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On 2013-11-30 01:39:17 +0000, Juan I. Cahis 
<jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> said:

> Dear friends:
> 
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>> On 2013-11-28 20:01:54 +0000, Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> said:
>> 
>>> On 28/11/2013 18:33, Michael Vilain wrote:
>>>>> Buy an iPad.  AFAIK, the magazine reader is iPad only.
>>>> In fact, there isn't even a "magazine reader" as such. Each 'magazine'
>>>>> that appears in the Newsstand is basically just an ordinary iOS app >
>>>>> with some loosely standardized behaviour and some compile-time options
>>>>>> that make it appear in the Newsstand 'folder', which is why no two
>>>>>> of > them (from different publishers) look or behave alike.
>> 
>> On my iPad and my iMac I use Zenio;
>> <
>> http://www.zinio.com/www/index.jsp;jsessionid=3716A37400011C7C3CEB049D59E10BF9.prd-main-news2?_requestid=93452



I 
>> 
> think it is a good idea, maybe I will move my Magazine subscriptions to
> it. I don't know, however, if Zinio handles subscriptions to Newspapers
> too.

Nope! Just magazines. For newspapers I find dedicated apps the best way 
of dealing with those I get to regularly, and then there are some which 
are best left to a browser as their apps are not well implemented. That 
said Zinio does a pretty good job of presenting magazines on desktop or 
iPad.
< http://www.zinio.com/www/ >

You have options to view in 2 page landscape with zoom ratios of your choice.
< https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_419.jpg >
< https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_420.jpg >
...or 1 page landscape.
< https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_421.jpg >

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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Magazines Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> - 2013-11-28 08:38 -0600
  Re: Magazines Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-28 10:33 -0800
    Re: Magazines Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2013-11-28 20:01 +0000
      Re: Magazines Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-29 07:49 -0800
        Re: Magazines Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> - 2013-11-29 19:39 -0600
          Re: Magazines Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-29 19:28 -0800
            Re: Magazines Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2013-12-02 23:03 +0000
      Re: Magazines Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-29 16:15 +0000
        Re: Magazines Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2013-11-29 17:30 +0000
          Re: Magazines Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-11-29 22:55 +0000

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