Bring back our old system
I can only hope the library staff are getting better service from the new system than we poor old customers as something has to justify the cost.
Interface is horrible (two menus at once, big blank spaces on the screen, poor descriptions and bits hidden off screen) , search for county sometimes gives strange results (needed as you get logged out now and then), reservation system does not tell you now that the books are in giving me less than 18 days for a 700 page book. Poor localisation - the UK does not have "States".
Looks like an O-Level Computer Studies student used a few AI credits as a summer job rather than a paid-for system.
Interface is horrible (two menus at once, big blank spaces on the screen, poor descriptions and bits hidden off screen) , search for county sometimes gives strange results (needed as you get logged out now and then), reservation system does not tell you now that the books are in giving me less than 18 days for a 700 page book. Poor localisation - the UK does not have "States".
Looks like an O-Level Computer Studies student used a few AI credits as a summer job rather than a paid-for system.
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Logging in every time
Just to access the app you have to log in with a stupidly long password number… what an absolute stuff around. Really not user friendly. Please fix this.
Far less likely to use library now
If there was an evil genius with a plan to disincentivise the population from using libraries and reading, they couldn’t do much better than this app.
This is a terrible app. I can’t scroll down to press the “confirm” button when I want to reserve a book because of the layout. There’s constant error messages that either contain no information “something went wrong” or information that is unclear to the average user. Everything is slow to load making the layout jump around. The user interface is messy and overloaded.
Surely there’s a better option!
This is a terrible app. I can’t scroll down to press the “confirm” button when I want to reserve a book because of the layout. There’s constant error messages that either contain no information “something went wrong” or information that is unclear to the average user. Everything is slow to load making the layout jump around. The user interface is messy and overloaded.
Surely there’s a better option!
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Doesn’t work at all.
I downloaded the app, the first screen prompted me to choose a library and a language. I can select any language but the “select a library” button does absolutely nothing. I cannot even get around it to access the app whatsoever. I hope my local library finds a different app to provide a service that is functional.
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So much worse
In order to reserve books I need to enter a 12 digit barcode number. Despite the fact I am already logged in under my account. This is so much worse than the previous Spydus app which wasn’t perfect but actually functioned. Please fix this or I’ll be contacting the counsel to recommend they use another company who can build a proper app that links to the library catalogue
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Broken
Won’t open just hangs. Even my screams don’t help
Doesn’t have my library region
Doesn’t have my nearby library
Unbearably slow
I’ve used this app for years to manage library loans and reservations. Since the last update the app is unbearably slow, and glitchy when searching the catalogue.
What happen ??
Absolutely useless app with recent updates. Fire the designer and get vibe coder in to get something useful.
Ruined a good thing
App was great until last update. It’s now essentially the website but neigh on unusable. You have to login each session!?
Clearly a cost saving measure. Private equity has moved in?
Truly awful. A beautiful thing has been ruined.
Clearly a cost saving measure. Private equity has moved in?
Truly awful. A beautiful thing has been ruined.
Not great
I get banner notifications on my phone’s lock screen telling me something’s going on with my account, but when I check notifications in the app it always says “No notification found”. Seems like a pointless app feature if it never shows any notifications.
Blank Screen
Fine when it works but most of the time I just get a blank screen, can’t see my books or reservations, can’t search for anything.
Logging out
Where do you log out, this is not an improvement your previous arrangements worked fine.
Dreadful app
Sometimes I do wonder, it wants everything but your shoe size and then dosent work, pin reset ????!!!! Nah computer says no. So much promise, so little in the way of delivery
Great when it works…
I’ve used this app for years, reserving, renewing, checking out books and it’s been useful but since the latest upgrade it’s frustratingly hopeless.
I keep getting logged out, or I can’t get in at all, the Select Library button at the beginning doesn’t work when I tried resetting, I’ve now got 2 security passcodes 🤷🏻♀️. When, in the history of scams, has anybody tried to hack a library account?!
Most times, I’ve had to give up and go directly to the library website.
Sort it out, please, people. It can’t be that hard. Many more complex apps out there seem to do the job without this frustrating faffery and the last version worked perfectly well before you messed with it.
I keep getting logged out, or I can’t get in at all, the Select Library button at the beginning doesn’t work when I tried resetting, I’ve now got 2 security passcodes 🤷🏻♀️. When, in the history of scams, has anybody tried to hack a library account?!
Most times, I’ve had to give up and go directly to the library website.
Sort it out, please, people. It can’t be that hard. Many more complex apps out there seem to do the job without this frustrating faffery and the last version worked perfectly well before you messed with it.
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Terrible
Not a proper mobile app, just opens a website in an embedded browser. Shows ‘bad request’ in extra small font when you try to do anything.
Unusable
This is probably one of the worst apps I’ve used. It’s incredibly frustrating and completely unintuitive. I’m sure having to use your library card number to log in isn’t great for accessibility either (it’s a very long number!) You can’t go back one page but instead it resets the whole thing and you end up back at the start. As someone who works in user experience, this app really needs a UX designer…just getting the basics of usability right would be a start.
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Poor UI
Really unintuitive user experience. Wish there was a dashboard to see holds and loans at a glance (it takes 3 clicks to get to my hold list)
Works fine at home…
Handy app, except that recently the “self issue” button always disappears when I’m at the library and magically reappears when I’m home again! Weird.
Update awful
Recent update is really frustrating - keeps showing black screen when I try to view my loans and reservations, making it totally useless!
