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So Bad
This masthead is an embarrassment. WA should be ashamed of this rag and its accompanying app. The 1 Star ratings say it all. And what are the app developers doing about it? They are an embarrassment too.
Where else can you zoom in on a photo or article in this pathetic excuse of a newspaper app only for the whole article to shut down and refresh on to another news article.
Minus 5 Stars clownsShow lessFor keeps!
Auto playing videos
The videos that auto play when reading certain pages are beyond annoying. The app also hi jacks your audio on opening for no reason shutting off your music.
I can’t read an article while listening to music without this app taking over. It annoys me so much I don’t read the news.ohallorana
Effectively unuseable
Atrocious. I have just deleted the app after frustrating years of waiting for it to be upgraded; programmers obviously don’t use it. Articles opening to text view when trying to move on to another page, painfully slow to Load when moving between articles. The lack of speedy and timely loading whenever anything reloads is akin to Chinese water torture, with apologies to the Chinese. The tortuous effort to return to main screen after following links is abysmal.
Just hopeless - don’t use it…Show lessGearon G
Worst News Site
This app is like a black hole. Seems to drain every available bytes just to turn the wagon wheel! There are articles dating back to last year and “live” news stories just appear.
I am sure WA Newspapers can do a lot better than this product.FT1953
Latest update is horrible
The latest update is a massive step backwards. The most horrible feature is the auto opening of individual articles when you are trying to move pages. It is extremely irritating because you are constantly slowed down by articles opening constantly and having to be shut down. If we want to see the article larger we can just reverse pinch which is much quicker. I presume this update was written by programmers who do not actually read the paper on a tablet! Please put the old app back or allow me to turn off that abysmal function.Show lessT-IRH
Pop up Text mode should be optional
Glad to see the ability to read the full page in landscape has been reinstated. If the pop out text mode can be made as an optional feature to turn off and on then this will be a better reading experience for iPad users as it’s quite frustrating to read with it continuously opening when you just want to read it in newspaper mode.Show less66Paul66
Absolutely hopeless
I absolutely hate this app and it’s the worst $28 a month I spend. They now control the app in-house and while it has increased the responsiveness somewhat they have completely and untterly destroyed the digital version of the paper which was the only thing that was perfect. You can’t get access to the back page or Sport Cover, although I got it on Thursday but not since LOL. And you can’t see the whole page without having to scroll or drag the page up or down. They are now promoting the ex Hells Angels boss’s sale of his bikie memorabilia. They are an absolute joke. What choice do I have as a West Australian?Show lessderekwa
Still too sensitive
As another iPad user I too find whilst trying to read the paper in Portrait mode the slightest pressure whilst swiping or enlarging opens the article. A complete pain for me. Please consider making this a double click option or making it much less sensitive than now. If you want a good example for easer reading & use, look at the AFR app. Please do something… please….😎Show lesspjfollyfarm
Nightmare App
New app doesn’t load well - either half the pages are blank or if downloaded the text is so fuzzy you can’t read it - really annoying as I pay for a subscription and live in the Kimberley so can’t purchase a paper - can you go back to the previous app that works or fix up the bugs in the new appHugo754
Still lots of problems
The West Australian app is still very much broken
1..You can’t search articles from the app.
2. When you click on a link from Facebook or email or whatever it sends you to the HML website not to the app.
3. In a new bug loging in the iPhone “save password” feature can’t work because it flashes up for only half a second and then sends you to the app from the HTML website that does the security authentication.
Seriously amateur hour. I’ve been a system analyst for 30 years and you would not expect an app like “The West Australian” to be so bad. “The Post” is the only worse one.Show lesstonyc99999
