[dba-Tech] Publishing and File portals

Gustav Brock Gustav at cactus.dk
Mon Jun 2 02:42:10 CDT 2008


Hi Jim

Should both links be the same?

While Issuu certainly is a nice implementation, this gives me the opportunity to express that one of the major misunderstandings of bringing print style material to the web is to simulate a book in a web browser. The web is not a book, neither is the browser, so why should a browser be operated like a book? The argument is that everyone knows how to operate a physical book and that is true - but still, a browser is not a physical book. Should you never have operated a physical book, the browser and Issuu wouldn't even do as a book simulator to learn you the task.

/gustav

>>> accessd at shaw.ca 01-06-2008 21:19 >>>
Hi All:

Here is a couple of interesting sites.

The first one allows you to publish a magazine or sales catalogue online
given you an excellent interface and loaded with features. The product is
totally free and claims to be that indefinitely: http://issuu.com/ 

The second is a drag and drop portal for transferring large files between
friends and businesses. Availability time frame can be set as well as
security applied. The resource is also free: http://issuu.com/ 

Check them out.

Jim 





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