AL.com: Birmingham

Name: AL.com: Birmingham
Rating: 1 (1 reviews)
Author: al.com

News

Free · Designed for iPad

1 Rating
Ages

4+
Years
Category

News
Developer

al.com
Language

EN
English
Size

12.8
MB

A fresh, redesigned app experience, making your trusted local news faster and easier to read. Features include: • Touch-driven, simple design with easy to read text. • View and share opinions with article comments • Notification options for receiving Breaking News • Enhanced photos and videos for optimal viewing experience • Top story and top video carousels to browse the most important stories • Navigation menu allows easy access to the most important sections, while allowing a deeper dive into your favorite sections and teams.

Ratings & Reviews

1.0

out of 5

1 Ratings

Less pics, more news
04/23/2014

Newsguy10
I am a huge news fan but your iPad format has caused me to look for other state/local news providers in a friendlier format. Landscape of course (how did you miss that before launch?) but almost as important .... more "clickable" news story lines and LESS PICTURES. I can only see 6 stories on one screen at a time. Of course I know I can scroll/slide ... but the whole idea of a good user app (to me) is speed and being able to access the stories I want with the fewest selections. And your picture format limits that to 6 at a time.Also wish you would rethink having the top line as videos. The titles don't even explain what the video is about. I encourage you to find your niche ... which I would prefer to be the written article with SOME picture/video options. The local TV stations can do the "all video" format. You all should focus on your strengths.Please consider these ideas.
Less pics, more news
04/23/2014

Newsguy10

I am a huge news fan but your iPad format has caused me to look for other state/local news providers in a friendlier format. Landscape of course (how did you miss that before launch?) but almost as important .... more "clickable" news story lines and LESS PICTURES. I can only see 6 stories on one screen at a time. Of course I know I can scroll/slide ... but the whole idea of a good user app (to me) is speed and being able to access the stories I want with the fewest selections. And your picture format limits that to 6 at a time.Also wish you would rethink having the top line as videos. The titles don't even explain what the video is about. I encourage you to find your niche ... which I would prefer to be the written article with SOME picture/video options. The local TV stations can do the "all video" format. You all should focus on your strengths.Please consider these ideas.
Ruined a good news app.....
03/22/2014

E Kent
The designer of this new layout needs some change management training- change without adding value has no value. I'm giving this one star only because it isn't possible to rate something "zero" stars.Maybe I'm getting old, but why fix what isn't broken. I don't care for the new format, no good for viewing an iPad with no landscape view. The sidebar navigation doesn't work near as well for me as the top pulldown menus. Whover designed this new layout must have liked the eye appeal but they certainly didn't try to navigate to find specific news-alot more difficult to find a specific area of interest. Won't be using the app. Looking elsewhere for my news as an expat Alabamian.....
Ruined a good news app.....
03/22/2014

E Kent

The designer of this new layout needs some change management training- change without adding value has no value. I'm giving this one star only because it isn't possible to rate something "zero" stars.Maybe I'm getting old, but why fix what isn't broken. I don't care for the new format, no good for viewing an iPad with no landscape view. The sidebar navigation doesn't work near as well for me as the top pulldown menus. Whover designed this new layout must have liked the eye appeal but they certainly didn't try to navigate to find specific news-alot more difficult to find a specific area of interest. Won't be using the app. Looking elsewhere for my news as an expat Alabamian.....
Not usable
08/13/2014

goldmine42
Navigating is frustrating and overcrowded with ads. I'm primarily interested in garage sales so when I opened this app and searched for garage sales, I got a ridiculously brief description. Clicking on MORE had the full ad, but navigating back to all listings was slow because the screen refresh was jerky and often moved back 2 pages. So then I had to go forward 2 pages again then scroll down to where I thought I left off. You get the idea - amateurish at best. I'll be deleting when I see that this review is posted so others won't waste their time.
Not usable
08/13/2014

goldmine42

Navigating is frustrating and overcrowded with ads. I'm primarily interested in garage sales so when I opened this app and searched for garage sales, I got a ridiculously brief description. Clicking on MORE had the full ad, but navigating back to all listings was slow because the screen refresh was jerky and often moved back 2 pages. So then I had to go forward 2 pages again then scroll down to where I thought I left off. You get the idea - amateurish at best. I'll be deleting when I see that this review is posted so others won't waste their time.
Constant crashes
10/08/2016

UlNvrNo
I don't know if it is due to iOS 10 or the iPad Pro, but media on the app is currently useless.If one considers the fact that the app doesn't discharge old media and grows its storage footprint ad infinitum to be a problem as I do, then the glitch I experience isn't a bad thing; the app crashes every time I attempt to view any embedded media. Therefore, it can't accumulate old data. Maybe the crashing in iOS 10/iPad Pro 9.7 is a bug fix rather than a glitch.
Constant crashes
10/08/2016

UlNvrNo

I don't know if it is due to iOS 10 or the iPad Pro, but media on the app is currently useless.If one considers the fact that the app doesn't discharge old media and grows its storage footprint ad infinitum to be a problem as I do, then the glitch I experience isn't a bad thing; the app crashes every time I attempt to view any embedded media. Therefore, it can't accumulate old data. Maybe the crashing in iOS 10/iPad Pro 9.7 is a bug fix rather than a glitch.

• Bug fixes and performance improvements Tip: You can save an article to read later by tapping on the Star icon at the top of the article screen. You can get to your saved articles by going to the Menu, then selecting ‘Saved’. Thank you for your feedback and recommendations, please keep them coming. If you like the app please consider leaving a review.