Seattle Times Print Replica
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User Reviews for Seattle Times Print Replica
Greet app (and paper). Can you reload March 7th issue?
It was there yesterday afternoon, and then it disappeared, never to return even after today's paper was loaded to the app.One other suggestion... When I load the paper thru the app, and click on comics... It should take me to the front page of the comics. Instead I have to choose some other option on the page, to open the newspaper in that section, then page forward 2 pages in order to get to the start of the actual comics. That's a lot of user entry that isn't necessary, and I would imagine others feel similarly. Thx!
Never a great app, but truly awful now
Twice this week the morning paper wasn’t available online until later in the day -not sure how much later, but it still wasn’t there at 9 AM. Even though I am a long-time monthly subscriber, I am required to re-sign in at least once a week, often more. Today I experienced another of the common problems: the paper is available to a point (for my husband it was page 4, for me it was through the opinion page) and when you flip to the next page it says loading, but it never does load, even if you close and reopen the app. They may not be putting the resources into the mobile app to get people to go back to print, but frankly we are talking about cancelling our subscription totally. A morning paper provides yesterday’s news so we don’t get much value out of the paper anyway and these irritations from a lousy app are the last straw.
Terrible app
Two stars only because you *can* actually read the paper. That said, about 70% of the time I open the app it requires me to log in, and 100% of the time I tap on an article it takes me somewhere other than the start of that article. Usually it’s the bottom of the page, requiring me to scroll back up to the top. The same thing happens when I tap the “continued on page...” link. It will take me to that page, but it will be somewhere in the middle or the bottom of the page rather than at the start of where that article continues. Extremely frustrating...I recently wiped my iPad clean and installed everything fresh (not restoring anything from a backup) and the app behavior hasn’t changed.I like the replica format, but wish The Times would move to Press Reader instead of Olive as it’s a far superior app.
Fix this problem and keep me as a customer
Recently, it has become more and more annoying. I see from other comments that I’m not alone. I’m talking about the e-paper’s availability. It’s 6:40am Sunday morning. No electronic paper. I’m reading the hard copy instead. The comment about flipping to part two of an article and winding up at the bottom of it rather than the top remains after more than two years. I think the Times wants hard copy subscriptions but I’ve moved away from that and don’t want to go back. This increasing unreliability is most annoying. Nothing has been done to update the app in two years. It’s time to renew for another 90 days. I’ll renew one last time and if this continues to get worse, well part company after 24 years.
Some great new features, but really dislike the app
The new app is dramatically different, and on the whole, I’m not happy with it.What’s good:-Search capability-Snappy performanceWhat’s bad- Print format only available by paging through pages two at a time - there is no way to rapidly navigate back and forth to different sections (like the upper tab interface on the old app)-If you select an article, it then displays in non-print edition format-Many times the graphics or photos associated with an article do not display when you select that article (imagine a front page story continued on page 11, with a graphic on page 11. You get to page through to page 11 and see the graphic, or to select the article, and read it in non-print-edition format, often without the graphic). Neither choice is good.-No way to navigate through the paper without going one page at a time-When an article starts on one page, and finishes on another, you have to manually flip through many pages-The app is optimized for portrait mode – I use my iPad (and prefer) landscape mode-You can’t readily flip pages until you zoom out to 100% (but you have to zoom in to read the print of any article). So, flipping pages is a multi-step process (zoom out, flip, zoom in). UGH.-The search feature is available at the top level, but not when you’re in today’s paper or in an article. ARGH.
Sections
What happened to the Sections feature with the new update, specifically in the Sunday paper? I recently subscribed to the digital issue only. I am disappointed with the new update of the app for various reasons. There are improvements in individual article content. It is not as screwed up as it used to be. But the Sunday paper has 116 digital pages. Since only some sections of the paper are of interest to me, now I have to scroll through 116 pages to get what I want? That’s not acceptable. On an iPad Mini the former version was more pleasing to the eye and easier to use. The only thing it needed was closer attention to actual article content.
Great idea poorly executed
This app exists, because it has to. It has to exist to bridge the gap between the generation who grew up getting the paper on their doorstep every morning and this who never want to cut down another tree for paper again. It’s actually a great idea because it retains the format of the printed edition providing continuity and ease of reference. Poorly executed comes in the form of constant crashes, non consistent publicly times (I’ve waited til 8am before some editions are ready!!), issues being logged out, locked issues because credentials are expired, links within pages that do not go to the proper article. Horribly executed are the pages that sometimes do magical disappearing acts when you select them or resize improperly making the paper unreadable with no fix coming later. Just in recent version as of this writing if you click on an email to contact the paper it just crashes the app. Why? Because iOS 13.2 is out and this app was last updated 3 years ago!! I understand money is tight at papers, but this is like firing half of your delivery carriers and expecting to increase circulation! I love the idea of a print replica but fix it. Make it work and take care of it. It exists because it has to....not as a labor of love and that’s unfortunate.
Needs work
I’ve used this for approximately 6 weeks now. Overall, it’s a nice improvement, but still with some minor flaws—and one major flaw... I often download the paper onto my iPad before I have to go offline. Multiple times now, after having downloaded and then going offline, I attempt to open the paper and it shows it has not been downloaded. This is extremely frustrating if you’re say, embarking on a 5 hour flight planning to read the Sunday paper. And most recently, after I downloaded the paper and went offline, when I clicked to open the paper, it asked me to sign in. But I was offline, so I could not sign in! Please fix this!! Other minor issues are the “section tabs” that don’t always bring you to the correct section. Especially now with some sections combined (i.e. Business). I also miss being able to click the “see STORY, A13” that takes me to the continuation of the story.
Amazing app!
Found this app while looking for real news sources (sick of news apps just reposting twitter snips). I was a current subscriber to the times paper edition. Downloaded the app, it found my subscription easily, and I get full print editions now! Including back copies. The app is great, with digital features overlays to the print, like links to pages, and article continuations, and even an amazing feature to blow up a print article to a digital version for great font and readability (just double click). Very well written app, great simple software .
The app still needs improvements
Thank you for providing iPhone support in this new version. However, the app is missing some things that would make it even better.If one taps on an article, a non-typeset version of the story displays. Quite often this version will contain formatting errors which I find annoying. For that reason, I usually zoom in on a story to read it.Missing from this version are the story continuation links. Now one must manually flip pages to continue a story. In prior versions of the app, one could click on these links to quickly flip to the correct page. What used to take one app gesture now might take dozens of app gestures on the part of the user— really annoying.Finding the page where a story continues can also be problematic. Which page is B4? The app only lists serial page numbers. Page numbers that are more descriptive would be helpful; i.e. “Page 20 of 124, B4 Sports.”Looking forward to a future app version that removes these annoyances.
Description
If you love to peruse printed newspapers, you'll love this app. The Seattle Times digital Print Replica gives you easy access to the comprehensive news and information - including ads and comics - that you receive on the printed pages of The Seattle Times, all on your iPad. This digital version of the print edition makes it easy to read the region's largest daily newspaper electronically.
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