Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Apr 28, 2014 16:33:42 GMT
Ok, when you go to Linns.com to loign, you can login now with the "desktop" or "tablet" version of the magazine.
I have always logged in as "desktop" and then downloaded the PDF to use on my Nexus 10.
When I tried to login to my account as desktop on my Nexus 10, it failed, because the desktop version uses Flash.
So I backed out and logged in as tablet.
I was greeted by an amazing tablet experience! One of things that always urked me with Linns was how an article would start on page 1 and then you had to flip to some page in the 40s or 50s to finish it.
Well, where it says "Continued on page ##, there's hyperlink that will take you directly to that page. And the tail end of the article, it says "Continued from page ##" and that's a link back to the article.
But it gets BETTER. You click on the text of the article and it loads the WHOLE article in a separate window with pictures you can scroll through and read.
Obviously you need to be online to enjoy the tablet view. If you're going some place without Internet, you should download the PDF issue. But it you have wifi, go check out the tablet version.
The new Olive software they're using is very nice.
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Post by 1840to1940 on Apr 28, 2014 20:30:57 GMT
I've noticed that there was a mobile option in the emails that Linn's uses to announce each new issue, but never tried it until your post. I just tried the latest issue on my new iPad and must say that I prefer the mobile to the desktop computer version. This is primarily because the zoom level is right for browsing on the iPad. My old eyes also like when you decide you really want to puruse an article--very readable. The only thing I don't like on either version is how Linn's does the links, usually for advertisements. They use an in-your-face method to tell you that the ad is clickable which I find distracting. (Sorry I know this doesn't make sense until you see it.) But it is a small price to pay for an enhanced reading experience. Thanks Andy.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
Posts: 1,591
What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Apr 29, 2014 12:25:49 GMT
I sat down on Sunday night and decided to catch up on last week's Linn's. I then laid in bed last night with the Nexus 10 and was going to read this week's new issue, only to find out that I read this week's issue on Sunday night. I don't know if they're routinely posting stuff Sunday night or not, but they definitely did this week.
They also need to change the date on each issue. The data should be the date released and not some future date to make it look like they're publishing faster that the other stamp magazines that no longer exist.
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