Screen resolution?
Having always played SongPop on my iPad with no issues,and nothing was wrong with it this morning,I’ve just gone to play again and my screen size resolution has changed and I’m no longer able to send photos on the chat feature? No updates have been applied & I’ve changed nothing myself? Any ideas anyone please?
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This new screen resolution is very difficult to see for visually impaired players . I noticed you guys still have the same original resolution for your ads, though. Please change this back. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Or at the very least, give players the option to download a different version that was like the original screen resolution, and any players who want this crappy new version can stick with it.
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Gary, I read this in your previous comment. I tried landscape, and it not only fails to be large enough, but also is even more awkward due to the 2-column gameplay. It slows down the eye to have to read two columns as opposed to straight up and down. Again, SongPop should really offer a resolution, if they don’t want to return to the previous format. Two other good solutions would be...
1) A separate download for landscape versus portrait players.
2) Adding a setting within the game itself where players can either switch back and forth between screen resolutions or between landscape and portrait play modes.
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I never thought about the visually impaired who play this. That’s a very valid point. What I don’t understand is only a small percentage must play this in portrait mode? To have a separate download for players who choose to play that way sounds like the way forward. I would dearly like something done to resolve this sooner rather than later as on my iPad it really is starting to irritate me now. As someone’s already pointed out ‘If it ain’t broke,don’t try to fix it’
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ok Macey I thought you may not have seen post. I have not had chance to see for myself yet and may not for some time. My understanding is you can now chose landscape or portrait on the updated game. The 2x2 format is how original game was played and many people like and want that format. Those who started with column of 4 on mobile probably wont, but it has long been criticised for not having a 2x2 option. This was attempt to fix that and done at the request of many users after consultation late last year. Non-mobile Songpop will be withdrawn next year and this is one of reasons many won't change to mobile as previously no 2x2 option. Spare a thought for those who have played the game from the start, who made it popular despite all the changes, as it looks nothing like what they started with.
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Gary, although this is the first time I’ve posted to this board, I actually have been playing SongPop for 5 years, going back to the days of SongPop 1. During that 5 year period, I can tell you that no one from SongPop contacted me or the other players I know personally for our input on this change before making it. Furthermore, why should how long players have been playing make their input more or less relevant? When you say “spare a thought for those who have played the game from the start,” it sounds as if you feel the opinions of tenured players are more important than the opinion of non-tenured players, and THAT comes across as snooty, selfish, condescending, and insulting.
In my original post, I mentioned the challenges that these changes present to the visually impaired. I don’t know, Gary, if you didn’t see that part or just ignored it. I myself am slightly visually impaired. I use an iPad that is extra large,12 inches to be exact. Yet I still have a great deal of trouble seeing the new version of the game. The screen is half the size it was before, with lots of unfilled space that could be allocated to larger font size. Tenured SongPop players should not take priority over any other players anyway, but that goes DOUBLE for visually or otherwise impaired players. So Gary, I would ask that you “spare a thought” for those of us who aren’t blessed with perfect eyesight.
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Macey I play the old PC version on a 22 inch screen because I am visually impaired. I have never liked the mobile version because it has always been too small and difficult for me to read. I also have never liked the column of 4 answers that was introduced with mobile version and totally upset most of the existing players that had used 2x2 format for years. Macey I was one of approx 8,000 users who were given option late last year to suggest things they would like in the game. As I said I have not yet seen the updated version. I would be also disappointed if things have become smaller. I am only trying relay what I've seen experienced players comment who do have it. Whatever you think of the changes I don't believe anything will revert back.
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