Thursday, February 27, 2014 (07:19) | Bart Breij
The news app for iOS NU.nl features a 7-appearance. The major update to version 4.0 also allows for the long-awaited portrait mode on the iPad. Originally planned for mid-2013 functionality performs the bulk of the update for the iPad. NU.nl 4.0 for iPhone and iPad also features the new Entertainment category. Furthermore, all the blue pages of general information addressed.
Faster and whiter
The first thing you notice when you start the application on the iPhone and iPad, is that the application feels faster. Scrolling, opening and closing pages articles just feels more flexible than in the previous version of the app. Also striking is the custom appearance. The color is pushed back into the app. Dark The app is on the menu bars whiter than before, which may be before your eyes as NU.nl the first app that your morning reading. Eerily It is a trait to iOS 7-design that we’ll see here.
Entertainment and appearance
The biggest changes are of a substantive nature. For example, the app immediately place the new Entertainment section from which it was launched. NU.nl by The section has been given a prominent place in the slider menu. On the iPhone you can now also find a list of related articles and read well below the post you are reading now. This function was previously on the iPad.
New blue pages: train, football and TV Guide
bar with the top of the screen buttons no longer run dark, but this is still the general information pages that refer to the buttons. They are almost all taken care of. On the football page now you will find a new Live button which you will immediately see the live games played. Goals and cards are processed in real time and thus are immediately visible on the page. Traffic page just does not mention about traffic jams and road works, but also about an incident on the track. You see faults and work up among themselves. That list could be clearer. An alphabetically or search would not hurt.
TV guide app has to tackle the penultimate NU.nl iPhone app. the old layout back You’ll find so four tabs: a station list, but also a rapidly now and soon per-view channel, a list of primetime programs by channel and an index of films broadcast on that day. The blue pages are still not the strongest feature of NU.nl. They still feel just a little slower, less responsive than the rest of the app.
NU.nl changes are the iPad
In particular, iPad users will be happy with version 4.0 of the NU.nl app. Publisher Sanoma has dealt with the often-heard criticism that the application was not read in the portrait orientation of the iPad , but only in the supine position of the iPad. The portrait mode is furnished as you would expect: the menu on the left side of the screen has made room for the items. You can pick up the menu by pressing the top left button on the screen.
But there are more changes on the iPad. The main menu of NU.nl is just like on the iPhone where you can scroll through a list, which you can press to change spots. Your own main categories of Which are then top menu. The categorization is directly between the iPhone and iPad synced via iCloud.
The only blue page NU.nl you exclusively on iPad reads, has also changed. Day Now still summarizes the news and developments of the day to put together, but the navigation has been updated. It has become easier to race, as heads because they are already folded. That quickly realize that tapping the screen. Moreover, you can easily swipe to the next item. For example, you can read all about the developments in Kiev after the other.
Progress for NU.nl on iOS
The introduced ‘new’ version of NU.nl on November 1, 2012 has a lot of criticism had to endure. Especially the alleged slowness compared to the previous application was an issue for many users, if you take a look at the App Store reviews. You see that criticism also reflected in the App Store-assessment is an average of two stars. But then won NU.nl away with the award for best news app in iCulture Awards. This is despite the App Store review so the called the news app that iCulture readers prefer to use the most of.
After updating to version 4.0 is much improved on NU.nl. The portrait mode iPad is finally, the app feels smoother and the blue pages have become more informative. The main menu has all the sections in a row still on the busy side, but it has now become.’s Main criticism And that means only one thing: NU.nl iOS has put a step forward
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Download: NU.nl (free, universal, iOS 5.0 +)
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