Broken?
I downloaded this after a long interval of reading on the web or on paper. Crashes on launch, sadly.
Association for Computing Machinery could do better
I am disappointed that the premier professional organization for computing professionals couldn't deliver a higher quality app. Setting aside the fact that it looks like it was built by a Ph.D. Grad student in the 1990s for X11 Motif, it crashed on me twice just trying to open the current issue.
Good but can be a lot better
The app works, and the content is great, but it is impossible to share the articles (app crash) and the user experience is limited. ACM should follow the example of their Interactions app
Disappointing
All the usual good CACM content, but the app provides a very poor user experience. It is slow to use, and does not support offline access. This results in a significant wait on page turns, making it painful to use.
Direct to web is better.
I have used a lot of apps on the iPad for reading magazine content. I've reviewed the leading ones in my blog. This is the absolute worst of all I have ever used. It crashes. It does not handle figures properly. And the interface seems to go out of its way to prevent you from doing what you could have done by just using Safari. To whomever worked on this app. I'm sorry. You need to actually try a few reader apps, and then go back and try to use this one to actually read the whole magazine.
ACM: BE EMBARRASSED to have your name associated with this app.
ACM: BE EMBARRASSED to have your name associated with this app.
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