A word on text shortening
Some users complain about the fact that Paper Pile shortens article texts so they need to open the web view to read the full version.
Firstly, they’re right. It is annoying having to tap, count to 3, tap on “Open…”, wait until the website has loaded.
That’s why the next update introduces a full text view activated just by tapping on the article. You than will have the choice to load the website.
Secondly, there is, somehow, no way other than cut the stories short if necessary. A newspaper’s layout highly depends on filled areas. It just does not look like a newspaper if there are to many emtpy spaces hanging around. To proof my word, I’ll show you a screenshot of the full text articles when using a very famous feed. Most feeds publish their news this way.
Feel free to suggest different way about dealing with these things. I appreciate every single hint.
The cutted text doesn’t bother me…not being able to read the full text without going to the full website really does !
Don’t mess up the pages presentation, just add a popup with the full text and photos !
And don’t forget the google reader support ;P
Hello,
First of all, Paper Pile is a great App. But the problem, desctiped in this article is the only thing i am missing. To Tab an article an to see the fool article without going to the original website.
The full text problem could be managed by dynamic hight of artickes like in a normal newspaper. In a “normal” newspaper are short an long articles.