Originally Posted by Leumas

I read FT on my own laptop, my work computer and now on the iPhone. Sometimes, I mark all threads as read so the next time, regardless of which computer, I know which threads have new posts. It'd be nice if the iPhone can tell me which threads have new posts since the last time I visited (regardless of device).



Personally, I don't think this bubble serves much purpose. The number in the bubble is the number of replies (as I compare my desktop version on the iPhone version). While I can kind of see why you'll want to pick the threads with more replies to read, on a mobile device, screen real estate and bandwidth are still king. I'd still read a thread with a title that appeals to me, rather than one with lots of replies.

May I suggest getting rid of this bubble, and put the number of unread posts in there. We have the blue dot on the left hand side to indicate a thread with unread posts already - combine the two?



Now that I've used it a few times, 'Home' isn't empty, just takes a little while to load. But I'd still like to see 'My FT' there as the first screen.



Fair enough - However, I'd echo others' comments (and I've also touched on it previously). With the ads and the menu system, about 1/3 of the screen is lost already. Can we lose one of the ads (at least) and have a smaller bottom menu or implement something like Mashable's app or the Huffington Post's app where the menu automatically hide unless you tap the screen?