Is Wired's App Really the Future of Magazines?

MBCook writes "Interfacelab has put up a review of Wired's new iPad app, and declared, 'The only real differentiation between the Wired application and a [1990s] multimedia CD-ROM is the delivery mechanism.' While providing little interactivity other than a fancy page-flip, the application is made of XML and images, including two for the text of each page in portrait and landscape mode. This seems to be why the application is 500MB. The article suggests this was done to get the app out quickly after Flash was officially vetoed by Steve Jobs."

Re:Separate content from presentation?

[DNS-and-BIND]

You're too old to be reading Wired. You're not their target customer.

Re:Obviously...

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Hey! Wired is the magazine that I can trust to print long, insightful articles about how the print media is dead!

Re:Well...

[martin-boundary]

Have you ever bought the print edition of Wired? Half of it is ads already. They were simply trying to replicate the print edition feel :)

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Re:Well...

[Minwee]

At least now when you flip the iPad up-side-down, subscription cards don't come falling out.

Don't worry, I'm sure there's an app for that.

Re:Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, plus, they warn you that they're tracking your viewing. I guess it was nice of them to warn us, but part of the Brave New magazine experience I am *not* looking for is a little mini- Conde Nast- panopticon.

With the next release of the app, the built-in camera will be used to monitor the presence of an unauthorized over-the-shoulder reader (the content is licensed for use by the end-user only); the good news is that it will automatically create a facial recognition database so you won't be automatically dinged another $1.25 if the same person reads over your shoulder twice.

Re:Separate content from presentation?

[Angst Badger]

Dear God, yes. If they ever do a Hellraiser movie in which one of the cenobites is a graphic designer, he'll drag people to hell using issues of Wired.

Re:Separate content from presentation?

[Anonymous Coward]

i would like to give you props, however, for properly captializing Wired's titles every time you used it.
i am impressed.

Re:Well...

[icebraining]

No, the person reading over his shoulder will be billed $1.25 - he will be fined with illegal distribution of copyrighted content.

Re:The Thrill Wears Off When the Math Kicks In

[Anonymous Coward]

About $1000 in 3G data costs in Australia.

Re:Well...

[Menkhaf]

Re: Well... (Score:5, Extremely Likely Near-Future Scenario)

Re:Well...

[Hognoxious]

I know someone who is (or was) an occasional writer for it. He was an asshole, so that was reason enough for me to not buy it.