the revamp of the App Store shows that Apple is continuing to make adjustments to improve it and widen that gap even farther.
For customers, the App Store redesign offers two key improvements. First, it provides key information at-a-glance, making it easier to determine whether the app deserves a closer look . Second, the customer reviews can be viewed either for the current version, or for all versions, making it simpler to view the feedback that is most relevant for the version that is available now.
More: http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/184564/
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The brushed metal silver background has been replaced with a simple white that brightens the app store screen up a bit. The most noticeable changes, though, are the increased size of the app icon, located at the upper left, and the inclusion of multiple screenshots, in exchange for shortened or truncated text. The redesign of the App Store pages exhibit the philosophy that a picture tells a thousand words.
Although Apple has nearly ten times the number of apps of any competing app store, and the revenue generated from the Apple App Store is in a whole different ballpark from competitors, the revamp of the App Store shows that Apple is continuing to make adjustments to improve it and widen that gap even farther.
For customers, the App Store redesign offers two key improvements. First, it provides key information at-a-glance, making it easier to determine whether the app deserves a closer look . Second, the customer reviews can be viewed either for the current version, or for all versions, making it simpler to view the feedback that is most relevant for the version that is available now.
More: http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/184564/
