9 years ago, auntie beans
Has its points, but a few things need tweaking
I got this updated version when I got a new iPad with iOS 8, and the old version wasn't supported. It took a ridiculously long time to get it to download, couldn't give it a pw, blank screen, etc., etc. the reviews really stunk and I was beginning to think that if I wanted the Globe on an iPad I'd need to keep the old one. Somehow, though, it did work, and then the fun began. At first I had the devil's own time getting the virtual newspaper, because I believe in seeing all of it and not just lists of articles and links. You get more serendipitous finds that way. But finally, there it was. Then I had to convince the app to give me the dang paper every day. That was a bit of an adventure, too. So I have my virtual paper, can swipe thru it with ease, and enlarge the view fine. The problem is that the ability to click on the link to the jump (and back) is gone. I finally figured out that you have to pull down the top of the window, select the page where the jump is, and then reverse the process to go back. Seamless jump-finding is gone. Why they would add an extra step to an "upgrade" is baffling. But you get used to it, I guess. The click-to-email-this still works. I haven't figured out how to remove past issues from the iPad yet, so perhaps some bright guy will give us a way to get online help for questions like these. So... Three stars and pending.
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