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  1. I don't agree. This may be the case in your crowd, but please don't generalize. Smartphone navigators account for a minority of experienced cachers I encounter. .... And I've been called a lot worse things than Old School. No offense intended. I was writing in a threat about the new smartphone app and about its features. You are reading this App Update Announcement thread and replying and even saying you use your smartphone some, so my comment applies to you too. I would also bet if you ask all those other experienced cachers you encounter, they too would tell you they use the smartphone app some as well. I too have a dedicated gps device (older, that I bought used to get started) but frankly my iPhone and Android devices are far better for me, but that is not the point of this thread. So rather than getting off topic, do you have something about the new app to add that is relevant to this thread? I don't participate here much (only posted because of the importance of this change), but I bet if you are interested there are dozens of threads here on which device is better and are you a real cacher if you use a smartphone app in the field. My point is/was that this change in the app is extremely significant and affects the vast majority of members and premium members who use this app AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIME which includes you and the majority of members. I think we should focus (at least in this thread) on how to help Groundspeak update it in a way that best serves the community.
  2. Just my opinion, but I think a Moderator should try to set a better tone.
  3. This is not true. Re-read the announcement and prior posts from Geocaching HQ Lackeys. The announcement reads: "For those who currently have the app, it will be supported at least through June 2016." Nothing Lackey has said explains what "not supported" looks like beyond that date. It could mean all links and access to the web database will continue indefinitely we just won't fix bugs or add features (which they didn't do anyway) or it could mean well we can't take it off your phone, but don't expect it to continue to have access to our database systems but if you have saved caches you can still probably get some use out of it. Don't get me wrong, I like the new app (and I like that as a Premium member I can use it on my iPhone or Android device without having to buy separate copies). I like the look and feel and I think that Groundspeak had let the classic app become dated, rarely fixed bugs nor offed new features (leading others to use c:geo etc.). I get that they need to focus on leveraging their data (and the wide availability of GPS enabled smartphones) to get more Premium members. I think this new app is a significant move in the right direction. I hope they are seriously interested in really developing it to have everything the classic app had and more (user stats as just one example). As others have said, I think this would go better if members were drawn to the new apps exciting additional features rather than like me (and others) learning about this by seeing an update app notice from Apple saying we are changing its name as we are phasing it out for this new thing that (by comparison) is not yet ready for prime-time. But I like the direction this is going. Not sure I'll like a (likely) increase in the annual fee, but to see them really upgrade what for most players is the primary front door, this is a good thing How about while your at it Groundspeak, doing an update to a very dated website too... On second thought, maybe you better wait till the app transition is first class before messing with the web interface.
  4. Simple answer is YES, as its possible the "classic" app MAY soon not function (I've read it all and its not clear if it will be disabled or just no longer for sale and no longer updated). It is a lot to read, but its the biggest change since the introduction of the smartphone app affecting all players using a smartphone app (i.e., most everybody now). If you're old school and use a hand held GPS and paper notes from the website, nothing will change for you.
  5. I have so much to learn... "Field notes" are different than the Notepad. My previous response confused them (because I did not know about "field notes." I see now on the iPhone app that the "Submit" style default seems to be "Submit as Field Note" rather than the previous "Post as Log" which it must have always been before. I did not know there was a choice and always before the setting must have defaulted to "Post as Log." I guess I must have changed the default setting to "Post as Field Note" today. There have been no updates to the program so I assume this is something I must have done accidentally. I have set it back to "Post as Log" as I use the Notepad feature if I want to make myself some notes. I hope the new setting stays that way. Again, Moun10Bike, thank you for your follow-up on this. For now we will chalk this up to a PBKAC type issue.
  6. Thank you so much for looking Moun10Bike. I don't think that is the problem, although it needs to be checked. I don't believe one can choose a "Found it" or "Did not find it" for notes, and in all my logs today, I chose those and made my log entries as usual. Also when I look on line, my supposed "notes" entered on the phone should appear on the website under notes for the relevant caches, but they don't (at least not on my end). Ohters have reported this same problem today in the iPhone forum. When I check my "sent log" on the phone it shows nothing since February 19th and I've put in many reports on both the phone and the website since then so I'm not sure about that function. Again I do so appreciate your checking on this and I hope a fix (either my clearly identifying my screw-up) or a bug is found soon. I don't want to reposet them yet using the website in hope they eventually show up. I'll keep checking for the next day or too and see if more is learned and reported by others.
  7. Basically as in title. Normally logs I create on the iPhone app show up immediately on the site. Today, logs I posted 2 hours ago still do not appear
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