Doing fine with the digital format.
The adjustment was not difficult at all. iPad is very easy to learn. All is good.
Can’t use this iPad
If is so frustrating. The pages jump around and what I try to read will disappear while I’m reading. When I turn the page there will be a blank space. Then I can’t find the part of page I want. The page gets real small and is stuck and won’t move. Sometimes I can’t enlarge the type and have been using my magnifying glass. Sometimes messages pop up on my page and the page disappears then I have to go look for what I was trying to read. If I barely touch the screen it flips away and I have to go to back to square one. I hate it. I’m ready to quit. Have only read 2 or 3 of last 15 papers. How much is it to just get Sunday paper? I am so disappointed in the iPad. I loved cutting out recipes and articles I wanted to keep. I don’t think I will be able to do it. What causes the pages to jump away and why does page 2 not follow page one and jump to page 4 and I can’t go back. If I try to go back it will flip to the library page and I have to start over. It’s crazy! I don’t think I will make it. Sorry. I have been taking the paper for 50 years starting with the Free Press. June Kempson South Pittsburg TN
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Support Our Local Newspaper
The Times Free Press is an essential part of our local life. We can support it by giving subscriptions to friends and advertising in it. Management is cutting distributions costs while retaining its news and editorial staffs. Other cities have lost their local papers. We are fortunate to have the Times Free Press. Frank (Mickey) Robbins
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Love online access
Easy to use
Dislike vehemently
Doesn’t always enlarge and when it does, it frequently goes back to miniature on its own. Swiping doesn’t always work. It keeps going back, again, on its own. The puzzles are difficult to finish due to the page changing on its own. Then I can’t seem to be able to swipe out of the puzzles to the sports. The paper should not be a frustrating challenge to read! Really dislike this format.
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Not working
On a trip, can’t get todays paper.
Opinion
Writing by AP is jaundice. Consider Dropping your policy statement on page 2. Please Let Pam Sohn editorialize on her page. Tell the other writers to just state facts. Your democrat stance really drives subscribers to cancel subscriptions.. Nice to have a few non political articles. Grateful to have a quality local newspaper. Godspeed.
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Better Than the NYTIMES
I wish the NYTIMES layout was as easy to read as the Chattanoga Times. I’ve even told the NYTIMES that our newspaper is easier to get around on than theirs. I would recommend the Chattanooga Times to anyone who wants to keep up with local or foreign affairs.
Poor substitute for a print paper
The application used for the TFP, which I think is PressReader, is a poor substitution for the printed paper.
Articles are poorly formatted. Looking at the “print” pages, various icons for images and video block the headline image. Flipping through the articles brings you to the same story again if it’s on another “print” page. The interface sometimes cuts off the bottom of stories in the “print” view.
TFP and the parent company needs to take a long, hard look at this app and how to better convey their product.
Articles are poorly formatted. Looking at the “print” pages, various icons for images and video block the headline image. Flipping through the articles brings you to the same story again if it’s on another “print” page. The interface sometimes cuts off the bottom of stories in the “print” view.
TFP and the parent company needs to take a long, hard look at this app and how to better convey their product.
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Digital 👍🏻 crosswords👎
Got my TFP iPad a few weeks ago. The adjustment to getting my news digitally was an easy one. Navigating the stories is super easy plus there’s nothing to recycle, except for the Sunday print copy (LOVE having print version on Sunday)
BUT, and this is a biggie for this avid puzzle fan, the crosswords are less than user friendly. Very time consuming and frustrating due to the layout, lack of ease navigating between across and down clues, having to constantly toggle to full screen leads to so much frustration that I usually just give up. For instance, the simpler crossword that historically took maybe 3-5 minutes to complete in its digital version would take 3-4 times as long if I had the patience to stick with it.
One or two tweaks would make it much simpler to navigate: if the user wants to move between across and down on a particular set of two words, being able to
double click the first letter in a word to change direction would be so much more efficient than having to toggle and scroll to locate the clue in order to switch between the two. Another suggestion to try: put the whole puzzle on a single page and allow the user to zoom in.
I am a long time subscriber and support journalism in all its forms but I really hate the format of the crossword puzzles as they are currently available. Thank goodness for the Sunday print edition with its Perspective section!
BUT, and this is a biggie for this avid puzzle fan, the crosswords are less than user friendly. Very time consuming and frustrating due to the layout, lack of ease navigating between across and down clues, having to constantly toggle to full screen leads to so much frustration that I usually just give up. For instance, the simpler crossword that historically took maybe 3-5 minutes to complete in its digital version would take 3-4 times as long if I had the patience to stick with it.
One or two tweaks would make it much simpler to navigate: if the user wants to move between across and down on a particular set of two words, being able to
double click the first letter in a word to change direction would be so much more efficient than having to toggle and scroll to locate the clue in order to switch between the two. Another suggestion to try: put the whole puzzle on a single page and allow the user to zoom in.
I am a long time subscriber and support journalism in all its forms but I really hate the format of the crossword puzzles as they are currently available. Thank goodness for the Sunday print edition with its Perspective section!
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