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We'd love feedback on the app or website. Here are some promo codes (US only): 7TA7TR33LNRL XXKT3P9JMAEM HAKMJHK6EF74

by pclark 17y ago

rufo 17y ago
Just grabbed the last code. Syncing it over now, some impressions in a bit. EDIT: My main complaint so far: No mobilized version of the article? I'm used to Byline and Instapaper, which both cache text-only versions of the page. If it went to the mobile version of the site, I'd be fine with that, or if it ran it through something like Instapaper's Mobileizer[1] that would be nice - with an option to view the original of course. It also crashed on me once while reading a rather meaty article from Engadget[2], and didn't appear to save any of my read/favorite status. I'm not sure there really needs to be the different ways of sorting the news that up-front (Date/Source/Topic), but it does mirror the iPod app and it'll take some using before I'm really sure - maybe I'll like it more than I think. The article selection seems decent, although that'll really take a few days to learn my preferences I assume. Overall I'd say a decent idea that's executed well - a few tweaks and bug fixes would seal the deal for me, I think. [1] http://www.instapaper.com/extras http://www.instapaper.com/extras [2] http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-201...
- pclark 17y ago
  thank you. we'll look into mobilizing content via instapaper. we really don't want to strip adverts out - wish more providers offered mobile versions of content. We've had lots of feedback about how slow articles are to load, so we might be forced to optimize the content via instapaper or such. thanks for the engadget link, we can totally fix that.
allenbrunson 17y ago
must be popular. 15 minutes after you posted the codes, and all three are already used. what the heck, it's only two bucks, so i just bought it. i am always looking for interesting stuff to read on my iphone, so i'll see if this helps. i'll have to use it awhile before having any useful feedback.
- pclark 17y ago
  can you ping me an email if you have any feedback over next few days or such? peter@broadersheet.com
nailer 17y ago
Last time I saw this at FOWA 2009, you stripped all the ads out the sites your app soruced content from, which didn't impress a lot of the crowd. Has this changed?
- pclark 17y ago
  we don't do this by default, we have a readability esque script that optimizes content for readability. We brought it from the web to iPhone - but only if user taps a button after the article has loaded. :) http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/

We'd love feedback on the app or website. Here are some promo codes (US only): 7TA7TR33LNRL XXKT3P9JMAEM HAKMJHK6EF74

by pclark 17y ago

We'd love feedback on the app or website. Here are some promo codes (US only): 7TA7TR33LNRL XXKT3P9JMAEM HAKMJHK6EF74

rufo 17y ago

Just grabbed the last code. Syncing it over now, some impressions in a bit. EDIT: My main complaint so far: No mobilized version of the article? I'm used to Byline and Instapaper, which both cache text-only versions of the page. If it went to the mobile version of the site, I'd be fine with that, or if it ran it through something like Instapaper's Mobileizer[1] that would be nice - with an option to view the original of course. It also crashed on me once while reading a rather meaty article from Engadget[2], and didn't appear to save any of my read/favorite status. I'm not sure there really needs to be the different ways of sorting the news that up-front (Date/Source/Topic), but it does mirror the iPod app and it'll take some using before I'm really sure - maybe I'll like it more than I think. The article selection seems decent, although that'll really take a few days to learn my preferences I assume. Overall I'd say a decent idea that's executed well - a few tweaks and bug fixes would seal the deal for me, I think. [1] http://www.instapaper.com/extras http://www.instapaper.com/extras [2] http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-2010/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/12/engadgets-gear-of-ces-201...

pclark 17y ago
thank you. we'll look into mobilizing content via instapaper. we really don't want to strip adverts out - wish more providers offered mobile versions of content. We've had lots of feedback about how slow articles are to load, so we might be forced to optimize the content via instapaper or such. thanks for the engadget link, we can totally fix that.

allenbrunson 17y ago

must be popular. 15 minutes after you posted the codes, and all three are already used. what the heck, it's only two bucks, so i just bought it. i am always looking for interesting stuff to read on my iphone, so i'll see if this helps. i'll have to use it awhile before having any useful feedback.

pclark 17y ago
can you ping me an email if you have any feedback over next few days or such? peter@broadersheet.com

nailer 17y ago

Last time I saw this at FOWA 2009, you stripped all the ads out the sites your app soruced content from, which didn't impress a lot of the crowd. Has this changed?

pclark 17y ago
we don't do this by default, we have a readability esque script that optimizes content for readability. We brought it from the web to iPhone - but only if user taps a button after the article has loaded. :) http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/