DoubleFeature App Update

Posted Jul 1st @ 10am by jemmons

Today we release DoubleFeature 1.2 for the iPad! This new version adds a bunch of frequently requested features, including:

• The option to be notified when new issues are released!
• Faster page flipping when tapping in the margins.
• More obvious “go back to the title screen” button. It’s now called “Done” and is on the left side of the toolbar.

We’ve also included a fun new feature: each story now has a selection of hi-res art perfectly sized to fit the lock- or home-screen of your iPad! Just click the “picture” button on the toolbar to see a list of images you can save to your photo library to use as wallpaper.

Why The Daily is an Abomination

Posted Feb 3rd @ 4pm by jemmons

(and how to fix it)

I am not a blogger. I’m just a UI designer and iOS developer. I don’t usually write about this stuff and don’t really have a stump from which to speak.

But the normal outlets I frequent for criticism on these matters are either silent or effusive about the $30mil train wreck that is The Daily. So this time I’ll play the critic. (UPDATE: John Gruber’s since delivered some spot-on analysis of the loading problem)

Train Wreck? Isn’t that a little harsh? I say no. For a media outlet designed from the ground up to be an iPad app, The Daily fails in almost every way to be iPad-like. There are lots of little misses and miscues in the design, but most of them contribute to breaking the same cardinal rule: “Your app shall be responsive.”

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