![]() The analysis of the anti-Clinton commercial gains significantly from the user's ability to actually ![]() No spinning GIF89a's (bravo), but a clip from an Ella Fitzgerald song in her obituary and a video clip of a Republican anti-Clinton commercial in a (very good) column analyzing political advertising. Shows promise compared to traditional magazines: the first is multimedia which is used in very appropriate ways to enrich the stories. There are two other uses of the online medium where Takes advantage of its immediate distribution to provide previews of these other magazines before they reach their subscribers. ![]() : comments on other magazines obviously become much more interesting when the target is a click away from the commentary. This column is also one of the few examples of innovative uses of the online medium in That surveys major stories in other magazines and includes links to any online versions. A useful set of links is provided in a column called Most articles end with a small set of selected links to background materials or contrasting views but there is no attempt at non-linear writing within the magazine itself. The use of hypertext is very conservative with no use of embedded links in the body text. The design is claimed to be optimized for Internet Explorer and even though some HTML purists will no doubt deplore this, I find it hard to criticize Microsoft too much for this sin in the current climate on the Web. Use its budget and obvious avant-garde leanings to pioneer mainstream use of interactive cartoons along the lines of Mark Hurst's work at the Media Lab.Įven though the articles are too long for comfortable on-screen reading, their presentation is obviously designed for online viewing with liberal use of HTML tables to lay out multiple columns that look better on the screen than on a printout where they lead to excessive waste of paper. It would have been more interesting to see At 610 pixels wide by 849 pixels tall, only users with large monitors will be able to see all of the artwork. : much more compact (thinner glossy paper that is better bound than the output of my printer) and better cartoons.ĭoes have a comic strip but it is not well suited for the online medium: it is simply a scanned drawing that has been anti-aliased to a not-very-attractive three shades of gray. If I wanted to read long printed articles, I would be better off with Of course, users could simply print out articles, and the site does provide a printable version for download. ![]() In fact, often longer than the content warrants. Is not designed for online reading: the feature articles are all In fact, I have not read every last article in this issue since doing so would be too hard to endure. This review is based on early experience with the first issue of Is mainly a failure due to its inability to adjust to the online medium, though it sports several promising innovations and appropriate uses of the Web. Is Microsoft's new attempt at a "serious" online magazine edited by Michael Kinsley. ![]()
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