I'm pretty happy with this release. The changes in the release are:
• Improvements to swiping and the page transitions
• Improvements to the new 'show newest article' mode when selecting a new subsription (or set of subscriptions)
• Improvements to article refresh to avoid duplicated articles
• Improvements to the context menu displayed in the Article view
• Found another subscription which provided malformed dates. They are now handled
• Other minor changes
I found a problem in 2.0.1 where, if you were viewing unread articles and you swiped to the next article just as the previous one was disappearing from the list, you might view the same article again. I'm surprised that nobody else reported this to me. Just as a reminder - if you find a problem with LuckNews, please report it, I'm always happy to hear of problems encountered so that I can fix them.
In 2.0.1 I introduced a new mode which gave you the option of which article to view when you switched to viewing a new subscription. By default, you always view the most recent article you viewed in that list. The new option let you view the newest article in the list. I've modified how the initial article is marked as 'having been read' slightly to allow you to click on many subscriptions in a row and to not mark the article 'been read' until you pause slightly. I hope this addresses a workflow issue of clicking on the wrong subscription by accident. Nobody wrote to me complaining about anything, but regardless, I prefer this new workflow. Its a little subtle, try it out. Let me know if you like it.
I was also noticing, and had reported, that some subscriptions would sometimes show an old article again. This was related to the 'keep articles in LuckNews until they expire from the subscription' option. I believe this is fixed now.
The context menu in the article view pane is now much more complete - it has the types of items that are normally present in applications such as Safari. So you can now copy a link, copy an image, open an image and other options. The menu is context sensitive and generally contains more options.
There are also a few other minor things that were fixed.
A short note on the app price. LuckNews has been out for two releases now in its new format, which is as a free download with an available in-app purchase. LuckNews comes with the capacity to hold 8 subscriptions, if you need more than that you can purchase additional capacity for a small charge. Its interesting to me that the vast majority of the downloads of LuckNews have not upgraded to additional capacity. I have over 50 subscriptions I monitor in LuckNews. Come on people - there are all sorts of interesting things to read out there :-)
One last short note. If you haven't added a comment to the Apple App store, and you like the app, please add a comment. Developers such as myself depend on favorable comments in order to have the application be more widely accepted and downloaded. If you add a comment, or already have added a comment, you have my sincere thanks!
Please let me know if you find any problems.
All in all, its a pretty good deal for free, or almost free for those of you who have upgraded, right?
Enjoy!
Craig.
