Nov 082008
I’ve been trying out the digital version of The New Yorker and my initial impressions are favorable. Like a lot of digital publications, it mimics the layout of the print magazine, complete with the ads and cartoons. The pages load fairly quickly and the text displays clearly when zoomed in. One annoyance is that the complete page doesn’t fit on the screen, forcing the reader to drag the page around with the mouse in order to read the article. But it’s a minor quibble and I’m glad to have the option to read the entire magazine without depending on someone to turn the pages. The digital edition also provides access to the archives going all the way back to 1925, but you have to be a paid subscriber to the print version.
