Thoughts on Over for iOS

I sincerely hope that one day that leaders and programmers will pull their head out of the sand and realize user onboarding is as necessary as unit testing, a unique icon, etc. To create a very cool but unusual UI and then not teach the users how they will use it is just asking for bad reviews and loss of brand capital.

It seems like Over was tested by one of the devs that made it and not a QA or user acceptance-type professional.

It’s also not initially clear when you’re editing a photo/text combo that the black areas won’t be saved along with the photo. The app allows you to put text above and below the photo but doesn’t save it. It’d actually be cool for quick little 80s punk style album cover-like designs.

Anyway—very cool features, needs far more hand holding.