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49Kat · 04-14-2015, 05:31 PM

I have mentioned on another thread my ongoing issues with the Scribd app on my Apple devices, which started with the update to 3.9.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=255825

I've had several e-mail exchanges with Scribd about this, as well as this:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=258626

The second issue has resolved. The first one continues. With the most recent update, I am still seeing the freezes. I haven't timed it with a stopwatch, so far I've just counted and got to about 20 seconds. It really takes away from the enjoyable use of the app. The only reason I am continuing the subscription is because I like the book selection. If the time comes when I am finding I am not using it, whether due to finding my reading material more often elsewhere or if the freezing just becomes intolerable, I will just have to do what makes sense.

So far, I haven't taken the usual steps of uninstalling and reinstalling the app to see if that resolves the freezing with this current version (3.10). I suspect the freezing is caused by an attempt to synchronize with the server. I am just reading now with a device disconnected from the wifi, and there has been no freezing. It is unfortunate that there doesn't seem to have been a fix for this.

BTW, Bluefire doesn't synchronize gracefully either (the app freezes worse than Scribd if I have synchronization on, so I've turned it off) and Overdrive doesn't synchronize bookmarks and place at all, even though it claims to have that capability. The perfect reading app for me as far as functionality is Kindle. Books synchronize easily, I love the collections feature, and it just works. I want to read and enjoy my books, and I want them to synchronize across my devices. I am not interested in fussing with settings and troubleshooting. Kobo is second place, having overcome a lot of bugs it was experiencing a while back (to the point where I stopped buying books from Kobo until I got a 90% off coupon). The highlighting function in Kobo is performing properly once again as well, which is how it came ahead of iBooks for me. The books in the Apple store are generally the highest priced. I've actually only ever purchased one book from Apple, the rest in my Apple library are freebies and pdf's.

I haven't tried the audiobooks with Scribd, but if e-books have this much trouble navigating the server, I can't imagine audiobooks would be any better.

I really like the Scribd subscription model and I hope to see their service improve. I think it will. I could have happily stayed with the pre-3.9 app on my iOS devices, as I was having no issues with it whatsoever, and I don't read "comics" anyway.

04-14-2015, 05:31 PM	#13
49Kat Fanatic Posts: 580 Karma: 1309104 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: BC,Canada/NV, USA Device: iPad 9th Gen, iPhone 11, Paperwhite 10th Gen.	I have mentioned on another thread my ongoing issues with the Scribd app on my Apple devices, which started with the update to 3.9. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=255825 I've had several e-mail exchanges with Scribd about this, as well as this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=258626 The second issue has resolved. The first one continues. With the most recent update, I am still seeing the freezes. I haven't timed it with a stopwatch, so far I've just counted and got to about 20 seconds. It really takes away from the enjoyable use of the app. The only reason I am continuing the subscription is because I like the book selection. If the time comes when I am finding I am not using it, whether due to finding my reading material more often elsewhere or if the freezing just becomes intolerable, I will just have to do what makes sense. So far, I haven't taken the usual steps of uninstalling and reinstalling the app to see if that resolves the freezing with this current version (3.10). I suspect the freezing is caused by an attempt to synchronize with the server. I am just reading now with a device disconnected from the wifi, and there has been no freezing. It is unfortunate that there doesn't seem to have been a fix for this. BTW, Bluefire doesn't synchronize gracefully either (the app freezes worse than Scribd if I have synchronization on, so I've turned it off) and Overdrive doesn't synchronize bookmarks and place at all, even though it claims to have that capability. The perfect reading app for me as far as functionality is Kindle. Books synchronize easily, I love the collections feature, and it just works. I want to read and enjoy my books, and I want them to synchronize across my devices. I am not interested in fussing with settings and troubleshooting. Kobo is second place, having overcome a lot of bugs it was experiencing a while back (to the point where I stopped buying books from Kobo until I got a 90% off coupon). The highlighting function in Kobo is performing properly once again as well, which is how it came ahead of iBooks for me. The books in the Apple store are generally the highest priced. I've actually only ever purchased one book from Apple, the rest in my Apple library are freebies and pdf's. I haven't tried the audiobooks with Scribd, but if e-books have this much trouble navigating the server, I can't imagine audiobooks would be any better. I really like the Scribd subscription model and I hope to see their service improve. I think it will. I could have happily stayed with the pre-3.9 app on my iOS devices, as I was having no issues with it whatsoever, and I don't read "comics" anyway.