Comments on: e-Magazines Still Archaic? http://www.fashiondualite.com/2008/09/13/e-magazines-still-archaic/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:49:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dahlia http://www.fashiondualite.com/2008/09/13/e-magazines-still-archaic/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Dahlia Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:35:07 +0000 http://dualite.wordpress.com/?p=494#comment-218 I think comments are the best part of any article, you get to hear two sides of the story instead of just one. As far as reading the articles themselves, well I don't need it to be ultra fancy that it's almost a game to read an article. I would probably just prefer if T Magazine indexed their articles better, make the arrow buttons more obvious as to where they belong (there are scrolling buttons, and then there are buttons to skip through different sections). WSJ. has too much white space and makes it look larger than it really is. They would also need to index and archive their articles more properly (but we probably won't see that til the next issue comes out). Otherwise I like the format of their text, it's readable and you can share the content. But they really need to do something about those videos, that Airline video is embarrassing! I think comments are the best part of any article, you get to hear two sides of the story instead of just one.

As far as reading the articles themselves, well I don’t need it to be ultra fancy that it’s almost a game to read an article. I would probably just prefer if T Magazine indexed their articles better, make the arrow buttons more obvious as to where they belong (there are scrolling buttons, and then there are buttons to skip through different sections).

WSJ. has too much white space and makes it look larger than it really is. They would also need to index and archive their articles more properly (but we probably won’t see that til the next issue comes out). Otherwise I like the format of their text, it’s readable and you can share the content. But they really need to do something about those videos, that Airline video is embarrassing!

]]> By: Katlin http://www.fashiondualite.com/2008/09/13/e-magazines-still-archaic/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Katlin Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:48:57 +0000 http://dualite.wordpress.com/?p=494#comment-217 These are some good points that I had not really paid attention to, like the feeds and videos. My biggest issue with WSJ and T Magazine is that the way they present their articles is boring! Especially WSJ, it's just as if I'm reading an online article, which I guess is what I'm doing, but I would think they would want to turn the reading experience into an entirely new and engaging way. T at least presents the articles in a sliding way, but still not interactive enough to me. I don't know of ways that they can make them a entirely new experience, but I agree that comments are something that could really bring the dialogue to another level. The author gets feedback right from the people and we can also engage each other that way. Cathy Horyn's blog is an excellent example, I have never participated in their discussions, but wow, her commenters have the best comments! These are some good points that I had not really paid attention to, like the feeds and videos. My biggest issue with WSJ and T Magazine is that the way they present their articles is boring! Especially WSJ, it’s just as if I’m reading an online article, which I guess is what I’m doing, but I would think they would want to turn the reading experience into an entirely new and engaging way. T at least presents the articles in a sliding way, but still not interactive enough to me. I don’t know of ways that they can make them a entirely new experience, but I agree that comments are something that could really bring the dialogue to another level. The author gets feedback right from the people and we can also engage each other that way. Cathy Horyn’s blog is an excellent example, I have never participated in their discussions, but wow, her commenters have the best comments!

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