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In my opinion, as a Bump developer, a lot of the negative comments reflect our biggest problem: branding. In many people's minds, Bump is a nothing but a conta

In my opinion, as a Bump developer, a lot of the negative comments reflect our biggest problem: branding. In many people's minds, Bump is a nothing but a contact-sharing app. Long ago contacts were eclipsed by the many other types of things that Bump lets you share. The people who are downloading the app are using it in ways that we couldn't imagine when building initial version. The app's "gimmick" of bumping is still an incredibly useful, and admittedly fun, way of establishing a connection between two strangers, or even two of your own devices. Obviously, my views are biased, but it is quite clear to me (and our users) that Bump is more than just a contact-sharing app.

snprbob86 16y ago
The bumping gimmick and the rest of the app has a learning curve. It's not particularly steep, but it is steep enough to prevent me from ever trying it with anyone new. I've tried to use Bump on a few occasions and every time I encountered two problems: 1) App says: "Please bump again". People tend to not want to physically smack two expensive objects together, so they shake em at one another. Timing issues, connectivity issues, and just general coordination issues make this particularly awkward. 2) Other bumper says: "Wait? I didn't actually share anything?" The sharing selection UI was needlessly confusing. Granted, it only shared contacts when I tried it. Seeing as I had no idea I could share anything other than contacts, I just downloaded the latest version and looked through it. The whole concept of checking off a bunch of boxes before bumping seems strange. I don't have anyone to bump with right this moment, but it would seem preferable to bump first, send/receive data one bit at a time, then disconnect. Rather than make a big bundle of selections and issue a transaction. EDIT: And regarding contact sharing in particular, I actually really like business cards. I almost always carry a pen and having a physical token in my wallet is a great follow up reminder for later. However, I get annoyed when people don't have any whitespace on their cards for notes!
nopassrecover 16y ago
I'd love to "bump" cash registers for my receipts (straight to an accounting app).
- thinkcomp 16y ago
  We're working on this with FaceCash.

snprbob86 16y ago

The bumping gimmick and the rest of the app has a learning curve. It's not particularly steep, but it is steep enough to prevent me from ever trying it with anyone new. I've tried to use Bump on a few occasions and every time I encountered two problems: 1) App says: "Please bump again". People tend to not want to physically smack two expensive objects together, so they shake em at one another. Timing issues, connectivity issues, and just general coordination issues make this particularly awkward. 2) Other bumper says: "Wait? I didn't actually share anything?" The sharing selection UI was needlessly confusing. Granted, it only shared contacts when I tried it. Seeing as I had no idea I could share anything other than contacts, I just downloaded the latest version and looked through it. The whole concept of checking off a bunch of boxes before bumping seems strange. I don't have anyone to bump with right this moment, but it would seem preferable to bump first, send/receive data one bit at a time, then disconnect. Rather than make a big bundle of selections and issue a transaction. EDIT: And regarding contact sharing in particular, I actually really like business cards. I almost always carry a pen and having a physical token in my wallet is a great follow up reminder for later. However, I get annoyed when people don't have any whitespace on their cards for notes!

nopassrecover 16y ago

I'd love to "bump" cash registers for my receipts (straight to an accounting app).

thinkcomp 16y ago
We're working on this with FaceCash.