Going down hill
And has been for years
Not all change is good
Hate the new format - especially the sports section & how you access it. It’s clunky, requires too many actions, and does not include next day or whole week. The whole paper’s content is skimpy. Are you trying to lose subscribers?
Terrible app
[January 2025 Update] The new “improved” interface isn’t much of an improvement. It at least seems to remember better which page I was on when I close my iPad to get a cup of coffee. The downside is that I have to start the app again. That’s not true for most iOS apps.
One complaint (which another reviewer also noted) is that now it takes several clicks to open the next edition. Maybe you could provide some options for how we want the app to start up.
I miss the bar at the top that gave fast access to the different sections. Now it takes an additional click to get there. And when I select a section, that section isn’t first in the array of thumbnail pages, it’s last.
And why do the comics keep moving around? Every day it seems the pages get shuffled. And finally, what happened to the “Shoe” comic strip?
This newspaper seems to be going the same way lots of products have gone — I’m paying more and more for less and less.
One complaint (which another reviewer also noted) is that now it takes several clicks to open the next edition. Maybe you could provide some options for how we want the app to start up.
I miss the bar at the top that gave fast access to the different sections. Now it takes an additional click to get there. And when I select a section, that section isn’t first in the array of thumbnail pages, it’s last.
And why do the comics keep moving around? Every day it seems the pages get shuffled. And finally, what happened to the “Shoe” comic strip?
This newspaper seems to be going the same way lots of products have gone — I’m paying more and more for less and less.
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Bring back the other interface
The redesign of the user interface is e to the x worse that what you had before. To boot the paper doesn’t begin as it should until you go through several gyrations. My guess is you did not test this on users before you released it or if you did it clearly was not a broad selection of age groups. It is beyond me how anyone can say this is better than the coders probably the same ones that coded your payment site
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Terrible app
If I could, I’d give this zero stars. This is one of the worst apps I’ve ever used. The biggest problem is, it seems to have Alzheimer’s, because it can’t remember anything for 5 seconds. Reading the newspaper, and get a text? Switch away from this app for a few seconds, and guess what? You have to find your place all over again! You even have to open the edition you were reading!! This is especially annoying when working the puzzles, because if you have already partially solved one, ha!! Too bad, have to start all over! The index is also inadequate. If you’re looking for coverage of a particular story, unless they happened to include it as one of the two or three they specifically list in the index, you just have to search. Is it in the South section, or maybe the Nation? No way to know except to swipe your way through the different sections. Then, of course, there’s a good chance it’s not there at all, because their coverage is very spotty. There used to be more Opinion columns in the printed newspaper too. Now it seems there’s barely one, if that. And finally, there seem to be a lot fewer obituaries. I suppose fewer people are willing to pay the exorbitant price they charge when they can’t even get a printed copy of it.
[May 2024 Update]
Well, they’ve completely changed the UI, but they haven’t fixed any of the underlying bugs. I use the iPad version. Closing the iPad to go get a cup of coffee will mean you probably have to start over. I have yet to read a single issue without at least one crash.
[May 2024 Update]
Well, they’ve completely changed the UI, but they haven’t fixed any of the underlying bugs. I use the iPad version. Closing the iPad to go get a cup of coffee will mean you probably have to start over. I have yet to read a single issue without at least one crash.
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Great News Paper
I enjoy the paper online everyday.
Great News Paper
I enjoy the paper online everyday.
Terrible app
If I could, I’d give this zero stars. This is one of the worst apps I’ve ever used. The biggest problem is, it seems to have Alzheimer’s, because it’s can’t remember anything for 5 seconds. Reading the newspaper, and get a text? Switch away from this app for a few seconds, and guess what? You have to find your place all over again! You even have to open the edition you were reading!!
This is especially annoying when working the puzzles, because if you have already partially solved one, ha!! Too bad, have to start all over!
The index is also inadequate. If you’re looking for coverage of a particular story, unless they happened to include it as one of the two or three they specifically list in the index, you just have to search. Is it in the South section, or maybe the Nation? No way to know except to swipe your way through the different sections. Then, of course, there’s a good chance it’s not there at all, because their coverage is very spotty.
There used to be more Opinion columns in the printed newspaper too. Now it seems there’s barely one, if that.
And finally, there seem to be a lot fewer obituaries. I suppose fewer people are willing to pay the exorbitant price they charge when they can’t even get a printed copy of it.
This is especially annoying when working the puzzles, because if you have already partially solved one, ha!! Too bad, have to start all over!
The index is also inadequate. If you’re looking for coverage of a particular story, unless they happened to include it as one of the two or three they specifically list in the index, you just have to search. Is it in the South section, or maybe the Nation? No way to know except to swipe your way through the different sections. Then, of course, there’s a good chance it’s not there at all, because their coverage is very spotty.
There used to be more Opinion columns in the printed newspaper too. Now it seems there’s barely one, if that.
And finally, there seem to be a lot fewer obituaries. I suppose fewer people are willing to pay the exorbitant price they charge when they can’t even get a printed copy of it.
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HSV news
I think there’s more news in here than in the newspaper. I like the new format— easier to use. Took me a minute to get used to it, and now that I have, this is really good.
Revised review.
I did not give a very good review to begin with because I didn’t care for the new layout, but now that I have gotten used to the format I have found that I really like the Lede.
Very unhappy
We were promised an e-edition of our Huntsville Times for when we were on vacation. THIS IS NOT THAT! Light on content. Comics are better, obits are nice, but this is a toy newspaper.
Love The Lede
Really am enjoying this new format. The content is good and the visual design is impressive. Thank you
Bring paper back
This is new “thing” is horrible. I want my newspaper back!!!
Huntsville Times e-edition
what happened to my e-edition of the Huntsville Times? I do NOT this Huntsville Lede version. I want my e-edition back
Please Bring Back The E-Edition
Please bring back the e-edition exact replica of the print paper that as available until mid-October 2021 when it was replaced by “The Lede”. Thanks!
Bring back the Huntsville Times
AL.COM has replaced the Huntsville Times app with The Lede, a news magazine which is an insult to subscribers that value a newspaper. It is impossible now to read the newspaper on an iPad. The only feature worthwhile on The Lede is the comics, which is totally appropriate for this replacement.
Update a Bust!
New update does not allow viewing the print version of the Huntsville Times. You only get a magazine type publication. Bring back the old app!!
Support Your Local Newspaper
Not as slick as the NYT or WaPo apps, but very good rendition of our local paper. Paper is printed only a few times per week, but daily updates through the app.
Support your local newspaper.
They are our only reputable source of local information.
Support your local newspaper.
They are our only reputable source of local information.
Hsv Times
love the local news stories and supporting my local paper
Great News Paper
I enjoy the paper online everyday.
