Netflix iPad app updated improved UI, loses disc management

The Netflix iPad app got a back-end update yesterday that pushed out a new iPad-optimized interface replacing the previous lightly customized version of the standard Nexflix site. In doing so, Netflix has removed the ability to manage your disc queue from the app, limiting you to browsing just the Home, Genres, Search, and Instant Queue areas of the site. This brings the app into line with the modified Netflix TV streaming front-ends that were introduced back in January.

While the faster and better optimized site is a boon for the iPad experience, removing disc management from the app, plus some of the more detailed movie info, is a bit of a step back in terms of functionality. Unfortunately, unlike most other native iOS apps, you don't really have a choice whether you upgrade or not as it's all done server-side. The good news is that the Netflix site still works fine in Mobile Safari, so if worst comes to the worst you can always manage you queue through the browser.

Netflix iPad app updated improved UI, loses disc management originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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