Orbyt

Today I want to bring you the perfect example of when an ossified medium with a huge lack of knowledge of new technologies tries to disembark in the Information Society based on the fear of the unknown and the natural evolution of the market.

What should be an excellent application for the Modern UI interface of Windows 8, Orbyt for Windows, has finally not fulfilled any of The expectations.

A very good looking app

The first look at Orbyt, once installed, is very goodHaving the publications of this editorial group grouped together in a single application is very, very convenient. In addition to showing me the information in a grouped way and making me curious to consume other media that I did not know or that were not easily accessible.

I also visualize access to other types of material such as books, music, movies, and special literature such as professional or children's publications.

And up to here I can continue writing… because I can't access anything.

Too exhaustive a record

As I see that when I want to enter the content, as I do on any shelf browsing magazines, I see that it asks me for a record; Well, neither short nor lazy I'm going to register an account.

And here comes the first excess/abuse.

The registration form asks me for data that I really don't see why I have to - compulsorily - fill into register on a website.

The normal thing is a username, an email and a password. On the other hand, here they ask me for things as excessive as my age, sex, my full postal address and a telephone number…

Hey, I just want to read a newspaper!

I don't have access to anything, you're welcome

And here comes the second surprise. Despite registering (lying like a scoundrel, that I don't give my phone to anyone), and sending another registration reconfirmation code, I can't access anything.

Yes, this group has made an application with less capabilities than any kiosk on the street.

A beautiful app that is so stingy with its content that it doesn't show even a limited view of posts.

In the latest editions, I can grudgingly understand it - and more when I have google or google news in the browser tab - , but I can't see posts as old as 2011 either...?

Yes (a very, very ugly detail), they have not forgotten to place the banner at the bottom of the main menu . That is, Orbyt to collect the first, but to offer: the fist tightly closed.

Conclusions

This is what happens when technology overtakes the decision-makers of a moribund industry on the right, who have not noticed what its market has been transformed from.

This should be a reference application on how to enter the digital market, with the knowledge, experience and economic power that a publishing group like the one behind Orbyt can guarantee.

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However, it is one of the applications I have uninstalled most quickly from my computers, frustrated that I can&39;t even know if the content is worth its cost. As my grandmother used to say If you don&39;t sell, I don&39;t buy>"

More information | Orbyt in the Windows Store