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If you use smaller iPads than the lack of landscape mode isn’t an issue but on larger iPads it’s painful.

This seems like cost-cutting or ignorance around how larger iPads are used. They’re big, they’re heavy so sit on something (on a table or your knees in a case) and are rarely turned. The lack of landscape mode is is surprisingly awkward in practice.

Keep the wide margins introduced in a recent update but rotate the app so it can be used with how larger iPads are orientated 99% of the time.

To get round the issues of the new layout on an iPad looking sparse and pathetic, the designers came up with the genius idea of making it portrait only mode… so basically iPhone sized layout on an iPad… because, of course, we all like using a large tablet device, to view a tiny iPhone sized screen! Really!
Every other news app I use works in landscape and portrait, and, wait for it, works differently on a phone screen, shock horror. This level of functionality is appalling.
Since the update I have been using Stuff, and only occasionally check back to see if they have fixed the OneNews app, but it looks like they are galloping down diarrhoea drive without a saddle with no intention of jumping off… time to delete the app. Such a shame as the reporting and articles were great.

Ok, please tell me why oh why are there so many bl***y ADDS on the news channel now. I counted over 30 on Wednesday news at 6. There are more adds than news topics or is it possible some idiots out there believe adds are more important than up to date news items. Don’t give me that bull***t because it’s free you can do what you want so that’s the way it is. I am from the old class of over seventies and don’t get out much these days and USE to enjoy the news channel but now it’s adds, adds and more bl***y adds. I think I will delete it and go back to the radio. Thanks for nothing.