Now that we've all had time to sink our teeth into 2.0, I feel confident in making this post.
So far, this new version continues to have its ups and downs. It's great for new people - it must be what with up to 90k accounts logged into the client simultaneously at peek hours. For the good of IMVU as a company, they finally got something right. New people are attracted to IMVU and best of all, they sign up and they stay.
But while I personally enjoy 2.0 and many of the goodies it has to offer, I am a developer first and foremost - and I can more than sympathize with the rest of the developing community. I think I speak for us all when I say "This isn't working out."
Sales are at an all time low for most people, including myself. Could it be the summer slump or is it something else? - Like the new in-client catalog. The try it feature in 2.0 is extremely difficult to work with since it's impossible to change into clothes you already own and try them on within the dressing room without completely exiting that feature, redressing your avatar in the "Me" category and entering the dressing room again. That is insanely complicated. Not only is it a feature we're accustomed to having - it's a feature that new people will yearn for. This makes shopping very frustrating and I for one, eventually give up trying to shop.
In order to take proper product pictures, you have to switch back to the old client. There is no getting around it. The product shots with 2.0 look smushed, pixelated and unclear. One of the very first rules you learn as a developer is to make everything on your screen as big as you can so that when you scale it down, it looks flawless. This concept apparently has yet to be taught to IMVU who took away literal inches of space off of our computer screens with their huge, top bar within the 2.0 client.
Once again, it's survival of the fittest on IMVU. Who can take what we have to work with and use it to the best of their ability and attract customers to their catalog?
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