Vimeo, the popular video-sharing service, has updated itsfree iPhone and iPad applicationby bringing back the search feature to the iPad and adding the ability to tap and hold video thumbnails to share, download“and do other fun stuff”.
Though originally part of the experience, the ability to search for videos got inexplicably removed as part of Vimeo’smajor iOS 7 overhaul.
The team re-enabled search on iPhone and iPod touch devicesin mid-Octoberand now the feature is finally making a comeback on iPads…
To search for interesting Vimeos on your iPad, just drag down on the Vimeo home screen to reveal the search box, like this.
Searching is available from My Feed, My Like, Staff Picks and other sections, like the recently-addedIncoming feed.
Unfortunately – in what’s becoming a worrisome trend – the app’s settings dropped a switch telling the program to download offline videos only when on Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi/Cellular option was added to Vimeo’s Sync Settingsin mid-Novemberand removing it won’t play nice with the people who are on a metered cellular data plan.
Disabling Vimeo inSettings > General > Background App Refreshcould sort out this issue, though I don’t see how removing the said option from in-app settings helps enrich the user experience.
Tapping and holding a video thumbnail in the Vimeo list will now produce a grid of icons offering access to handy sharing features and more.
From left to right: you can like a video, add it to your Watch Later list, share it (the mail icon – hello?) via Messages, Mail, Twitter, Facebook and URL or download the clip so you could watch it later without an Internet connection.
On a related note, check outVimeo’s top 10 videos of 2013.
Vimeo is available free in the App Store.
The app requires an iDevice with iOS 7.0 or later.
I wish they squashed the bugs – Vimeo crashes quite a lot on my iOS 7 devices.
