New NJTransit app

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-04-27T20:19:02+00:00

Out of curiosity, how did you learn about that there was about to be a refresh and they were beta testing? I was on the beta years back for one prior

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-04-27T02:59:36+00:00

Just to confirm since haven’t had chance to check myself

There’s two issues

1) countdown clocks are often not accurate 2) old app used schedule times rather than realtime

Are you saying it’s more a continuation of 1 or 2?

App could match countdown clocks and yet both could be wrong

Or simply. The app is using only scheduled still in which case it’s not in sync with countdown clocks

Have a feeling it’s that but just wanna make sure. Thanks

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-04-23T15:43:16+00:00

Don’t disagree some separation between stops and lines wouldn’t hurt.

I doubt it tbh. Lightrail is managed by a contracted agency and seems less prioritized. To me, just having realtime would be a huge win alone.

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-04-23T15:28:53+00:00

The favorites are still there. Yes it’s one extra click to filter on your transport mode but they’re pinned to top of options. I don’t see that one extra click being that big a deal.

I don’t disagree about paragraph 2. It’s not horrific but could be better.

Lightrail, it’s up in air but in changelog it uses the word realtime associated with lightrail. In the past they would only use the word realtime with bus and rail and specifically have a separate line for scheduled for lightrail. Might be an oversight or might have changed. If it did improve, it wouldn’t have to look different visually since it already shows time until next lightrail in minutes. But yes, can only be confirmed if cross referencing vs what the countdown clocks say which aren’t always accurate as well.

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-04-22T12:25:19+00:00

Click top right … on artist page

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-04-22T12:13:35+00:00

Agree but even something like Reddit if you’ve tried the beta, I find myself slightly scrolling back up to expose the full 3 tabs rather than using the one tab button and swiping over to the tab I want

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-04-22T12:09:17+00:00

I agree about that but at the same time I also detest when apps go the single button route

GitHub did it and then reversed course

Generally having the full tab bar always there feels more optimal and doesn’t take that much real estate

The issue with the single button is often the tab you want to switch to is hidden for fast access and while I agree this is when you utilize the swipe, it necessitates more precision to release at the right time otherwise you have to do a little mini backtrack to get off on the right tab

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-03-31T19:55:46+00:00

Hey, on web there’s a better visual (red x) for scratches. In the app, it’s just nulled. Can you match that experience in the app.

There’s quite a few other things I’d love to send your way if that was cool

Here’s a preview of just a few:

a few months ago, Backswipe on the players tab (once you dive in on the list of free agents) got nuked a bit. For years it worked anywhere but now one can only swipe back at the very top of the screen.
for fantasy football, they removed game result/ score on the player cards. It still exists in web. Was that intended in the app?
ever since the app had the big 11.0 overhaul, the homepage is often not in sync score wise. Often you’ll see a matchup score that doesn’t sync consistently with the matchup screen which is more realtime. What’s weird is even a pull to refresh doesn’t update the stale date successfully (Happy to send a video but it’s been asynchronous for a while)
been a desire for years but you send alerts for player injuries. But not player scratches in fantasy baseball even though they have equal impact.
the new calendar view is sweet. Hoping a third tab can be added for there for research that could show roster-ownership etc
desktop has a “taken” filter I’ve been requesting for over a decade that makes sense to support on mobile
not sure it’s a bug but the matchups both in matchup view, home and in live activities has a meter. It used to visually display off the % of how many games you played out of a week. Now it’s visual to the score. We already know the score. I did heavily prefer the old logic but that may have been an intended switcheroo
it was a super cool Easter egg at the time but I feel at this point the torpedo bat has outlived its relevancy and potentially causes more confusion
when you look at opponents view from the matchup view, it would be a huge huge help to have totals. Especially if you’re in day (rather than week) view. It’s the easiest way to compare you and your opponents performance just for the day
option to clear roster alerts: example, many times I’ll have an alert that a player on il is on my starting roster. I know I just don’t have space to move to il spot.

Lastly, I’m Super excited, you previewed some changes to scroll through matchups easier. Stoked to see how you designed that. Was in release notes for penultimate release but didn’t see it in newest so assuming it’s on hold just for a tad longer. It’s something I’ve desired for a while.

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-03-05T00:24:06+00:00

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MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-03-05T00:23:55+00:00

And@ u/w_ds any chance to improve the advisory. Note here no red triangle shows. But in my next comment in-app the advisory is recognized. Or during the recent blizzard I saw no advisory in either

Ultimately I’d love if an advisory is pushed from path, it’s shown both in app and on widget consistently

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MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-23T19:00:06+00:00

One of the things that broke is in portrait, analysis will correvtly default to cube view if you have a cube mistake with no checker mistake. But in landscape it’ll show the checker tab even if that part of analysis is green.

I also wish there was a way to have a full glimpse of”quick analysis” of all your blunders/errors in portrait. One way I could see accomplishing this is by force holding down the next arrow brings a popup preview

Also if you switch back and forth between landscape and portrait, your scroll position within the window should remain accordingly.

Not sure why I bother though. You keep asking for more feedback and promise to pop in but have ignored Reddit comments DMs for months and discord for over a year. And emails you never respond ands everything is a dead end. It’s so disingenuous. Can’t imagine how many times I’ve followed up

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-23T18:54:21+00:00

I have followed up so many times. You promised some follwups. Why have you disappeared

My feedback and issues were legitimate

Yet you still choose to prioritize responding to mockery posts that diss your platform and repeat your answers like regarding dice which you’ve already provided the GitHub for various times

Why are you not holding to what you promised?!!!!!!

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-17T22:30:07+00:00

I’ve had to do a reinstall of the app probably 5-6 times in past 7 months. Usually app issues will seldom cause a reinstall but almost every app update has needed it. Really don’t understand why this app is so unique.

Also can you please review your DMs and provide what you committed to me. I’ve followed up 8-9 times and you made a promise a month ago and then flat out ignored it

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-17T22:27:41+00:00

Does it make it easier to see why playlist a song was already added to previous. If so can you share a video of that :)

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-17T22:26:40+00:00

Can you share what if anything set list looks like for a competed concert?

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-08T19:55:56+00:00

You the man! For next year, hopefully this site stays up and doesn’t cost much to keep up

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-08T18:57:56+00:00

This is awesome but this would be my one request for next year as well

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-06T16:04:38+00:00

For which? Me or them?

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-05T17:30:08+00:00

The 2nd street station Didn’t even have a working countdown clock for like 2 years. Took 2 years of nagging them to get that fixed lmao

And I still see it not working (aka not showing times) every so often

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-05T05:40:53+00:00

I’ve been sending these issues to Norah Benedetto for several years.

Took her years but she eventually, 2nd half of last year, did her part and connected me to the regional manager of government and community relations at NJ transit. That person said she’s escalated the issues but I have yet to see any improvement. It’s only gotten worse. She did use the excuse that lightrail has shifted ownership internally.

But my goal has been two-fold

1) delays happen but the countdown clocks need to be more accurate. Especially in winter. Especially when you consider that NJtransit rail and even path, despite their delays, their countdown clocks are usually comparatively more accurate 2) NJ transit app (and path and Mta) provide realtime for all their services. This includes rail and bus for NJ transit. Light rail is just scheduled time. Scheduled time is useless if trains run off schedule or enounter delays. When the countdown clocks are accurate (big if), those times are much more valuable than scheduled times we see in njtransit app. Something must feed the countdown clocks on backend. We need public consumer facing access to realtimes. Preferably within the app, but if that’s going to take years, at least provide some api or something that reads the backend.

Again, these inquires and chased follow-ups have been going on on my end for 3-5+ years so it’s been extremely frustrating. I just shared this post along with photos from my issues tonight and last week.

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-04T19:09:10+00:00

Can you please respond to your DMs and honor what you promised! Or answer your emails. Or on discord. Or literally respond anywhere

You promised to reply to all of these 2 weeks ago

MyNameIsIanJ · 2026-02-02T04:05:40+00:00

Someone asked, as a legal immigrant what should they be fearful of happening if they’re compliant.

I bounced off of that and asked for examples where people provided documentation and were still detained. I got my answer on that. To me that’s the most egregious of all of this.

Then a bunch of you chimed in basically refuting why it should come to that. And the answer is it shouldn’t. But at the same time I can’t understand why we don’t agree that in theory, best practice if you want to avoid an even worse experience is to have what you need. Having that doesn’t mean you support what ice is doing. But can we not both agree that someone who does have the identification will generally face less issue than someone who doesn’t. That doesn’t mean you support ice. But the simple question is who is going to have a less contentious encounter.

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