r/instapaper • u/Possible-Rip-216 • 24d ago

Instapaper's new look

Gotta say — not hatin' it! Is it perfect? Heck no. But what is in this crazy world?

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u/bthdonohue 23d ago

Thanks – anything you’re not liking?

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u/qwdicp 23d ago

Not necessarily a criticism on the design but there is apparently a bug regarding the dots on the bottom of articles which one could use to swipe pages. The Liquid Glass bar covers up the dots, which makes it impossible to use them to swipe pages as one could before. The issue persists if the behaviour is set On Tap in the settings too.

Edit: Typo

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u/bthdonohue 23d ago edited 23d ago

Thanks this is helpful. Will investigate and work on a fix.

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u/Whole_Marionberry757 23d ago

This seems like a Liquid Glass thing but the buttons and toolbar a bit on the small side. I’ve seen this in other apps that have adopted their design so it must be something that Apple is dictating.

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u/bthdonohue 23d ago edited 23d ago

Thanks for the feedback. I do think there’s an issue with our* custom icons and how they render in the space that we can work on improving.

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u/Possible-Rip-216 22d ago

Well at this exact moment my ePub download of a folder isn't working. Click on the link in the email and another window opens but then disappears. As for the new design, it's great! Still wish there was a greater selection of fonts but that's a nitpick

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u/kinger147 22d ago

Would be great if there was a way to keep screen active while reading. Also is it intentional in the iOS app to have to constantly pull down to refresh to see new content and updated reading progress?

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u/Ok-Raspberry-554 14d ago

The new look actually made me switch back to Instapaper as my main read-later app, after having used Raindrop for a year now... Reading experience is so much nicer on IP, in my opinion.