New Scientist app good for
Really enjoy the selection of informative, well-written articles. What bums me most is opening links in the in-app browser is a dead end; theres no option to open the page in Safari so I can save to read later instead of interrupting my flow.
It surely is a late release -- I was waiting for a decent New Scientist app for almost two years. The app is OK. A bit buggy sometimes, but it will get better. Its one of the worlds best science magazines I know about.
You need a subscription to use this app. I have a digital subscription but did not use Zinio. The web site was a better place to read the magazine.
But this new app is great.
THE GREAT: choice of 3 font sizes; continuous scrolling (like Safari Reader); text can be selected and then searched on the web (choose define); can be used horizontally or vertically (all 4 directions); great navigation tools; easy flip to the next article; pictures, tables and videos can be zoomed in or out with a tap; and there are built in links to the web.
THE MOST DESIRED IMPROVEMENTS: the option of wider margins (the vertical look in the horizontal position), bookmarks (or have it return to the last article viewed in each magazine), a font size between medium and large, a way to create a list of favorite articles, links to a sidebar should not go to the internet and should look different than other links, a list of links at the end of the article with a brief description of what you will find at the web page.
Still the best science magazine for appreciating whats going on in fields other than your own and now its in the palm of my hand. Great stuff!
App does all I want... Of course its a great magazine. Much nicer than working with Zinio.
I love it when a company takes the trouble to build an app that customizes the experience of their readers. This is exactly what New Scientist has done. The Zinio app was buggy, clunky so I was ultra pleased when this came out.
Some bad moments
Was reading NS in Zinio, then switched to this. Landscape mode cuts off images with no way to scroll to see the rest, app always opens on table of contents instead of where you left off reading, no way to bookmark anything. Terrible reading experience.
If you subscribe through the app you wont have access to NS material online. The subscription fee is also much higher through the app.
The magazine works ok while online. However, when offline almost none of the links work because the content is not included in the saved copy on the iPad. Sorry, but I would expect that the digital copy of the magazine include the New Scientist context at the least. I would also expect that third party content be licensed to be included with the digital version as well.
Vast improvement over Zinio
Easy to read online or not, easy to manage storage
As in much better than the print version. Why? Because all the references within articles are hyper-links, taking me to the original research papers.
This is not an app. It is only viewable if you pay for subscription and use newsstand.