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I don't think iPad magazine apps are a good solution. Seems like just another hack solution for publishers to charge money for something. I don't see how an iPa
by GBKS 16y ago
I don't think iPad magazine apps are a good solution. Seems like just another hack solution for publishers to charge money for something. I don't see how an iPad magazine app has another to offer that an HTML5/CSS3 site can't.
So in that sense, I can see how Apple simply doesn't want things to go down this route for the best interest of the users. It's an extra layer of complexity/technology/payments between the user and the content that is simply not necessary.
- delackner 16y agoSeriously? There are tons of situations where comfortably reading an offline magazine is much more convenient than depending on your 3G modem to trickle-feed you each successive page. The app content may make the most sense as mostly HTML inside, but up-front all at once download is preferable in my mind.
- GBKS 16y agoThat really depends on the magazine then. If you're talking about a Wired app that boasts 500 MB, then yes, you want to download it first. For most news and articles though, where the app would be just a re-hash of the website or where the content is largely text and image-based, I don't see the value. You could even intelligently load content in the background to prevent this problem.