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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:57:31 +0100
From: Michael Rogers <michael@briarproject.org>
To: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@guardianproject.info>,
guardian-dev@lists.mayfirst.org
Subject: Re: [guardian-dev] We want your feedback on Courier
Message-ID: <53A1C4FB.4000408@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