CNET: Best Tech News & Reviews Reviews – Page 9
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Difficult to navigate!
rover master
Ever since it updated, you cannot scroll down! FIX IT! UPDATE: Been fixed. Great job!
From bad to worse
Yosman 1
You started getting the videos back. It was no where near the organization or the content that made CNET a go to app for technology news, but it was a start, but it seems that even the limited videos that were available have decreased significantly. I believe the latest casualty is Brian Tong and his Apple Byte and gogalicious What a sad excuse for a tech site that lost everything it had by its own doing The air waves are ripe for some other app to take over and put this sorry excuse of an app out of its misery
App usability is terrible and ugly.
Wyfye
CNET. Smh. While your content is always accurate and produced well, this new app design is terrible. It was fine the way it was a couple years ago. I can’t find the Applebyte, Roadshow, or even search for reviews anymore. Umm it’s similar to Apple removing the headphone jack. What are you thinking. Fix it and keep it fixed. Stop changing usability for aesthetics. This is why I’m now giving CNET 2 Stars. #Wyfye
Great Functionality and Design
Bflying
Update: The option to stop autoplaying videos was added and works great!!!! Thank you!! I added a star for that AND for listening and replying to feedback— if i could do 4.5 I would have done it, thank you for listening to reviews and implementing changes, also you replies and feedback are fantastic!! (unfortunately replies are rare on the App Store, which makes you guys great because you listen and follow up, amazing!!! This app is one of my favorite technology news sources, I highly recommend it!! Many times I’ll find new products because of this app, and I really on the review, images, videos, updates, pricing, etc. to make my decisions. It is a key go to app (not just a tech news app). I’m just waiting for deals and product search to work and 5 stars it will be!! Thank you again. Love the easy navigation of this app. It’s very clean and simple to get around! I really like being able to look at product reviews! My two complaints (hence 3 stars) the Autoplaying Videos! I can never use this app at night or in quiet place because of a video blaring out. This needs to be changed ASAP. Second, deals don’t work. Other than that it’s a really good news app!!
Horrible update
Alamonica10
No search. No access to navigate videos quickly. Video controls went backwards and are less intuitive. A whole tab dedicated to “deals.” Clearly this update helps CNET control what you see and not what users have asked for. Go back to the old app. Such a shame.
Same Old Thing
AllCarsEatGas
They have two apps on the store, they both show the same stale news. Awful. The recent update was a resounding...success? So many new display and usage bugs. Congratulations, you have outdone yourselves.
Comments haven’t returned!!!
AlteRocK
It’s been over a year since commenting was promised to return. Do you have an estimated time for the return of that feature. The web version is very unintuitive in a phone or tablets. Malfunctions a lot.
One step forward, two steps back.
DeAndre R.
I tapped a picture to view it and had no way of going back to the original screen other than closing the app and removing it from the app switcher. A mess of an app.
Brutal update to app - getting better
Rumblebee!!!
April 29 Update. Wow, no more Brian Tong and Chris M at CNET either. I noticed Chris went out of his way in his goodbye column to mention the former Managing Editor who hired him, but no mention of the current Managing Editor who has overseen the loss of numerous great, former, CNET contributors. Question for CNET. 1) Have the 20 or so great features and reporters been lost to cut cost, or does management actually think the site is better and more interesting today? Before you answer, look at the reviews the last 6 months, not many 4 or 5 stars. BTW, not sure this is the proper place for this critique, but since you no longer allow comments from iPads, this is the place to express opinions. Feb. 19 Update. Raised from 1 star to 3 stars. Progress is being made, especially nice to be able to save articles, and videos are easier to find. Still need to work on some issues below, and also crashing issue, especially videos that crash and make you watch ad again to finish video. FYI, can’t log in on iPad, or at least isn’t obvious not to log in. I've been a loyal reader since I got my first iPad about five years ago. First, they have ended many of their best features like Dong NGO, Bridget Carey updates, the 404, and How to videos. Now they refresh the interface. They eliminated saving articles...great idea...nobody wants to save some articles mid-week and look at them during free time on the weekend, right? They also removed the ability to search for videos and articles. After purging great staff the last couple years, one of the last interesting features is Brian Tong's AppleByte. Wish I could find it to watch in the next couple of days, but you removed the ability to search for subject articles or writer/reviewers. The new interface is nice, but how stupid can you be as a news organization to remove ability to search for and save articles? Sorry Chris Matuszak, I like a lot of your quirky stories, but I'm not going to open every article hoping to see one of yours. BTW, half the articles have to be opened at least twice to get them to load. Needless to say, I am disappointed.