Just to add one further thought about the non-strict HTML available versions of publications: they often divorce themselves from the URL/Bookmark ecoystem of the web at large, and that is perhaps their largest evil.
What is the point of some slick and page-turning interface when they have no URL to bookmark, no way to return from outside the app, and most social bookmarking systems also will require a URL as a coin of the realm. I've seen Zinio and some of these companies/tools, but most of them seem to me like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. Chris On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Rob Enslin <robens...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all your comments and feedback. > Judging the responses it appears that the majority of you report > (anecdotally and with data) user experiences not living up to their > original > print versions and expectations. Whilst there are some advantages to be > gained (richer content, more visual, hyper-linking, tracking, etc) from > electronic versions, looking at alternative options might be better time > spent. Alternatives might include mobile (including apps) versions, > kindle-type offerings, and existing online improvements. > > Take aways for me include: > > "interest in digital editions was limited at best (proved by web stats)" > > *Patrick * > > "Ironically, the digital additions probably do better for those papers > whose > > web additions have UI problems or limit their online content: users may > > bypass the web to go to something more familiar and scannable." > > *David* > > "there's no evidence to suggest that anything beyond an article rendered in > > HTML provides any positive experience to the reader." > > *Jared* > > Best regards. > > --Rob > > 2009/7/14 Jason Pamental <jpamen...@addventures.com> > > > I agree with what's been written: the web-based experience seems much > > more worthwhile than the 'digital versions' with their interface > > quirks. > > > > What does seem to be an interesting development are the iPhone > > versions of things like NY Times: it's really quite good, and > > appropriate to the medium. A different experience than the web - not > > as 'browsable' as viewing a whole front page together, but much > > less clutter when your focus is just on the article itself. I wonder > > if anyone has tried the Kindle experience with the NY Times? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jason > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Posted from the new ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43670 > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > -- > / Rob Enslin > / robenslin.com > / twitter.com/robenslin > / +44759 052 8890 > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
