Apple adds submission histories to iTunes Connect
Posted Nov 6th 2009 11:00AM by Erica Sadun
This option does not, at this time, appear to be universally available. When I checked my personal apps this morning in the iTunes Connect "Manage Your Applications" screen, I was unable to find any Status History links on any of my application listings. However, I was able to confirm this feature with other iPhone developers.Another new feature appears to be that the amber-bubbled status messages have been extended. In addition to the standard "In Review," iTunes Connect now offers a "Waiting for Review" status for newly uploaded material. If you see any further interface changes or new status messages, drop us a comment and let us know.
So what does this all mean? In my opinion, this is all great stuff, helping move Apple towards greater developer feedback. No, it's still not the full ticketing system that a lot of us are hoping for but it's definitely a step in the right direction.
Thanks, Maior
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
info said 11:03AM on 11-06-2009
It means that you don't read your tuaw mail quickly enough. I sent this tip in early yesterday.
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Seth said 1:33PM on 11-08-2009
It always amazes me how much thought and time has gone into the iTunes Store relative to how little goes into iTunes Connect.
Its like a sad little Orphan that just barely gets the job done.
In terms of reporting tools, it doesn't even really get the job done.
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kindakrazy said 12:08PM on 11-06-2009
So, you now are told when your app is assigned to a reviewer? And you call that progress?
If this is the speed that Apple will improve the whole app store approval process, it should be largely fixed in say, 2 or 3 centuries. They still have nonsensical rejections that continue to get them more and more negative publicity, and all Apple seems to come up with in response are largely cosmetic (just more lipstick on a pig).
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ChrisM said 1:54PM on 11-06-2009
I'm not defending Apple's review process, but these weird rejections are anomalies that make up a fraction of a percent of all submitted apps. The issue is valid, but has been blown way out of proportion on the internet.
CEDE said 7:05PM on 11-06-2009
@ChrisM
Have you had to deal with any of these issues directly? If you had you would realize that they are not trivial or being blown out of proportion.
'blowing them out of proportion' equates to giving serious issues more press so that hopefully Apple will be nudged to make actually meaningful changes
and not 'lipstick on the pig' as kindakrazy put it.
edlea said 12:23PM on 11-06-2009
http://twitter.com/edlea/status/5483707292
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WezUwiUsz said 12:40PM on 11-06-2009
there is new 'Updated' note in AppStore product description, instead of 'Release date'. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=310737309&mt=8
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kmcgrady90 said 12:45PM on 11-06-2009
I think I know why you aren't seeing it for your apps yet. It only appeared for one of my apps when I submitted an update yesterday, and that was the first release in the history. So it will appear when you start submitting/updating but they don't have your previous history. It only starts recording now (from what I can see on my account).
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Fred said 1:58PM on 11-06-2009
Completely unrelatedly, I am LOVING the Droid ad. Really quite a nice addition to TUAW.
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Russell said 7:02PM on 11-06-2009
Yet another completely arbitrary 'update' to the review process. Every single 'update' as of late has not told us or provided us with any information we did not already have.
Purely cosmetic. These are a procrastinator's type of fixes.
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Alex said 5:01AM on 11-07-2009
The reason you don't see any status history link is because you need to make some change to the apps in your list. Changing the price or editing the description on my apps had the result of adding the Status History link for them.
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