http://simonwillison.net/2010-05-28T12:13:00+00:00Simon Willison2010-05-28T12:13:00+00:002010-05-28T12:13:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/May/28/wired/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://interfacelab.com/is-this-really-the-future-of-magazines-or-why-didnt-they-just-use-html-5/">Is This Really The Future of Magazines or Why Didn&#x27;t They Just Use HTML 5?</a></strong></p> A scathing critique of the new Wired iPad app, which weighs in at 500MB per issue due to storing every single page as two static PNG images—one for landscape and one for portrait mode. “The only real differentiation between the Wired application and a multimedia CD-ROM is the delivery mechanism: you download it via the App Store versus buying a CD-ROM”. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/html5">html5</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ipad">ipad</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wired">wired</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cdrom">cdrom</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/multimedia">multimedia</a></p>