[guardian-dev] We want your feedback on Courier

Shawn Van Every shawn at guardianproject.info
Thu Jun 19 12:08:50 EDT 2014


Michael,

This is fantastic and very constructive feedback! 

Thank you for taking the time to type it up and send it our way.

Best,
shawn

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> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:57:31 +0100
> From: Michael Rogers <michael at briarproject.org>
> To: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at guardianproject.info>,
> 	guardian-dev at lists.mayfirst.org
> Subject: Re: [guardian-dev] We want your feedback on Courier
> Message-ID: <53A1C4FB.4000408 at briarproject.org>
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> Some quick feedback from trying the latest nightly build:
> 
> * When testing the panic feature, I didn't realise I had to press in
> the middle of the radiation symbol to swipe down - I was trying to
> swipe on the arrows and it didn't work.
> 
> * The visual design is really, really nice!
> 
> * I didn't realise I was supposed to scroll to the bottom of the About
> screen and hit a button to get started - I pulled down the menu
> instead and tried to add a feed. All the URLs I tried failed to load
> because I hadn't connected to Tor yet, but the reason wasn't explained.
> 
> * Courier asks if I want to install Orbot via Google Play, but it
> launches F-Droid instead (which is good, but it should say F-Droid).
> 
> * After installing Orbot it's not clear how to switch back to Courier
> - - if I use recents to switch back to Courier, there are two F-Droid
> activities on the back stack and I have to use the back button to get
> back to a Courier activity.
> 
> * Back in Courier, I'm connected to Tor and I pull down to sync the
> news - the sync icon spins for a long time. Is it doing anything? Was
> I supposed to add a feed first? I go to Manage Feeds and some feeds
> have appeared. I come back, and some articles have appeared. I was
> just impatient.
> 
> * It looks like I can only read article summaries - if I click 'Read
> full article' if offers to use Firefox or the Android browser. Should
> I also install Orweb?
> 
> * If I click on the feed name above an article, the view is filtered
> to show articles from that feed. How do I get back to the full view?
> The back button takes me out of the app. (Oh, OK, I have to use the
> navigation drawer.)
> 
> * If I'm viewing all feeds and I choose Share Feed Via Messaging, all
> my feeds are pasted into a message. I expected to be able to choose a
> feed to share.
> 
> * I don't understand what Share Feed Via Courier is meant to do - it
> opens the Manage Feeds activity.
> 
> * Share Feed Via Orbot reopens Orbot's setup wizard...
> 
> * When I tap the notification icon to lock the app, the unlock screen
> is shown. At first I thought it was asking for my passphrase in order
> to lock the app.
> 
> This is a really cool app - I hope the nitpicks above will be taken in
> the spirit of constructive criticism in which they're intended!
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael
> 
> On 16/06/14 22:52, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> 
>> I've been using it and enjoying it.  Nice to have all my feeds
>> going through Tor by default, and yet have a nice, easy, modern
>> UI.
>> 
>> And for those who like to test using the bleeding edge builds, you
>> can get Courier from our nightly test build repo for FDroid: 
>> https://guardianproject.info/2014/06/06/automatic-private-distribution-of-our-test-builds/
>> 
>> .hc
>> 
>> On 06/16/2014 04:55 PM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
>>> 
>>> If you have been using our most recent app, Courier, please give
>>> us some quick feedback using this nifty new survey tool we are
>>> trying out:
>>> 
>>> https://okthanks.typeform.com/to/tXYKpF
>>> 
>>> (I promise it is quick, painless and won't require you to
>>> register)
>>> 
>>> Otherwise, if you haven't tried Courier, then you here is your
>>> chance to check it out:
>>> https://guardianproject.info/apps/courier/
>>> 
>>> +n
>>> 
>>> 
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