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Notion bugs
I really don't wish to be negative, since Notion is clearly the best notation / sheet music app on iOS, but I'm frustrated wondering how long it may take to fix the bugs that currently make it nearly unusable for anyone totally relying on it?
Can't zoom in or out after making some changes (one of the most basic essential functions you should be able to achieve on iOS); selecting a crescendo or diminuendo throws the whole layout out of whack; and text editing doesn't allow for spaces without trickery such as copying and pasting or editing within an existing text string.
I want to give this app unconditional praise, but I can't understand how these bugs can remain unfixed for weeks or months.
Comments
First of all I would recommend reporting these bugs to them as they may not be aware of them.
The other thing is that they tend to go through long development cycles before doing a release.
I’ve tried reporting issues and making feature suggestion on their site before, but it seemed ineffective. I don’t think they can possibly be unaware of these glaring issues. I think the text editing issue has existed for years now, plus surely any developer must have some kind of in-house testing that would spot things like the broken zoom function within a day. That has existed for several sub-versions now. I’m very glad for this app, but end-users aren’t supposed to be the free QA testers of any self-respecting developer.
If you’re not going to report it then don’t complain about them not fixing it.
Also they have a forum.
As I said, end-users are not free bug testers. I will indeed post about things like this whenever I wish to. The reasons for doing so should be self-evident.
If you want the bugs fixed, report them to the developer even if people have reported them before.
ALL complex software has more bugs and pending features than developers have resources to address. Priority is often determined by user feedback. The more people that report an issue, the more likely it is to be addressed.
The plummeting of software prices that resulted from the App Store economy has resulted in massive reductions in software testing.
It is a fact. You might not like it, but that's how it is. One of the prices of cheap software is reduced testing.
Notion is NOT unusable. Those bugs are annoying but lots of people make productive use of Notion.
If you want to gripe, fine. If you want the bugs fixed, report them and don't hold your breath.
Notion 3.1 was posted on March 22, with a long list of changes. See www.shorturl.at/eqY27 for the full list.
A rose by any other name… may not be a rose.
There’s an app called Notion used for organizing information and then there’s “Notion Mobile” from Presonus.
Important when some goes to buy an app or even just find me it since Apple doesn’t seem to track our interests and expose apps we might care about. Since Jobs passed Apple has shifted its obsessive thinking towards hardware hoping someone might make software killer apps like TikTok that get the new generation hooked.