Feedly - Smart News Reader 17+

I mainly use my rss reader when commuting on the tube. They're great as you download the data to the phone so you can carry on reading on the train.

Feedly doesn't seem to do that properly, as when I refresh the feed it seems to update and can read for a little while. But then while I'm going in and out of articles it will say "no connection, please refresh" and not let me access articles that have already been downloaded.

It also seems to have issues with downloading images in the background

Never have I known an app so good with one minor UI issue that effectively prohibits use of the app. That issue is the inability to scroll through content. Feedly has 3 navigation options: Stack, Swipe, Scroll. But Scroll is in fact another version of Stack, where content is grouped into screen-sized stacks. Only one stack can be seen at a time. You then ‘scroll’ through stacks, but the stacks snap into position.

Every year or so I try out a new reader (since google reader disappeared). I try out Feedly and am reminded each time why I could never use it.

It requires such a simple fix: add a natural scroll feature, with no Stack snapping. The eyes can then remain locked in position while the content scrolls. Currently your eyes need to read top to bottom, then repeat for each new Stack. It sounds minor, and it is an extremely simple fix, but it’s frustrating enough for me to not want to use the app. Please fix this!

I’m not sure what this update has accomplished other than to annoy your users by the look of things. I hate the new continuous scrolling feature - please give us back the old page option. I also prefer the look of the older app - at least that broke up the content with some larger images - now you just have the option of a list or a grid of exactly the same sized tiles… boring.

All I really want from the app is a quick way of scanning my news feed and the ability to quickly add anything interesting to Pocket where I can later read/file/delete it - and now that feature has been removed from the free version.

I understand that you have to make money somehow, but I’d prefer to see ads than subscribe to yet another app.