Leave a Review The Boston Globe
Good app but… no video journalism / op-docs like others
The app isn’t optimized for video storytelling and documentary shorts / op docs like NYT or even the Seattle Times. I feel like the Boston Globe used to do short doc-style video journalism creating videos about the people or happenings in the community. Now their video content is seemingly just a TV studio show with a news anchor that streams through the app. I have no interest to watch that. The spotlight series ‘Gladiator’ podcast on AH was incredible, I was so hooked and really enjoyed the perspectives of the journalist that did the BTS but since then I feel like it’s gone downhill. If the Globe reinvested in video journalism and op-docs, it would surely engage viewership resulting in more revenue. Just my two cents.Show lessdjhambridge
Navigation needs work
Overall happy with the app, with the exception of navigating back after reading an article. The old version had an “x” in the upper right-hand corner of the article. After reading, you could close it and land back where you had clicked through. Now you have to back up to “Home” which brings you all the way back to the very top of the front page, so you have to scroll all the way back down to get to where you left off. Annoying! (I read on an iPhone)Show lessPapo king
Can’t find stuff
The new iPad app stinks! Sections don’t include the Sunday magazine (you have to exit the paper and switch to the magazine), and once in the magazine, you can’t select a page to jump to. There is no listing for the comics in Sections, and, in fact, I could not find them anywhere on Sunday, even by swiping through every page of the paper and every page of the magazine. I’m sure the Globe still has a comics section, but it is very well hidden.
Instead of tuning up the app, some bunch of idiots has, as in so many app “improvements,” replaced something familiar that worked well with their own idea of something very different they thought would be better for us.
I want the old app back!!Show lessOak and Maple
Developer Response
Hello, if you view an edition in the e-paper, you can click on the first icon on the top rigtt and the section menu will appear. The comics are the last section listed. Hope this helps.