The Onion 1.0.0.0
Reading the satirical news and viewing the hilarious videos published by The Onion is now possible with the help of a dedicated client app that bears the same name and can be tried on most Windows Phone handsets out there.
Convenient layout, focused on ease of use
This utility brings you a plain GUI that doesn't have any eye candy graphical elements, but instead focuses on practicality. The few functions and commands it has are neatly ordered inside, so you can access them with minimal efforts.
As the application relies on the mobile version of the website, the menus and features you would use from your web browser are available from the main screen of this tool.
A visible letdown is the presence of some advertisement banners that are displayed in the lower part of the screen and keep on changing at a very high rate, while other adverts appear occasionally in full screen.
Enjoy a nice collection of news stories on the go
The Onion enables you to check out at a glance the latest headlines and pick the articles you want to read. The information is loaded promptly, with a minor delay as the content has to be fetched from the online database.
There are no text customizations or other similar improvements, but you have the possibility to zoom in the articles and pan the text, so if the writing seems too small, this will surely make it easier for you to read it.
The videos load quickly and the quality is very good, but there is no support for watching them in full screen, so you will have to view the clips in windowed mode.
Few navigation and content updating commands
The application lacks support for landscape screen orientation, instead it tries to compensate by offering a few basic controls designed to provide a simple way of going through the pages.
To be more precise, you have at your disposal, inside the main menu hosted at the bottom of the screen, a set of commands for moving to the next or previous page and also for returning to the home page with one tap.
In case you want to see the latest additions to the news database, there is a "Refresh" button in the same area waiting to be used.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI6
The interface of this utility has a really disappointing look and despite the acceptable layout, the bothersome ads make it lose a lot also. |
Function6
Without offering too many features of its own, The Onion serves as an interface for the mobile website. |
Security6
There are just too many areas of the system in which the app needs to look into, without an evident connection to its actual functionality. |
Battery4
Keeping this utility running for longer periods of time will have a visible impact on the resources, as the battery usage remains at very high values. |
Price9
All those who want to have a good laugh will surely appreciate the diversity of funny news and videos, even if they will have to put up with a lot of annoying ads. |
Compatibility10
Most Windows Phone users can give this app a go as it only needs version 7.5 and above of the operating system to function properly. |
Specifications
- price:
- Free with ads
- current version:
- 1.0.0.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.0.0.0
- developer:
- Free Apps Home
- category:
- INTERNET & NETWORK
- os version req.:
- 7.5, 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- No
- hits:
- 936