Enhancements to mobile app

Enhancements have been made to the mobile app so it loads pages faster and the menu loads super fast in almost all pages which the users frequent. This should make it a lot more easy to navigate the app.

Thank Microsoft for the Site Performance Improvements

All the site performance improvements rolling out tonight are thanks to Microsoft:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2013/10/22/windows-azure-announcing-release-of-windows-azure-sdk-2-2-with-lots-of-goodies.aspx

One of the problems is that the small instances on Azure are slow for older operating systems. Merely by allowing us to use Windows Server 2012 R2, the performance of sites are significantly improved. We will also be rolling out .NET Framework 4.5.1 which gives better performance.

Toolbar issue fixed in current app version

Please update immediately to be able to use the app again.

Minor changes to article display

To debug some issues of read articles showing up again, we have added tags like all, personalized, today etc to the articles so we can better understand whether personalized articles are being shown or you have run out of articles and we are just showing stuff from the common pool.

iPad updates being rolled out right now...

I personally use the site a lot through my iPad - especially now that the iOS app is not showing the toolbar and I am going to the site through Safari. There are some pain points which I am fixing right now.

v2.8.3 breaks toolbar in ios app

The fix is in v2.8.4 already submitted to the App Store. Sorry about this, in the meantime, you could simply use the browser to go to our website: todayamerican.com which will work fine.

This problem is happening because my Xcode does not debug on my iphone. 

Site backend updated

This should improve performance and stability, also added is an improved ability to hide duplicate articles.

Some Site Changes coming your way..

We have changed the site to make login mandatory because without login, we can't track your read articles. Makes no sense to keep it working the old way without login. Do note that articles can take sometime to load the first time after registration. Just come back in an hour or two if you have initial problems.

We are aware of the close button issue which came after the upgrade to iOS 7. Still trying to figure that one out.

The login page had a long standing issue where going to Google login opens the external window. Close that window using the close button and continue to login. A fix for this issue has already been submitted to the app store and you should be getting it soon.