The more I wear it, the less I find I have to say about it. It’s a watch; it works pretty well, does (mostly*) what I want, and let's me quickly and easily dismiss things that Would otherwise interrupt my working day.
But here’s the thing; I haven’t really been using any apps, apart from (podcast player) Overcast, and this week I’ve stopped using that. Creator of Overcast, Marco Arment, has just done a complete re-write of Overcast after using the 1.0 for the first time on an actual watch. He’s blogged extensively about it and I won't labour the point here, but suffice to say that Overcast for Watch 1.0 was just like the iPhone app, and he felt he could do better.
Except. I liked the fact that the Overcast watch app was just like the iPhone app - there was no ’learning curve’ and even if it was a little awkward on occasion, I always knew where I was. But now... I find it a mess. To be fair, Marco has always said that he created Overcast for himself and in his own words “The new app is a bit weird and polarizing, and has a learning curve, but it’s great in practice if it fits your preferences. (Just like the Apple Watch.)”
So there you go.
“If it fits in your preferences.” It doesn't fit mine, so I’ve stopped using it.
It’s no hardship TBH, I actually prefer the core 'Now Playing' glance to the Overcast glance (volume control FTW!) and I have Overcast on my phone. But it leads to another, deeper issue with software in general - but that, as they say, is a story for another day.
* Raising my wrist to check the time is still very iffy...
