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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:35:38 -0500, Bill Horne wrote:
I just got the email from the ARRL: "QST's Stacking Up? Get Digital QST Only". ... with a button to push if I want to opt out of getting the "dead tree" version of QST. Now, let me make it clear that I don't have any problem with people who want the printed version. I also don't have a quarrel with those who prefer an online publication. But ... I'm not an ARRL fan, so I don't know about what QST is doing right now, but we won't get into that. The only way I will subscribe to a "digital magazine" is if it's a DRM- free PDF file (like K9YA is). CQ/PopComm/WorldRadio use some proprietary format called Zinio, which from what I heard, makes the magazine ads as pop-up ads to click off, and cannot be converted to PDF (though they do say the articles can be printed, so I guess Bullzip or something might work for part of the article). No freedom, no open standards: I choose paper or a blog's RSS feed. -- Red Blade President of alt.politics, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, & talk.politics.misc Fanfiction Committee Chairman of alt.tv.beavis-n-butthead http://www.libertycolumns.com/ |
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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On 2013-01-13, Red Blade wrote:
The only way I will subscribe to a "digital magazine" is if it's a DRM- free PDF file (like K9YA is). Never, ever gonna happen. It's fairly crappy looking because of the DRM wrapper that it comes in. But if they simply made it a PDF or HTML what would keep you from sending it to 100,000 of your buddies? No reason to buy the cow when the milk is free... -- Jeff, KE9V |
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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On 1/16/2013 5:22 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
On 2013-01-13, Red wrote: The only way I will subscribe to a "digital magazine" is if it's a DRM- free PDF file (like K9YA is). Never, ever gonna happen. It's fairly crappy looking because of the DRM wrapper that it comes in. But if they simply made it a PDF or HTML what would keep you from sending it to 100,000 of your buddies? No offense, OM, but I think we're getting off track he I don't think DRM is the cause of the online edition of QST looking less-than-ideal. I don't care what DRM the ARRL chooses: the issue for me is that the online edition is just a page-by-page image of the printed version, and I don't feel that this is a viable way to make QST available online. 73, Bill, W1AC -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly) |
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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On 2013-01-17, Bill Horne wrote:
No offense, OM, but I think we're getting off track he I don't think DRM is the cause of the online edition of QST looking less-than-ideal. Sorry, but not off track. I was responding to another post. Check the thread a little closer. -- Jeff, KE9V |
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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On 1/17/2013 2:41 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
On 2013-01-17, Bill wrote: No offense, OM, but I think we're getting off track he I don't think DRM is the cause of the online edition of QST looking less-than-ideal. Sorry, but not off track. I was responding to another post. Check the thread a little closer. The DRM that ARRL uses is not real DRM, you can make unlimited copies, you can download as many copes as yoru bandwidth will allow, It is just that the first time you open a copy on any given computer you have to "log in" with your ARRL user name (Call) and password and you must be connected to the net. That one time. After that it opens normally. Older versions you can download PDF's. they are straight scans of the paper document. But you need to download article by article by article, Major pita. That said.. I have to say I do not really like the Nextbook system. Lots of reasons. Even if there are things in the digital version (like hyperlinks) they can not put on paper (Though they are starting to put a few QR codes on paper) I would much prefer say Mobi format (kindle) or Nook or ________. -- Nothing adds Excitement like something that is none of your business. Remove the invalid part to email me. |
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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On 1/17/13 11:34 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
... I don't care what DRM the ARRL chooses: the issue for me is that the online edition is just a page-by-page image of the printed version, and I don't feel that this is a viable way to make QST available online. I dunno, that's the way I prefer it. They can imbed links to more info so you can look at them if you want, which I think they do. How else would you want it? Anything else would be just a bunch of web pages, it wouldn't be QST anymore. FWIW, the iPad QST app works quite well. I wish they had an Android version too, I don't particularly care for the web version. To each his own, I guess. 73... Mark AA7TA |
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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On 1/18/2013 11:50 AM, MM wrote:
On 1/17/13 11:34 AM, Bill Horne wrote: ... I don't care what DRM the ARRL chooses: the issue for me is that the online edition is just a page-by-page image of the printed version, and I don't feel that this is a viable way to make QST available online. I dunno, that's the way I prefer it. They can imbed links to more info so you can look at them if you want, which I think they do. How else would you want it? Anything else would be just a bunch of web pages, it wouldn't be QST anymore. FWIW, the iPad QST app works quite well. I wish they had an Android version too, I don't particularly care for the web version. To each his own, I guess. 73... Mark AA7TA LKikewise on the Andriod request, I do have Adobie Air installed on my 'droid so it should be possible.... Have not yet tried it. I'm not an I-Fan. -- Nothing adds Excitement like something that is none of your business. Remove the invalid part to email me. |
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ARRL drops the other shoe on print version of QST
On 1/13/2013 11:39 AM, Red Blade wrote:
I'm not an ARRL fan, so I don't know about what QST is doing right now, but we won't get into that. The only way I will subscribe to a "digital magazine" is if it's a DRM- free PDF file (like K9YA is). The digital QST requires you enter your call an ARRL password the first time you open it.. So that's a form of DRM I'd guess. Though it's easy to get around You can make copies, (or download the same edition 20 times if you like) but you have to "Authorize" each copy by entering your call and password. I am going to go digital only .. This, however, is because of how I live (For a picture of my house QRZ my call) Paper editions cost me money. Digital does not. -- Nothing adds Excitement like something that is none of your business. Remove the invalid part to email me. |
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