Update Disappointing – ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand Review

Zinio has ALWAYS been my favorite mag app......until the latest overhaul. Not sure what prompted the changes, but I’m not a fan of those changes yet. First, when the app opens, it defaults on the SHOP page, and there is no longer the option to set my default opening page. I understand Zinio wanting me to BUY, BUY, BUY, but 90%of the time I’m there to read. That means I ALWAYS have to manually select the READ tab every time I open the app. Aaargghh! The same is the case with what used to be the (elegant) Articles listing, opened by the menu button in the upper right corner of the screen. When tapping this menu button, it opens the PAGES view by default. So, I have to select the ARTICLES tab to get to the list if articles. I wish we had a setting for which of these tabs we want to default to in this view to save the added taps to get where I want to go. While its good to have the option to view my mags in PDF view (as it was before), or in TEXT view, once again I wish we had a setting to establish which view I prefer as my default view. Again, extra taps are needed to get to my preferred way to view my mags. The point is, this update now requires more screen taps each time I use the app. Finally, the ARTICLES listing (accessed by the menu button) is now shown in a tile view rather than what used to be a very elegant, readable listing of the articles. Now, the article titles are cut cut off on most or all of the tiles, and visually the tiles seem a step down from what we had prior to the update. And this on an iPad...
Review by KDub102.4 on ZINIO - Magazine Newsstand.