Comments on: The Austin American-Statesman Has a New iPad App: It’s Beyond Terrible

By: Richard Hatten

Richard Hatten — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:06:52 +0000

I actually like the way newspapers, such as the Austin American-Statesman, are displayed by Olive Software in their iPad app. I’ve read one or more daily newspapers for 50 years and I like the format of a real edition. Most news websites are jumbled messes. But Olive Software reproduces the newspaper experience. I think this is the only way newspapers will survive.

By: Bob Kowalski

Bob Kowalski — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:46:05 +0000

The Columbus Dispatch uses the same software. (Olive) I know what you went through and am also totally frustrated. All that your newspaper and mine are doing is offering a digital copy of the print version. They have taken the features of the Web that we take for granted and disabled them.