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Using Wired's awful iPad app and its ludicrous 700MB downloads as an example of how magazines are bad on tablets is a joke. Go try the Economist app and then c
by Legion 16y ago
Using Wired's awful iPad app and its ludicrous 700MB downloads as an example of how magazines are bad on tablets is a joke.
Go try the Economist app and then come back and try to make the same argument. I hardly read my print copies anymore.
- jgamman 16y agoseconded. worldwide distribution at midnight thursday. the economist is excellent (nb didn't translate the UX to the the sister pub Intelligent Life - good articles but doesn't behave as expected)
- johnrob 16y agoOne reason content can look good in a tablet is that it's designed with UX in mind. Print design has always favored maximizing the content per page over actual usability.