4th & Mayor - App Blog
You’ll be happy to know that Foursquare’s innovation is continuing at a record pace - several days ago restaurant menus (through a partnership with SinglePlatform) was announced.
As of today, the 3.2 update of 4th & Mayor for Windows Phone is live in the marketplace. It should be available to all users in the next 8-24 hours!
Since 3.1 just came out last week, this is a minor incremental release - but it does bring a few new features!
3.2 rocks because these features - menus and QR code check-ins - are not yet in the iPhone app even - so enjoy, Windows Phone users!
Introducing restaurant menus
- On 1/18 Foursquare announced the new menu feature
- 4th & Mayor 3.2 now supports this as of 1/21 :-)
- Powered by Foursquare and Single Platform, many places now have a menu available - you’ll find it right under the mayor information when looking at a place
- Available in major US cities, over 13 million menu items at 250,00 restaurants - with more on the way!
Check-in using QR Codes
- The Check-in page now has a new “QR code” check-in option
- Simple scan the Foursquare Check-in QR Code - some businesses place these near their entrances
- An optional “automatic check-in” will immediately check you in if you opt in to that!
- Pin the “QR Check-in” experience right to Start
Other changes
- Addresses some user-reported issues that were easy fixes.
- The nearby places check-in page’s “pin/unpin” app bar icon has moved into the menu to make way for the QR code check-in option
- Tweaks to the GPS and location detection per feedback
- Invalid information as a venue/place loads will no longer be shown as often
Thanks for using 4th & Mayor. Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see.
Cheers,
Jeff
This is mostly a maintenance release that addresses feedback. Here’s what is new!
Push Notifications
- The push beta is now active for all 3.1 users
- Check-in pings: when friends check-in near you, you’ll get a toast
- Leaderboard live tile
- You can turn pings on/off for individual users in a profile page’s app bar
- If you find these annoying, you can always turn off push in the app settings. 3.2 will add new options for improving the push experience.
Map improvements
- The map view has a new app bar icon
- The map view supports panning to see friends now
- Map only shows nearby friends within the last 3 hours per foursquare guidelines
- When viewing a place, the map page (touch the map) now will show your current location plus the destination on the same screen
- You can open up the Bing Maps app on the phone and it’ll give you directions to the place
Specials
- Specials now have a slightly improved link
- Specials show the fine print required for cashiers to redeem your specials
Places
- Places now show their tags
- “Here now” is only shown at a place when people are actually there
- New ‘share…’ options to improve the visual design
- Share a link to a place using social networks
GPS Changes
- Improved options to resolve locations quicker
- Iterative improvements to try and address customer issues with location not always being found
Other updates
- New dedicated pin pages available
- The ‘What’s New’ page shows information about whether we notified Twitter, FB, or checked you in off-the-grid
- Addresses many bug reports and crashes
Hope you enjoy the new release!
Check for it using the Marketplace app later today, it will begin rolling out worldwide this afternoon.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/c7d13b8d-9951-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
Big Changes
- Quick Check-in now respects your Foursquare settings preferences for pinging Facebook & Twitter
- New Live Tile Studio for organizing, customizing, renaming, and enjoying pinned places.
- Fixed bugs where places pinned to the start would disappear after a phone restart.
- Performance improvements and user experience tweaks
- Integrates with Bing Local Search on the phone
- Supports Windows Phone 7.5 features like fast app switching
- Lists support from Foursquare, the new way for sharing information about places and tips, replaces “todos”
- Maps of nearby friends
- Maps from place pages will show your current location and the destination place
Changes and Features of Note
- More fluid transitions between pages and experiences
- Checkin photos appear inline when looking at all your friends’ check-ins
- Checking in will no longer show places from far away when you’ve been on the move
- More informative progress messages during data operations
- Checkin photos can be marked as being viewable by everyone or just your friends
- Adds direct Leaderboard access from the main application bar
- The app’s small icon now matches your accent color instead of the bright red background
- You can find more friends quickly by searching through your phone’s contacts
- Simplified experience for learning more about a friends’ check-in
- Better privacy: the app no longer uses your anonymized ID or device ID for push registration
Minor Changes
- After checking in, you’ll get information about the services that were pinged with your check-in for confirmation
- Adds a confirmation when you hit ‘sign out’ app bar menu item
- The legal information is shown if you come back to the page from elsewhere on the phone or app
- You can now view the high resolution profile image of people
- A full resolution user photo will be used when pinning people to the start screen
- There is a dedicated settings page now, it is no longer hidden away in the your profile page
- Supports the selection of the classic tile for those who loved it
Foursquare “Expertise” Badges
Announced a few days ago, the sweet expertise badges work great on every version of 4th & Mayor out there.
Enjoy, and happy badge-collecting!
