[Macworld]

Post your comments for HuffingtonPost.com for iPhone here

[snowyowl]

Yes, the design/execution of abundant content is pretty awful with font sizes being out of control. So like dealing with the NYTimes slowness, having a home screen button for quick Safari access is useful too . But HuffPo is nowhere near as bad as the Rachel Maddow app in terms of bad design really getting in the way of interesting thought!
BTW, with a 3Gs phone now, the NYT app is cool -- speed-wise.

[vfx2k4]

I can't view their mobile site on my old Blackberry either- always crashes horribly. Their coders suck...

[sigzero]

Why would I waste space on my iPhone for that crap?

[Chris Breen]

sigzero said:

Why would I waste space on my iPhone for that crap?

Before we get into a battle over the site's content, let's stick to the topic of whether or not the app is a good way for those who care to, to access that content.

[JakeB]

I was wondering how long it would take some backwoods buffoon to politicize this review.

Congratulations, Sigzero.

Why even bother to attack an app you've never used, which accesses content from a website you clearly have no interest in?

[thebiggfrogg]

I can report that the HuffPo appears to be on the radar overseas as well as it is blocked in China: both the website and the iPod Touch app. I spent several frustrating hours baffled as to why it wouldn't work on the iPod (two different updates) until I finally realized that the website itself is blocked.

[strangemax]

Macworld you're ruining you're credibility by posting political stories. This story goes beyond reviewing an app to praising huffpo. I for one have had enough and I'm voting you off my favorites bar.

[Chris Breen]

strangemax said:

Macworld you're ruining you're credibility by posting political stories.

Again (and for the last time) this is a review of an app not a political story. If you want to talk about the app, great. If you have a problem with the Huffington Post, talk to the people who run it rather than posting your objections here. (And yes, the same rules would apply for a review of Fox News or Rush Limbaugh app.)

[flybynight]

Sorry, but with lines like "...programming glitch or nefarious Republican plot?" and comparison to Drudge (a site I just can't read because it's so ugly), this is not just a review of the app, but a plug for the site. That's fine, just don't act all high and mighty of your journalistic integrity when the inevitable counterpoint rears its head.

[Chris Breen]

flybynight said:

Sorry, but with lines like "...programming glitch or nefarious Republican plot?" and comparison to Drudge (a site I just can't read because it's so ugly), this is not just a review of the app, but a plug for the site.

The former is a little something we call "humor" in our land. And the Drudge comparison appears to be nothing more than a comparison of traffic.

I think you'd have to look pretty hard to find any plugs for the site in this almost entirely negative review of the app.

[flybynight]

Yes, I understand that it's humor. I didn't think the author seriously suspected a "nefarious Republican plot." Traffic = popularity... and many would consider that a statement of superiority. OK, if you insist, I'll admit that I could just be reading into that.
I guess my point is more this: you cannot seriously expect to have an article about something that is politically charged to not have opinionated comments. Just as you say... "the same rules would apply for a review of Fox News or Rush Limbaugh app." You would get the same kind of comments from the other side. It just comes with the territory.

[Chris Breen]

flybynight said:

>You would get the same kind of comments from the other side. It just comes with the territory.

I hold out hope that people can rise above such partisan attacks. Where they can't, we remind them just as strenuously to address the content of the story rather than grind a particular political axe. There are so many better places to do that.

In this specific case, the Huffington Post is a popular destination and, like it or not, is one of the few media outlets attracting money rather than losing it. For these reasons it's an app worthy of our attention. It's too bad it's not a better one.

[thebiggfrogg]

Just wait until you review the Al-Jazeera app! ; )