Sunday, April 6, 2014

AmazonFresh iPhone App: Incorrect error message about bad password appears only once

Date: 04/06/2014

Amazon Fresh iPhone App (version 1.3.0)

My iPhone: An old school 16GB, 3GS
My iPhone’s firmware: 6.1

Description:

Believe it or not, I actually came across this during regular use.

With the new AmazonFresh update for the iPhone (version 1.3.0) there doesn’t seem to be any notification that you’ve entered in an incorrect password.

In fact, if you enter in an inaccurate password, you actually receive a one time alert about having to “Re-enter Email” an email address.

This is awfully frustrating, and I actually did encounter in the normal use of the app.

This is awfully perplexing, and this isn’t something I’ve seen happen with any other Amazon produced iPhone app.  Please see the screenshots below for a better explanation.

This bug is frustrating, because you’ll only see the alert once (and it is inaccurate) and subsequent pushes of the “Sign In” button just make the button change color.

Steps to reproduce:

1.     On an old iPhone running iOS 6.1, download the AmazonFresh app (version 1.3.0)
2.     From the sign in screen, enter in your correct email address
3.     Click in the Password box
4.     Enter in an incorrect password (I did my usually, one accidental press of the spacebar after my password)
5.     Notice the error message: “Re-enter Email – Information is not correct”
6.     For extra fun: Reconfirm your email address and enter in another incorrect password – no error message at all!

Result:  Incorrect password entry results in a one time error message about having a bad email address

Expected:  A more accurate error message (something about how either the users password or email address is wrong)


Repro Rate: 3/3

Download the AmazonFresh iPhone App (version 1.3.0).

Launch the app.

This is the error message you'll get from a perfectly valid email address, but with a bad password message entered.  Select OK and then enter in another bad password....

No more error messages.  You just keep tapping the Sign In button over and over again.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Thumb iPhone App: Account creation using twitter crashes the app

Date: 03/18/2014

Thumb iPhone App: Version 4.0.2

My iPhone: An old school 16GB, 3GS
My iOS: 6.1

Description:

I’ve gotten this to reproduce seven times in seven attempts.  I’ve gotten this to reproduce after rebooting my phone.

On my old iPhone, if I launch the Thumb iPhone app (version 4.0.2) and select “Sign Up with Twitter” the app will crash and send me back to the home screen.

Using my same exact phone, I was able to select “Sign Up with Facebook” and to use the email sign up process without having the app crash.

Something looks to be wrong with the Twitter account creation process – other people have mentioned this problem in reviews of the app.

Please see the attached screenshots. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1.     Launch the Thumb iPhone app (version 4.0.2) on an iPhone running iOS 6.1
2.     Select “Sign Up”
3.     Select “Sign Up with Twitter”

Result:  Selecting the “Sign Up with Twitter” option crashes the Thumb iPhone app


Expected:  Selecting the “Sign Up with Twitter” option should not crash the Thumb iPhone app

Please take a look at comment number fifteen above.  The person writes that the app, "will not let me log in with my twitter account, it kicks me off the app."  I am having the exact same problem...

Selecting the "Sign Up with Twitter" option crashes the app for me, 100 percent.  The "Sign Up with Facebook" and the email sign up options work fine.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Instacart Facebook login error message is confusing

Date: 03/04/2014

Instacart iPhone App: Version 3.1.1

My iPhone: An old school 16GB, 3GS
My iOS: 6.1

Description:

This one is a minor pet peeve of mine.

If you cancel out of the facebook login process, you’ll be taken back into the Instacart app with an absolutely horrible message that’s pretty common with a lot of iPhone apps.

The error message says, “The operation couldn’t be completed.  (com.facebook.sdk error 2.)”

Please see the attached screenshot.

Steps to reproduce:

1.     Launch the Instacart iPhone App (Version 3.1.1)
2.     Select the “SIGN IN WITH FACEBOOK” option
3.     Cancel out of the Facebook login (you’ll be redirected to the Instacart app)
4.     Read the error message: “The operation couldn’t be completed.  (com.facebook.sdk error 2.)

Result:  Canceling out of Instacart’s facebook sign-in process produces a confusing error message


Expected:  A less confusing error message!