7) zoom (Note that you can actually zoom at any time using the familiar two-finger touch method of Up for zoom in and Down for zoom out). d) A character Zoom mode that enlarges the 'Previous' and 'Next' notations at the bottom of the page. c) Dark mode, darkening the background of both the article and the app. b) A camera icon for closeup viewing of images within an article a) Allows you to read the entire article as one page with scrolling. Only some, presumably more recent magazines support this view. 6) Text View: This mode only shows up once you're reading an article. Therefore, remember which one you used when you want to end Fullscreen! Happily, the green button works, no matter what).) 5) Toggle Fullscreen (There's a bug here whereby toggling the macOS green button on the interface will make the page full screen, but render Zinio's button inert. 4) Bookmarks (Very elegant with ability to provide your own description). 3) Skip to page (This interface is very nice, using thumbnails of pages) 2) Contents (Sub-content sections will appear for more detailed information) 1) Zinio (This sends you back to your list of magazine issues). When you're in Full Screen mode, you'll see these icons at all times. What it actually does is show you icons for access to reading features. To me, it looks like the icon for left margin formatting. You'll see an icon for access to controls near the bottom of the left margin of the page. Instead, everything is controlled from inside the app. 3) Title A-Z (Click on a magazine title to access issues)ĭ) There is no actual menu control of the new Zinio Reader. 2) Publish Date (Same as above for further access) 1) Purchase Date (See numbers and arrows at the bottom of the page for further access) Be sure to archive them if you want to read them again later. :-(Ī) Once you've downloaded an issue, you have the options of Archiving them and reading them. The result is a self-contained application.ĭ) As a consequence of its self-containment of code, the app is now ~223MB in size, versus the old ~7.3 MB.Į) You're going to have to download all your magazine issues again. Bravo! It now makes use of JavaScript, AppleScript and native macOS code. ![]() It is indeed the successor of version 4.ī) Zinio is treating version 1.x as a new application, despite having the identical name to the old version 1-4 series.Ĭ) From what I can make out, the new Zinio Reader completely drops dependence upon Adobe AIR. Applications built with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and enabled for Newsstand will allow publishers to better merchandise their content with support for Newsstand push notifications and icon covers displayed on the Newsstand shelf, reflecting the latest issue of the magazine or newspaper.A number of publishers including Condé Nast and Reader's Digest have utilized Adobe's publishing tools to bring their content to the iPad, making Newsstand compatibility for Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite an important step toward making Newsstand the one-stop place for users to manage their digital subscription content on their iOS devices.Ī) The version provided here via MU is indeed labeled '1.1.6'. Publishers will be able to use Digital Publishing Suite to create files that are detected by Newsstand and automatically downloaded to the Newsstand shelf, eliminating long download times which can present a barrier to reading content on iPad devices. The compatibility will launch 'soon after' Apple debuts iOS 5, which is expected sometime this fall. Newsstand is intended to serve as the organization hub for digital subscriptions in iOS 5, offering users easy access to the latest content downloaded in the background.Īdobe's software will allow publishers to create digital editions of their magazine and newspaper applications that automatically deliver content to the Newsstand application on iOS devices. Adobe today announced that its Digital Publishing Suite will incorporate support for Apple's forthcoming Newsstand feature for iOS 5.
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