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What's up with Glitch HQ?

Did i miss a memo? For the past few days whenever I open the Glitch app on my phone it says "No items to see right now." or is it my phone? Just wondering.

Posted 7 months ago by Axa Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Cobra took it over?  The Blue Meanies? ...The Cavity Creeps?

    Im skeered now..
    Posted 7 months ago by ☣ elf ☣ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have an iPhone and have been able to see my updates and everything. 8 times out of 10 I can't see snapshots people post. The comment field says post on ((null's)) snapshot. Maybe the app just needs to be reinstalled in your case?
    Posted 7 months ago by Sparrow Odele Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They are busy, its still  beta.   Maybe they will get to it later.   I'm in no rush to see it fixed.

    Use safari.
    Posted 7 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Try restarting the app. Double tap the home button, then touch and hold the apps until they wiggle (it shows which ones are currently open). Click the x and try reopening it. Otherwise, try restarting your phone.

    It could also depend on which iphone and iOS you have. Lots of variables.
    Posted 7 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for all the good suggestions. I deleted and reinstalled the app. All better now.
    Posted 7 months ago by Axa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "it shows which ones are currently open"

    Popular myth, but not true. It's actually a list of most recently used apps. Removing the app from the list will close it if it still happens to be open, but it don't mean it actually is open. (Although if it's the last app you ran, it most likely is).
    Posted 7 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You're partly right, but mostly for semantic reasons rather than factual obes. From apple documentation:

    "you can also force an app to quit by removing it from the recents list."

    Force quitting an app is useful when the app freezes and you can't switch out of it using the home button. Quitting and force quitting are two different functions.

    manuals.info.apple.com/en_U...
    Posted 7 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm wholly right, for factual reasons.

    "you can also force an app to quit by removing it from the recents list." 

    That's what I said. Having it in the recents list does not mean that it is open (as many people mistakenly believe), but if it is open, then removing it will close it.
    Posted 7 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My point is that it's faster and easier to close an app through that interface than to open it and force quit, which is a process designed to get out of a frozen app without having to restart the entire device. It's only a popular "myth" for semantic reasons. As far as practical support advice, it's accurate and reliable.
    Posted 7 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "It's only a popular "myth" for semantic reasons"

    It's a myth because it's wholly incorrect, but is frequently repeated. Repeated to the extent that many people now believe that they need to actively manage their "open" applications in order to "free up memory" and to "stop apps using up resources". This is misguided and wholly unnecessary. 

    There are indeed rare occasions when it's desirable to kill an errant app, but these occasions are rare. They should not be part of your everyday workflow. You don't need to 'close' an app unless something has gone very badly wrong. iOS is designed to handle all this for you automatically, and it does.
    Posted 7 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • But that's neither here nor there in this context. In this context, "You don't need to 'close' an app unless something has gone very badly wrong. iOS is designed to handle all this for you automatically, and it does."

    That's appropriate based on the issue at hand and part of troubleshooting. Reinstalling an app is a pain in the ass. Depending on iOS version and which iphone, closing the app could conceivably solve the problem.

    No one here, and especially not me, has suggested that closing an app be a part of an every day process. This is specifically in the context of troubleshooting an issue (that's resolved, by the way), involving an app that is not behaving the way it should. Arguably, that falls under your example of "something going badly wrong."
    Posted 7 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • " Arguably, that falls under your example of "something going badly wrong.""

    I don't dispute that. The discussion had somewhat meandered away from that specific case. Perhaps that means it's time to stop...
    Posted 7 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think so. I apologize - I didn't mean that advice generally, in which case you're 100% correct and make a very valid point. I meant it as it specifically pertained to the issue in question. 

    So apparently, we agree entirely and have absolutely no quarrel. 
    Posted 7 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Only in Glitch, would an argument solve itself.
    Posted 7 months ago by Sparrow Odele Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just wish they didn't make the app for iOS 5. Now I may have to jailbreak to upgrade so I don't have to pay.
    Posted 7 months ago by Some_Random_Guy Subscriber! | Permalink