Just after midnight in Germany – I am proud to announce that today more than 1.000 requests from new users have been handled. All in all nearly 17.000 connections to Paper Pile’s backend server were logged in just one day. For comparison only, the best day so far had 4.000 requests.
Apple did approve Paper Pile update 1.2.1 which increases stability and performance dramatically. Besides the new “management mode” which keeps the dashboard cleaner, a badge with the number of unread articles has been introduces. It will be available for download within 24 hours.
The next update, scheduled for May, 25th will include localizations so Paper Pile will be prepared for the international launch.
I just submitted the minor update 1.2.1. It addresses issues users reported. Most important, it improves stability and performance. The dashboard was cleaned up a bit with the introduction of some kind of “management mode”.
See screenshots for a first impression. Hopefully, the update get’s approved soon.
Paper Pile’s update 1.2 has been approved. It will be available for download soon. Most changes have already been described here. Presumably, the new feed browser which allows you to browse the Internet to search and find feeds will be the most loved new feature – no need to open Mobile Safari anymore just to copy the URL.
Meanwhile, work on version 1.3 started. I received some messages from users asking for features. I’ll keep you posted. The next update is schedules for May, 25th. Please contact me if you have any suggestions or ideas.
Paper Pile’s update 1.2 has been submitted to Apple for approval. It includes a lot of enhancements and new features. The most important change is the new page-orientated management. You now create pages and add feeds to them which makes it easier to customize your personal newspaper.
Navigation is now supported by preview thumbnails. Every page can be “paged” down and up to read older articles. Articles now get arranged with less gaps and use the space much more efficient.
When adding new feeds you now have the choice to use the new feed browser which lets you navigate to the feed you want to use. It indicates available feeds with a little symbol next to the URL input field. When you tap on it you will see a list with available feeds which can be used with just another tap.
Paper Pile now uses SQLite as storage subsystem which improves performance dramatically.
See the screenshots section for more impressions.
Please contact me if you have further suggestions, ideas or problems.
Final test for Paper Pile update 1.2 started. It will bring a complete new user interface and some other nice features which will be shown en-detail here once the update is submitted. For now this screenshot should keep you excited.
Until now we’ve been saving all feed items so that new users get more items than the feed is posting at this moment. However, to avoid any legal issues this function has been changed. Items will now get deleted after one hour. This way we can handle a lot of requests without stressing the feeds’ servers too much.
When you open a feed in Mobile Safari on your iPad you will be redirected to a special site which reads the feed and displays a nicely formatted mobile website. Paper Pile is now able to use this URL. Simple copy this address in Safari and paste it into Paper Pile’s URL field.
This feature is completely handled in Paper Pile’s backend. If you experience problems with one of these URLs please inform me using the contact page.
Apple just approved Paper Pile’s update. The updates includes several fixes and optimizations. It will be available in the App Store within 24 hours. All users are welcome to give feedback.
Meanwhile the development on better page management and polished UI elements started.
Paper Pile’s backend has new feed discovery functions. Most feeds will be discovered automatically. The number of sites that cannot be used with Paper Pile should now decrease.
When one of your sites do not work: please try again later. In most cases the problem can get fixed server-sided so you will not notice any interruption. However, the website cannot be used if it does not publish any RSS feeds at all.