Worst app ever
Whoever designed this has never tested or used the app. Totally useless , tough to organize talks to attend. Stupid design
Excellent app!
The app developers at SPIE have done a great job on this app. I particularly like how it is intuitive to use and is easy to find information. I especially like how you can follow (add to your schedule) talks, events, and speakers. So I can easily follow various speakers or talks. It also has an amazing map, so when I was a bit lost in the building I could just click on the talk in the app and it showed me the exact location on the map. 5 stars from me!
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Works great
This is the first of such event apps that actually works well and adds value over other solutions. There are sometimes crashes, but it always worked on the second try for me.
Very useful tool!
I downloaded the SPIE app for Photonics West and was very impressed at how useful it was in finding information, planning booth visits and viewing the event schedule. Also helped in connecting with other attendees. Will definitely use the app in planning future conferences!
So much better!
Wow the app has really changed and is so much better. Thanks for all the bug fixes! And how cool to meet the developer at Photonics West so we could have a real conversation about functionality.
Can’t find talks.
I tried searching for a talk I was referred to by putting words I knew were in the talk’s title in the search bar. Nothing useful came up.
This apps a lifesaver
Love the SPIE conferences as always. Would strongly recommend this app if you attend their events.
iOS update prob killed it
The app worked all week as I was preparing for Optics & Photonics in San Diego. Then I updated my iOS on Saturday and next time I tried to run SPIE it crashes. I know you’re frantically bug hunting. Good luck.
Crashes immediately on iOS 12.3.1
The app crashes as soon as I try to select the conference. Reinstall hasn’t fixed the issue.
It was working till the day when the conference stared :-(
Day before Optics and Photonics everything was great, but some new update to like or not ( what a stupid idea for science conference) it is crashing constantly. I had created a schedule for all presentations I wanted to attend and this morning all gone. Using the bulky printed program is a nightmare. Why are you making this app if it doesn't work when it is needed!
Very disappointed
Very disappointed
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Just crashes
Launch, sign in, select event, crash. Waste of time.
(Update: tech staff is aware, awaiting Apple approval of app update.)
(Update: tech staff is aware, awaiting Apple approval of app update.)
Crashes immediately on iOS 12.4
Well here I am at Optics and Photonics 2019 and the SPIE conf app crashes out of the gates - just see the splash screen and nothing else before it returns you to your desktop. This is version 7.7.2 on iOS 12.4. Marvelous.
Better than nothing by a bit, but unrealiable
The concept is great. Certainly makes scheduling easier. App is flaky, but this might be due to bad conference data files. At my current conference and I think another it would crash when I try to open the events section where the conferences are taking a good half dozen tries to get it to load. Once I get it, app works ok.
It would be helpful to show authors, or at least the presenter name under each paper title instead of having to click through the tabs at the top of the page.
Also, talks should all be listed chronologically in the “today” section, not in conference order.
It would be helpful to show authors, or at least the presenter name under each paper title instead of having to click through the tabs at the top of the page.
Also, talks should all be listed chronologically in the “today” section, not in conference order.
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No longer works
I just updated to the version of August 2018. It does not ever start - it just spins endlessly. Previous versions work well. I have an iPhone 7 with latest iOS.
It's alright, I guess.
The app won't sync my iPhone events calendar with "my schedule", meaning that I always have to cross reference the app with my calendar. Otherwise, it's OK.
Needs work
From the perspective of someone who would have liked to use this to find potential vendors it was not very helpful. Sure it gave me a (very long) list of potential vendors to talk with, but it would be helpful if it would have sorted them by booth number!
I tried the export function so I could to my own sort, and only a few records came through. Back to paper...
I tried the export function so I could to my own sort, and only a few records came through. Back to paper...
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Not Working
It does not load any content
Roach motel
Can you fix the maps/room locator. It's buggy, and like a roach motel you can get in, but not out. Without restarting the app, that is.
Stop making versions that crash
Just like the original it simply crashes and does not function. Was somewhat useful in the past year or two but once again no longer functions at all
Waste of time
Good luck getting any useful info from this app. You can do one search and then you have to force quit it to do another one, if you're lucky.
