tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post7357231136977899557..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: Rant: digital versions of magazines - absolutely awfulDean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-25555787490908883642007-08-08T17:02:00.000+01:002007-08-08T17:02:00.000+01:00I share your frustration. My subscriptions to TMC...I share your frustration. My subscriptions to TMC mags have magically shifted to digital, which I almost never read for the reasons you mention, and because I prefer not to read at my computer - I have this odd habit of reading magazines on a couch, or in bed, on an airplane, etc. to make use of downtime AWAY from my computer.<BR/><BR/>That said, the only online magazine I actually enjoy is Red Herring - the reader is halfway decent and the content digestable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-31421033164664674022007-08-08T10:43:00.000+01:002007-08-08T10:43:00.000+01:00I agree with your comments, but I have a view why ...I agree with your comments, but I have a view why things are the way they are. For example, I have been reading Nature online for some time - it's free to our lab, and saves me walking down to the library at work (I'm so lazy). What would be so nice would be to have just the PDF available, rather than the hamstrung interface the NewsStand reader gives you - only one level of zoom, poor search, non-standard button types etc. etc. I think for some of these publications though that having this restricted interface is deliberate, as it makes if more inconvenient to copy (and then perhaps duplicate) large chunks of the content, rather than just the small 'fair-use' copying allowed by copyright law, e.g. a single-page article. This issue will still be true when we have fully-digital subscription magazines even if they're entirely funded by advertising - the publishers will want to get a fair return from each reader, and the advertisers will want to know their adverts are being read. So, just like restrictive iPod and WMP software, I think difficult online magazines will be the case for a while.Hywelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105879180190286032noreply@blogger.com