Portland, Oregon News From KGW Negative Reviews

Portland, Oregon News from KGW App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Portland, Oregon News from KGW app received 18 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Portland, Oregon News from KGW? Can you share your negative thoughts about portland, oregon news from kgw?

Portland, Oregon News from KGW for Negative User Reviews

✓ Too bad zero stars isn’t an optionIntrusive ads pop up all over each story as you attempt to read and scroll through them. Also, the same old stories remain in the list for weeks after they are no longer relevant. Terrible User experience and human factors considerations of how a user expects to read local news stories..TonymroVersion: 43.7.16

✓ Can’t get past first page listing top storiesThe old version of the app worked fine for me with no problems. Switched to new version 2 days ago and get the welcome page and then the list of a few top stories, unable to open the menu or any of the story links or the settings option..GuestincaVersion: 6.1.39

✓ Love KGW but not the app.Love KGW news. However this app is cluttered with things that have nothing to do with current news. It seems day after day the same stories from days prior remain and only a few updated stories. My main gripe is the weather section. Once I click on the forecast it crashes. I have sent many complaints about this but no fix. I deleted the app and will rely on another local news app..Duke avalancheVersion: 42.13.38

✓ Eh....used to be betterFull of repulsive ads that don’t apply to me or interest me. Video is slow to load and has commercials. There’s a LOT of advertising on this app. Sometimes videos stories don’t load then I have to watch the ad again. 😒 don’t like the new platform and they miss a bunch of local interest. Please improve immediately..RezellenVersion: 42.10.17

✓ Like a Bad Version of Click BaitThe application is wrought with advertisements that hover over news content and pull customers off of the page into a rabbit hole of garbage. This isn’t a news application as much as it is a repository of ads pocketed with predominately negative stories about human suffering and crime. If you wanted to help contribute to the pool of tools that do little more than increase our local pandemic of depression you have hit the nail on the head..TechnomotivatedVersion: 43.9.3

✓ Needs lots of workI find the new app hard to use. * The ads pop up, and disorients me when they appear. They should be preloaded. * There something with the swiping that makes me loose my spot. I end up going back and forth and then land on a favorite topic page. If there is horizontal scrolling on the page, make it more obvious. When I swipe the little blue dots, it takes me to a new page, not the horizontal scroll. I have to know to swipe below that indicator. Fix that peice, and it will help. * Video and Images lost their preview pics, and are just gray boxes. My home connection is fantastic, so it’s not a weak connection. Pull to refresh did not work. * Dud I mention the Pop-in ads? This is a bigger for me, so mentioning it twice. I hate apps that load ads while I am viewing something, and then move my screen. I understand ads are essential for making money, but there is a better way..Crazylady_orVersion: 6.1.34

✓ Repetitive NewsI look at this app everyday expecting to find fresh news. Everyday I am SO disappointed! There are usually one or two new stories, and the rest of the feed is full of stories that have been there for days or weeks. So. Lame! I also subscribe to the KSL app from SLC, UT. They have several new stories everyday. I wish KGW would do something similar..M.mac45Version: 42.11.8

✓ Terrible RevisionVery poorly organized and difficult to use. Most frustrating - instead of returning to the location on the page where an item was opened, upon closing always returns to top of page forcing user to scroll through entire page again. Previous version was much better. Have always used KGW for local news, now looking for alternative app..MommaMabel1Version: 6.1.37

✓ UninstallingWhy to uninstall: 1. Adding a favorite puts a bookmark to the top story to that category above the category listing. So, not only did you not get a convenient shortcut to access on the front page of the app, it only has one story in it. 2. Orientation on the iPad only works in two directions. Unless you enjoy reading upside down with the home button on top. 3. The story listings as a giant photo with headline means there is a LOT of scrolling 4. Stories aren't listed in chronological order so you have to scroll and figure out if something is new. 5. And everything else others have listed. I'm glad I don't work for whoever developed this app, it is an embarrassment of even basic usability..Reviewer_mpVersion: 6.1.39

✓ Just not goodBe EXTREMELY carefully when scrolling through, because you will very likely get redirected to the app store for some useless app. This is a recent issue- for some reason this puff something whatever app is just waiting to be installed. You don't even have to touch the ad, just somewhere near for the annoying popup. Uninstalling kgw..Toddzilla#toddzillaVersion: 43.5.19

✓ No good. Unnecessary update. Just bring back the old app.This app is hard to use...what was wrong with the old app with tiles and pictures of the top headlines? Now we get one headline and tiny text showing (at times) week old headlines. I read the “headline story” talking about how to use and customize the new app...so now I have a page full of tiles I have to browse to that contain duplicate information. First clue that you’ve developed a bad app: you have to publish a news story about how to use it Oh and not to mention every time you open the app you get an unnecessary (albeit pretty) splash screen that takes 5 or 10 seconds to get out of the way. Just open already!!! What do we want? Quick and easy! What did we get? Slow and complicated. I’ll be reading my news elsewhere..LintguyVersion: 6.1.39

✓ Needs Restart App FeatureThis app consistently hangs up when switching pages… especially after kgw uploads new content throughout the day. The blue “loading” wheel will turn and turn. The only way to reset the app is to power down and restart the device. There should be a reset feature in the settings menu for the app..Tennis Shoe JonesVersion: 43.7.16

✓ Not Happy About Your Chsnged Web PageYour previous website made it so easy to find the news stories. Then maybe a year ago or more you changed the format. Now your news stories are difficult to find all in one section. And you keep old news stories up on the site forever! I look at CNN, Washington Post, Guardian, New York Times, OPB,etc., online and none of them have the visually chaotic format you do. I often will now view OPB just to get a straightforward view of the news. I was a marketing executive for a number of years in Silicon Valley and managed a creative team including the webmasters and so I have some background in working to create a visually effective website for the public. Your site is not working well for us readers..KateseraseraVersion: 42.11.8

✓ IF YOU DO THIS ONE THING i’d use it all the timeIf i click the push notification to read the article… y’all like to link to other stories when you add in lil juicy info morsels - ya got me here another click, but then when i’m done with that one i have no way of going back to the previous article. it just takes me back to the homepage, and since the notification was from 12 hours ago the article isn’t even near the top and i ain’t tryin to look for it.Dyl Dyl Dolla BillVersion: 44.3

✓ Traffic?!I drive home from work on a VERY busy highway. I have my daughter check the traffic before I get on the highway and I heard that this app an upgrade. I told her to download it and she did. She looked for several minutes and couldn’t find the map with the colored roads to show where the traffic is. We ended up stuck in traffic for 40 minutes instead of getting home at normal time. Please fix this. I don’t want that to be repeated!!!!.Erynn1515Version: 6.1.34

✓ App freezes all the timeI have decided to chose another local news station app. This new updated version is horrible. Terrible navigation, hard to find articles except the top 5 that they want you to see. And then once I click on a link, it freezes and I can’t navigate anywhere on the page. The new upgrade is worthless. Shouldn’t have fixed what wasn’t broken..PDXAmmVersion: 6.1.39

✓ BummedThis app is harder to maneuver through than the previous. The titles of stories have smaller font and hard to read. It seems very disorganized and not much rime or reason for why stories are where they put. Its not user friendly. I have to do to much scrolling to find different stories. It makes me want to go find another website to get my information..Theviewer2019Version: 6.1.34

✓ Incessant ads must go!!!Update: Thank you for doing away with the ads for a short period of time but then you brought them back! 😩 A lot more people would use the app if you didn’t force us to watch 15-30 seconds of ads before we can view a news clip with volume! Super disappointed that wasn’t a permanent change! Although the news about the coronavirus is less urgent now, I want to follow news about George Floyd’s murder and the movement it has sparked that demands prompt and permanent change in how people of color are treated. Please find another way to show ads rather than showing teaser news clips on mute that make you view an ad to have volume!!!! *********** I love the notifications of breaking news but the same repetitive OHSU Health ad that you are forcing people to watch over and over for 15-30 seconds before we are allowed to view a 1-2 minute news snippet is ridiculous! And if we want to watch more than one news snippet, we have to watch the same annoying ad over and over. I get that advertising pays your bills but in light of the global pandemic & the public need for TIMELY updates on the health crisis that directly impact all of us, I would argue that a reduction in mandatory viewing of ads is very much overdue..MUSIACIALLY LOVERVersion: 42.6.45

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