Date	Author	Comment
2025-02-09	An*****	I downloaded this after a long interval of reading on the web or on paper. Crashes on launch, sadly.
I downloaded this after a long interval of reading on the web or on paper. Crashes on launch, sadly.
2017-04-04	ol*****	I am disappointed that the premier professional organization for computing professionals couldn't deliver a higher quality app. Setting aside the fact that it looks like it was built by a Ph.D. Grad student in the 1990s for X11 Motif, it crashed on me twice just trying to open the current issue.
I am disappointed that the premier professional organization for computing professionals couldn't deliver a higher quality app. Setting aside the fact that it looks like it was built by a Ph.D. Grad student in the 1990s for X11 Motif, it crashed on me twice just trying to open the current issue.
2013-12-09	po*****	I have used a lot of apps on the iPad for reading magazine content. I've reviewed the leading ones in my blog. This is the absolute worst of all I have ever used. It crashes. It does not handle figures properly. And the interface seems to go out of its way to prevent you from doing what you could have done by just using Safari. To whomever worked on this app. I'm sorry. You need to actually try a few reader apps, and then go back and try to use this one to actually read the whole magazine. ACM: BE EMBARRASSED to have your name associated with this app.
I have used a lot of apps on the iPad for reading magazine content. I've reviewed the leading ones in my blog. This is the absolute worst of all I have ever used. It crashes. It does not handle figures properly. And the interface seems to go out of its way to prevent you from doing what you could have done by just using Safari. To whomever worked on this app. I'm sorry. You need to actually try a few reader apps, and then go back and try to use this one to actually read the whole magazine. ACM: BE EMBARRASSED to have your name associated with this app.
2013-06-22	Ti*****	The application doesn't work on ios 6.1.3 It crashes immediately after I sign in. I reported this bug almost a year ago and nothing has changed. I find it a bit ironical that ACM cannot build a good app for the community.
The application doesn't work on ios 6.1.3 It crashes immediately after I sign in. I reported this bug almost a year ago and nothing has changed. I find it a bit ironical that ACM cannot build a good app for the community.
2013-02-11	13*****	The article content is there, but the interface is awkward, there appears to be no offline reading, and the login-every-time thing makes this "app" feel like a bad swallow of a web page. Some aspects are good, but on the whole this app needs some serious help. I'm hoping for a redesign rather than an update; until then it ranks as the first app I will actually delete.
The article content is there, but the interface is awkward, there appears to be no offline reading, and the login-every-time thing makes this "app" feel like a bad swallow of a web page. Some aspects are good, but on the whole this app needs some serious help. I'm hoping for a redesign rather than an update; until then it ranks as the first app I will actually delete.
2012-12-30	Es*****	I love that I can get the CACM contention my iPad easily. What I really don't love is the user experience of this app: - It doesn't save your user name and password in the keychain, so you have to enter it every time. This is a real impediment to using the app, especially if you use a reasonable password for your ACM account. - It's not Retina everywhere. It's been many months since the iPad with Retina Display came out, but many graphical assets haven't been updated. At least it shows real text, not bitmaps (like many terrible magazine apps show), so reading is itself easy. - It's poorly organized. The sidebar/article layout would be much better if it were a traditional iPad-style master-detail split view layout (with popover/slide-out in portrait orientation) than the way it's currently set up. Similarly, it has "tabs" across the top that would be far better implemented as a tab controller in the master part of the master-detail view. - It doesn't use Newsstand. "The Communications of the ACM" is the perfect candidate for a Newsstand app and should really be one. This would let it download the latest issue in the background automatically, show the latest cover as its icon, and so on. It would also show what a Newsstand app could be, as (if the above issues are addressed) it would take advantage of the iOS platform well to provide a good reading experience. Fortunately all of the above issues should be fairly straightforward to overcome, and I'm hopeful that they will be. Perhaps the ACM would consider making the app Open Source so members can contribute to making it great,
I love that I can get the CACM contention my iPad easily. What I really don't love is the user experience of this app: - It doesn't save your user name and password in the keychain, so you have to enter it every time. This is a real impediment to using the app, especially if you use a reasonable password for your ACM account. - It's not Retina everywhere. It's been many months since the iPad with Retina Display came out, but many graphical assets haven't been updated. At least it shows real text, not bitmaps (like many terrible magazine apps show), so reading is itself easy. - It's poorly organized. The sidebar/article layout would be much better if it were a traditional iPad-style master-detail split view layout (with popover/slide-out in portrait orientation) than the way it's currently set up. Similarly, it has "tabs" across the top that would be far better implemented as a tab controller in the master part of the master-detail view. - It doesn't use Newsstand. "The Communications of the ACM" is the perfect candidate for a Newsstand app and should really be one. This would let it download the latest issue in the background automatically, show the latest cover as its icon, and so on. It would also show what a Newsstand app could be, as (if the above issues are addressed) it would take advantage of the iOS platform well to provide a good reading experience. Fortunately all of the above issues should be fairly straightforward to overcome, and I'm hopeful that they will be. Perhaps the ACM would consider making the app Open Source so members can contribute to making it great,
2012-12-27	Ju*****	Really bad.I could get it to show 2 lines of the cover... and it does request the credential again after it crashes! Not worth the effort. I gave it one star in the hope that the people working on it may get encouraged to do better...
Really bad.I could get it to show 2 lines of the cover... and it does request the credential again after it crashes! Not worth the effort. I gave it one star in the hope that the people working on it may get encouraged to do better...
2012-12-01	An*****	This app does not work at log, it gives a network error. I guess the association of the computing machinery does not care about promoting the knowledge over computer machines. Interesting...
This app does not work at log, it gives a network error. I guess the association of the computing machinery does not care about promoting the knowledge over computer machines. Interesting...
2012-09-16	Ja*****	This app os almost good enough to give up the print version. All it needs is a way to stay signed in, and a way to add bookmarks
This app os almost good enough to give up the print version. All it needs is a way to stay signed in, and a way to add bookmarks
2012-07-26	on*****	First, I do LOVE reading CACM and the blogs on my iPad since I can increase the font size (print version is too small). This app could be improved: Fundamentally, it assumes that it is a fresh start when it opens. It asks for username and password and it refreshes the left column. How can I keep track of where I was or what I've read? Is there a way to scan and flag items I want to read? Can I keep my place while I check my email? Or play a quick game of Words with Friends? Are you really so worried that someone is going to read you content and, perhaps learn something, that you need to reauthenticate each time the app opens? This app needs to better fit the way we use our mobile devices.
First, I do LOVE reading CACM and the blogs on my iPad since I can increase the font size (print version is too small). This app could be improved: Fundamentally, it assumes that it is a fresh start when it opens. It asks for username and password and it refreshes the left column. How can I keep track of where I was or what I've read? Is there a way to scan and flag items I want to read? Can I keep my place while I check my email? Or play a quick game of Words with Friends? Are you really so worried that someone is going to read you content and, perhaps learn something, that you need to reauthenticate each time the app opens? This app needs to better fit the way we use our mobile devices.

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