Starbucks Locator picks up user enhancements and fixes in freshly brewed update

A few days agone, we reviewed Starbucks Locator 2.0, which is a keen little app for you lot coffee fiends out in the world. Sure, you could use Cortana, but in that location are benefits to having a dedicated app for a frequently used part, including greater functionality and, in this case, barcode scanning for your Starbucks Card.

This morning time, version 2.1 has gone out and with it numerous fixes, improvements and refinements to the user feel.

Starbucks Locator two.ane

• Full countersign protection (multi-character, 24 length max)
• Data Compression support (uses much less bandwidth per search)
• Zoomed in view for barcode
• 33% smaller! Reduced app size to 2MB.
• Added Delete context card for the Cards list
• New logarithms to detect invalid characters in the menu number. This prevents breaking barcode generation and bad scans at the store.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where tapping a map pivot loaded bad data into the old details page.
• Stock-still a problem loading the map in some countries where all the store have the same proper noun
• Numerous tweaks

We beloved detailed changelogs and this is a bang-up example of that. Many of the improvements revolve around enhanced performance, less data usage and fifty-fifty the app itself is smaller. If y'all live in a big urban center, something like Starbucks Locator is a super useful app.

Why no Starbucks account support?

For those curious about why it cannot log in to your Starbucks account, it is not for want of the feature. Instead, there are security issues involved and the bigger fact that Starbucks does not condone tertiary-party apps from accessing their database. Because of this, Starbucks does not accept a proper API for developers to use. As the programmer of Starbucks Locator, Lance McCarthy (Lanceloni), noted in comments:

"An app that lets you log into your account will get pulled quickly by Starbucks. I'm working on a fashion for the next update that won't violate the terms of service…Starbucks is diligent about 3rd party apps that authenticate. This is for good reason, there is no OAuth, and then you are actually giving the developer access to your password. The app then uses the password to cosign you. This a big no-no."

Non only are there security issues, but indeed nosotros have seen numerous third party Starbucks apps like SBUX Carte du jour and MyBucks get pulled from the Store due to this violation. McCarthy needs to tread carefully with Starbucks Locator, lest the aforementioned penalisation happens for his app.

Regardless, Starbucks Locator 2.1 is a well-washed update and a fun app to use for finding that coffee house.

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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/starbucks-locator-picks-usage-enhancements-and-fixes

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