Dark mode needs work
I use this often at night and when in bed, so I’ve got it set to dark mode, but the very first ‘new scientist’ screen is so bright it makes my eyes water and wakes my wife up ! Also, although I appreciate they are trying to maximise content there are an awful lot of insubstantial articles, often citing dodgy Chinese universities and researchers. It’s widely known in academic circles that Chinese academics and Chinese academic institutions don’t align with accepted norms of practice and often don’t allow Western academics review or allow them to assess or critique their findings, so why should their work be so widely disseminated here ? Answer: to create more content ? Or is it just more CCP soft power at work and money changing hands ? Either way, it doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence.
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Great app great articles
The best app I know for a magazine. Can easily download issues for public transport/flights. Audio reading of articles is genuinely much better than other app experiences. Very happy
Awesome
The articles, the overview, the audio option.. just great
Large font doesn’t work consistently
There is a setting to increase the font size for visually impaired people like me, but it does not increase the titles of the articles available via the various tabs eg “Latest”, “Space”, “Technology”. Instead the article titles listed on these pages vary from a few medium ones to tiny, which I assume is the size all other users get. If I can find an article and open it, the text size is enlarged correctly, but if you can’t browse the full selection to see what there is to read it’s pretty pointless.
Ironically, the page that contains “tools” where you find the accessibility settings to increase the font size only displays in tiny standard size font as well, even after you increase the setting to maximum. Similarly the menus along the bottom eg “home”, “magazine”, only display in the standard size.
This app has the potential to open up a whole world of information for visually impaired people, but it falls short when it comes to basic navigation.
Ironically, the page that contains “tools” where you find the accessibility settings to increase the font size only displays in tiny standard size font as well, even after you increase the setting to maximum. Similarly the menus along the bottom eg “home”, “magazine”, only display in the standard size.
This app has the potential to open up a whole world of information for visually impaired people, but it falls short when it comes to basic navigation.
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Quality reporting
I consume large amounts of information from the New Scientist.
The articles provide well explained summaries and updates that are pitched in a way that neither assume you know lots on the subject nor treat you like an idiot.
The editorial team do seem to know their subjects and care about the accuracy of content and its significance/relevance.
The app points me to hot news items as well as letting me wander off to explore themes. It is genuinely educational, and for someone in their late 50’s I’m enjoying that.
The articles provide well explained summaries and updates that are pitched in a way that neither assume you know lots on the subject nor treat you like an idiot.
The editorial team do seem to know their subjects and care about the accuracy of content and its significance/relevance.
The app points me to hot news items as well as letting me wander off to explore themes. It is genuinely educational, and for someone in their late 50’s I’m enjoying that.
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