Thanks for all your comments and feedback. Judging the responses it appears that the majority of you report (anecdotally and with data) user experiences not living up to their original print versions and expectations. Whilst there are some advantages to be gained (richer content, more visual, hyper-linking, tracking, etc) from electronic versions, looking at alternative options might be better time spent. Alternatives might include mobile (including apps) versions, kindle-type offerings, and existing online improvements.
Take aways for me include: "interest in digital editions was limited at best (proved by web stats)" *Patrick * "Ironically, the digital additions probably do better for those papers whose > web additions have UI problems or limit their online content: users may > bypass the web to go to something more familiar and scannable." *David* "there's no evidence to suggest that anything beyond an article rendered in > HTML provides any positive experience to the reader." *Jared* Best regards. --Rob 2009/7/14 Jason Pamental <[email protected]> > I agree with what's been written: the web-based experience seems much > more worthwhile than the 'digital versions' with their interface > quirks. > > What does seem to be an interesting development are the iPhone > versions of things like NY Times: it's really quite good, and > appropriate to the medium. A different experience than the web - not > as 'browsable' as viewing a whole front page together, but much > less clutter when your focus is just on the article itself. I wonder > if anyone has tried the Kindle experience with the NY Times? > > Cheers, > > Jason > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43670 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- / Rob Enslin / robenslin.com / twitter.com/robenslin / +44759 052 8890 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
