Hi Y’all!
Not too long ago, we made some changes to Just A Pinch. Those were the first steps in providing our loyal members with an improved user experience. Well, the Kitchen Crew has been hard at work. We’re thrilled to announce you can now access everything you love about Just A Pinch from any device – your home computer, tablet or smartphone!
At first glance things may look the same on your desktop. But once you grab your tablet or smartphone and start playing around, the fun starts to happen! Did you take a photo of your dinner and want to post it (with the recipe) from your smartphone? No problem, you can easily do that. On your tablet and want to chat with others? Go ahead and log in … you can! In the grocery store and want to check out a recipe from your recipe box? Not a problem – it’s a tap away.
So how did we do it?
Well, we’ve tucked a few things away. On your home computer, you’ll still see our usual navigation (Recipes, Community, My Kitchen, Janet’s Notebook, etc). But now, on a tablet or smartphone, a new menu will help you navigate. Click on the menu icon and it will expand.
Also, the breadcrumb bar (yes, this is a real technical term for the sub-navigational bar!) will help you navigate back to where you previously were much easier.
Looking for your utensil drawer? We moved that into your profile picture. Just click on your profile pic to find all things you! You can post a recipe, go to your recipe box, check out your groups, follow your favorite cooks and much, much more.
What else has changed?
The recipe box has been simplified. And, you can now access it from your tablet and smartphone. If you log in from your home computer, you’ll notice a much cleaner format. If you’re a Premium Perks member, you can now Pinch a recipe directly to your folders letting you organize your recipe box in a snap.
Our eyes are getting older, so we’ve made fonts a little easier to read, increased the size of buttons and added “white space” to the overall design. We think this will help make the site more readable for everyone.
Many of you have said you’d like to be able to chat from your tablets and phones. Now you can! We’ve also updated the design for discussion groups in an easy-to-read format.
The only things that you cannot perform on your smartphone or tablet (today …) that you can do on your home computer is build a cookbook, create a menu calendar and print coupons.
The core of Just A Pinch is you, the members and we want to deliver the best experience possible. If you have any questions, ask them in the comments area below. Other’s may have the same question as you and everyone can learn together.
Let us know what you think!
-The Kitchen Crew