Who”s missing from Ted… and who’s missing out?
I downloaded the app because I’ve been entertained and informed by Ted Talk speakers on topics of general interest. I’m a Christian and so decided to conduct a search for speakers on Biblical topics. To my disappointment there were no talks listed by many brilliant contemporary theologians such as RC Sproul, John MacArthur, David Jeremiah, Ravi Zacharias and Oxford mathematician John Lennox. Rick Warren did come up regarding the purpose driven life, but that was it.
On the most important questions regarding life after death and answers to the Origin, Purpose, Morality and Destiny of humanity, there are no theologians to impart insight. Inconceivable!
Expressions I used in my search were as follows: Bible, Christianity, Theology, Creation, Life after death and Oxford mathematicians.
If I’ve overlooked a topic that might bring up an authority speaking on the importance of theology, and how it answers the most important question that faces every human being… please let me know.
The app works fine as far as I explored it, and I will rate “Ted” with 3 stars for entertainment and secular information, but absent such an important topic I would not rate higher..
On the most important questions regarding life after death and answers to the Origin, Purpose, Morality and Destiny of humanity, there are no theologians to impart insight. Inconceivable!
Expressions I used in my search were as follows: Bible, Christianity, Theology, Creation, Life after death and Oxford mathematicians.
If I’ve overlooked a topic that might bring up an authority speaking on the importance of theology, and how it answers the most important question that faces every human being… please let me know.
The app works fine as far as I explored it, and I will rate “Ted” with 3 stars for entertainment and secular information, but absent such an important topic I would not rate higher..
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subtitle doesn't work！
After upgraded, SUBTITLE DOESN'T WORK ！！！
No Chromecast
Love the content, but there’s no option to Chromecast, which is disappointing. I definitely would use the app a lot more if I could easily cast it to my TV.
Response from developer
We hope to add certain functionality -- including Chromecast -- back to the TED app in the future, but candidly, we're currently constrained by resource limitations that have paused app development indefinitely. We hope to return to active development soon -- we're grateful for your patience!
Great content but the app is a bit broken
I like to browse the home page as I listen to Ted talks. After minimizing it and clicking on the bottom bar the video plays in a small screen mode in the middle of the screen. But the pause, close and fast forward button don’t quite work, making it a terrible experience.
Login
I love TedTalks. However, when signing in with email, the keyboard masks the “continue” button, and I am unable to go any further.
Response from developer
Thank you for reporting a problem with the TED app. Please reach out to contact@ted.com with as much detail about the specifications of your device as possible, to help us understand the issue more fully. Thank you!
Black screen
Every time you swipe down on the control Center on you phone or you go into full screen mode too quickly the video will instantly black screen and only the audio is there and the video is gone. You then have to exit the video and re load it witch takes forever because the app is super laggy this annoys me to the extent that I can’t be bothered to use the app. There are also Ted animations which I find really engaging but there is only a small section of them and they refresh every so often and if you don’t know the exact name of the animation that it is impossible to find it as there is no way to search for animations. Good content but just generally frustrating and annoying. Wouldn’t recommend.
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It’s a pity
Up till now the home page still sits in portrait mode. Would be a nice touch if landscape mode is enabled.
Trendy
I chose science and nature as interesting tropics, hoping to stay away from trendy topics such as self improvement, climate change, and politics. But that is what I was given as recommendations. I can’t find a topic on the app that draws my interest, though I have watched TED talks in the past that were fascinating. The app is disappointing.
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10 years later, player’s still glitchy
I used to have the TED app on my iPhone 10 years ago; it was glitchy, so it’s surprising to see that 10 years later, there has been little improvement with the player.
Whatever video player you all use needs to be overhauled.
Simply pulling down the control center to increase the brightness of my phone causes the video to go black—every time, but the audio still plays somehow. The website’s video also tends to go black randomly and is laggy beyond belief, no matter what device or browser I use.
I don’t imagine I’m only one who, out of frustration with the player, stopped visiting your app and website and chose to rely on YT to watch TED videos. The think about that is one tends to forget TED videos even exist after a while. Oh well…
Whatever video player you all use needs to be overhauled.
Simply pulling down the control center to increase the brightness of my phone causes the video to go black—every time, but the audio still plays somehow. The website’s video also tends to go black randomly and is laggy beyond belief, no matter what device or browser I use.
I don’t imagine I’m only one who, out of frustration with the player, stopped visiting your app and website and chose to rely on YT to watch TED videos. The think about that is one tends to forget TED videos even exist after a while. Oh well…
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For the readers
Hey TED team! I have always enjoyed watching and listening to TED talks and I personally find them extremely insightful and entertaining, and I think others would say the same. And I feel that as someone who is trying to develop a stronger reading habit, TED would be perfect for this. Here is my idea; there should be a tab for the videos where one can access everything the speaker is saying but in words. How would applying this benefit TED? Doing this means that we can aim at an even larger audience, and we get a larger variety of people on the app. Having this would mean that people who aren’t interested in watching or listening, can now actually be engrossed. I truly hope you look into this idea, as I believe it will be a success.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback! We'll be glad to consider transcripts for future app development. For the moment, a good alternative would be to visit the mobile version of TED.com on your device, which does have transcripts available for reading.
