Comments on: Using Zinio on a Sony U(PC) & Tablet PC

By: Howard

Howard — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:55:11 +0000

Also, not sure where to post this but has anyone tried Meedio ( http://www.meedio.com ) on their U? I have been using it for a couple of months now. Turns the U into a Media Center PC without the clunky Media Center OS. It has a huge user community that creates themes and plugins that are free. Even found some touch screen themes that look amazing on my U.

By: Howard

Howard — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:52:05 +0000

I LOVE Zinio on my U750P!! As if people at Starbuck’s don’t stare enough let them see you flipping through a magazine on it! I am a magazine packrat so electronic mags are the only way to go for me. Since the Zinio mags are searchable and the hyperlinks work I refer back to them often.

By: jk

jk — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:18:23 +0000

Hi Mark. I checked out the EmPRINT version of the Missourian you mention. It is indeed a nice electronic version. The only thing I did not like about it is that it is PDF (Acrobat) based and it takes over the whole screen, making it impossible to do other things while it is opened. If it just has to take the whole screen then it should at least scale the page to fit the whole screen. Running on my high res external monitor a lot of the screen was back with a band of the magazine in the middle. It was not very attractive. If you want to see a great example of how a magazine can take full advantage of the PDF format, look at Home Computer Magazine: http://www.homecomputermagazine.com/

By: Mark Payton

Mark Payton — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:09:08 +0000

I don't find the Zinio Reader very enjoyable to use. For me the metaphor of putting a paper magazine on screen doesn't work well. The Missouri School of Journalism is currently experimenting with an electronic version of their newspaper that works a lot better in my opinion. I talk about this at some length in my most recent posting at The Vermont Slate. http://vermontslate.blogspot.com/2005/04/rethinking-interface.html The direct link to their registration page, if you want to see it for yourself, is http://www.columbiamissourian.com/EmPRINT/