The Awl: Weekend Companion app for iPhone and iPad
4.9 (
1139 ratings )
Book
Newsstand
News & Politics
Developer: 29th Street Publishing, LLC
Free
Current version: 3.2, last update: 7 years agoFirst release : 26 Nov 2012
App size: 17.03 Mb
Latest reviews of The Awl: Weekend Companion app for iPhone and iPad
Atrocious Design & Typography Defeat Concept
My desire to read what looks like interesting content was completely thwarted by the terrible presentation of the material. Layout, margins, font choices – none of which seem to be adjustable – are all janky. And the type itself… ech: fake italics, improper punctuation (ever hear of apostrophes and quotation marks?), these all make it feel like a 90s Mosaic site. This may all seem ultra-pedantic, but these decisions all get in the way of reading. Compared to the experience of reading The Magazine (or anything in Instapaper) this is just grating. I would love another publication along the lines of The Magazine, but until they hire a designer, The Awl ain’t it.
My desire to read what looks like interesting content was completely thwarted by the terrible presentation of the material. Layout, margins, font choices – none of which seem to be adjustable – are all janky. And the type itself… ech: fake italics, improper punctuation (ever hear of apostrophes and quotation marks?), these all make it feel like a 90s Mosaic site. This may all seem ultra-pedantic, but these decisions all get in the way of reading. Compared to the experience of reading The Magazine (or anything in Instapaper) this is just grating. I would love another publication along the lines of The Magazine, but until they hire a designer, The Awl ain’t it.
Good concept, poor execution
I am a fan of the idea of offering a well-chosen selection of nicely-formatted articles for a low subscription price. Unfortunately, its impossible to know whether Weekend Companion articles are well chosen because the formatting is so terrible. Why are we inflicted with size 18 type on 4" phone screens? Please try to fit more than two sentences on a page. The navigation is also clunky and unintuitive. Take some design cues from The Magazine. Update - 9 dec 2012: Seems like no UI lessons have been learned. Still infuriating to read because of horrible formatting and layout choices. Hire a designer ASAP. Minus another star.
I am a fan of the idea of offering a well-chosen selection of nicely-formatted articles for a low subscription price. Unfortunately, its impossible to know whether Weekend Companion articles are well chosen because the formatting is so terrible. Why are we inflicted with size 18 type on 4" phone screens? Please try to fit more than two sentences on a page. The navigation is also clunky and unintuitive. Take some design cues from The Magazine. Update - 9 dec 2012: Seems like no UI lessons have been learned. Still infuriating to read because of horrible formatting and layout choices. Hire a designer ASAP. Minus another star.
A bit clunky
I dont mind the overly large font but I find the navigation when used left handed to be quite clunky and ultimately frustrating. I dont need to quickly flip between pages when Im reading an article.
I dont mind the overly large font but I find the navigation when used left handed to be quite clunky and ultimately frustrating. I dont need to quickly flip between pages when Im reading an article.
This is wonderful.
Great writers, great reads.
Great writers, great reads.
A lovely little jewel.
I read the Awl pretty obsessively, so Ive read much of the content before. But I read the Awl pretty obsessively, so Im also happy to finally have a way to offer my financial support. The app itself is minimalist and lovely and compulsively readable.
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I read the Awl pretty obsessively, so Ive read much of the content before. But I read the Awl pretty obsessively, so Im also happy to finally have a way to offer my financial support. The app itself is minimalist and lovely and compulsively readable.