Washington Post: Live News

Nowhere to report problems within the app. The comment window in the app takes a full page, but only presents a small box to write in. If you touch anywhere outside that box it closes the window losing all that was typed! The app should ask if you want to close the window yes/no! This is normal on other newspaper apps (not the Post). As is you have to Select All and Copy periodically to not lose what you have written! Do better!

It's a twitchy app, especially when reading the Print Edition. It seems to take a lot of taps, swipes, and other finger moves to navigate from page to page without being plunged to the online version of an article. When a print edition page is zoomed in, the app requires you to zoom out to look at a different section of the page (or to swipe to another page). I'd prefer the print edition mode of the app more closely duplicate the actual, paper print edition. Oops, the app just reset itself!

This app is designed like a clip bait. The "front page" of the app sensationalizes a few articles while ignoring everything else. It seems to work like social media, presenting me a reflection of my reading history instead of important news. Impossible to find articles seen in print edition. I can't get to scores in sports, can't see obituaries and comics requires a lot of scrolling to see what I want. I use print edition too much. At least clicking on print edition articles links to digital.

Imagine paying for a newspaper subscription, but the app won't actually hold an article open for more than 10 seconds before going back to the homepage, eventually leading to the app crashing. It's updated and all. Don't feel like I'm getting my subscription's worth. Plus, with them consistently changing who does the Seven in the morning, and always changing the music is just annoying. I come to you for news. Not different personalities in a podcast or funky transition music. I want the news.

Good news source, but too easy to accidentally "tap" an article you don't want to read, which counts towards your 10 free articles a month. They ought to prompt you to verify that you want to read it, or give you a few seconds to back out without penalizing. For all the ads, I think they could do that. Or maybe have you watch ads in exchange for reading.