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Blues Heron

(5,931 posts)

15. Apps are great until you actually need them

Reply to SmartVoter22 (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 6, 2020, 11:28 AM

Feb 2020

Mine rarely work as intended. All the years of driving car2go and all the updates, that app still needed to be rebooted nearly every usage.

Not impressed by fiddly little smartphones and the rickety, unstable apps that run on them. No matter what update you have, your ALWAYS behind.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Iowa App is no big deal. Paper Trail can fix anything. [View all] SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 OP

I disagree Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #1

The actual paper ballots were changed how? SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 #6

It looks bad Blues Heron Feb 2020 #2

So no app can be fixed with an update? SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 #7

Apps are great until you actually need them Blues Heron Feb 2020 #15

You nailed it. Apps are always under development. SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 #16

"The app failure used in the Iowa Dem Caucuses is much ado about absolutely nothing." jmg257 Feb 2020 #3

Are you a software engineer? 33taw Feb 2020 #4

How would that change anything? SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 #8

Take a deep breadth. It wasn't an attack. As a matter of fact, I agree with you for the most part. 33taw Feb 2020 #10

I agree 33 SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 #12

If they were trying to analyze data with the app, they needed more time in development 33taw Feb 2020 #13

Welcome to DU! PDittie Feb 2020 #5

Back in the good old days. JoeDuck Feb 2020 #9

I agree people are impatient sometimes. SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 #11

It IS a Big Deal. MineralMan Feb 2020 #14