Comments on: Why can’t I move the iOS 5 “Newsstand” into a folder? (reader mail)

By: Ben Patterson

Ben Patterson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:30:00 +0000

Yep—annoying. More details here:
http://heresthethingblog.com/2011/10/18/put-newspapers-ios-5s-newsstand/

By: Steve Bruce

Steve Bruce — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:20:00 +0000

I installed the Wall Street Journal app on my desktop and then tried to move it to the Newsstand but I cant. So then I tried to install it from Newsstand but Wall Street Journal app is not available from the App Store from within Newsstand. Whats the point ? . . . if one of the world’s major newspapers is not allowed to be in Newsstand ?

By: Joe Decious

Joe Decious — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:11:00 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. Ha. Flash will NEVER happen. What's in it for Apple? Developers would stop making apps for the app store that apple takes 30% of sales from to make flash based stuff on the internet that they can keep 100% of.

By: Aleksandar Trajkovski

Aleksandar Trajkovski — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0000

In reply to Tarik Laasri. you cant unfortunitley :/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:28:00 +0000

I have 11 car related apps and for convenience I have them all in ONE folder names “Cars”. Now, thanks to this crappy app that we are being force fed with, I have 9 of my car apps in the “Car” folder and two that I am forced to keep in the “Newsstand” app. I AM NOT HAPPY about being forced to do this. It’s bad enough I had nightmarish problems getting the update to install properly (I spent over 5 hours today d**king around with things). Thanks Apple.

Now that SJ is gone, maybe they can finally give us flash capability.

By: RobertSeattle

RobertSeattle — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:09:00 +0000

I have iPads for my kids – we’ve put all the Apps they’ll never use are in a special folder – it is almost like the IOS 5 developers don’t have kids… Please Apple – let us delete or hide the newstand icon.

By: Tedra Elliot

Tedra Elliot — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:31:00 +0000

Newsstand is extremely annoying. I moved it to a folder, but after I plugged it into my compter it moved out of the folder again.

It makes my OCD brain want to smash my phone against a wall. Repeatedly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:58:00 +0000

I noticed this first thing after downloading iOS 5, shortly after realizing the travesty that had befallen the previously named “iPod” app (now it’s called “Music” and it’s aesetically and practically terrible; the artist view is the real bomb.) I can see the newsstand snafu being fixed with a 5.1 update soon, but it’s the sort of thing that shouldn’t have been overlooked. It’s bad enough that we have to put up with the apps we don’t want! Once again, those who play by the rules (don’t jailbreak, use real account information etc.) are not the ones who are rewarded. Apple has a real opportunity to foster an open-source like environment while still maintaining dominance and it’s increasingly going the route of Microsoft in the 90’s. A final word about the music app. Why can’t we choose from multiple layouts and themes instead of being forced to use only one. It really isnt that difficult.

By: Ben Patterson

Ben Patterson — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:02:00 +0000

In reply to Doug Overman.

I’m pretty sure that specific magazines need to add Newsstand support, and apparently the folks at The Economist have “opted-out”:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/12/the-ios-newsstand-is-open-for-business/

By: Doug Overman

Doug Overman — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:49:00 +0000

Do you know how to add an existing subscription to the Newsstand ‘shelf?’ I tried to move my Economist icon and it won’t drop into Newsstand. Thanks.