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Jim Whetren03/05/2010 11:03:30
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Terryd,David & Circlip,
 
Terry - I should read everything before doing anything! Thank you.
 
David - I apologise for being a pillock, thank you for your input.
 
Ian - You are right, today is my birthday, I'm too old for this.....
 
Thank you all again, I promise to Buck Up.
 
Best regards,
Jim
Circlip03/05/2010 11:37:59
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Whatcha doing NEXT weekend DC1???????????????????????????
David Clark 103/05/2010 11:50:00
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Hi There
Harrogate I hope.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Hope there are no woman drivers on the road Sunday.
Damn woman wrote my car off going home from Myford.
If the wife's car gets wrecked, I have been told not to go home.
regards David
 

Edited By David Clark 1 on 03/05/2010 11:50:25

ColH14/05/2010 00:49:13
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I may have missed something somewhere along the way but I thought at one stage the lastest edition of MEW was made available in digital editions section before it was availabe in the shops and shown on the home page.  I know a few complained about this (I can't understand why as if you don't want to see it early then don't look) but I looked forward to the sneek preview of the next edition before the paper version arrives in my mail box.  Any chance of going back to the way it was?
regards Col
Gorak17/05/2010 17:45:08
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I bought a subscription to your digital issues of MEW last week based on my experiences with the digital editions currently available with my MEW subscription.  I found the reader to be quite usable and easy to use.  Because of a vision impairment, I find it difficult to read from a screen for long periods of time and I liked the old reader because It allowed me to print multiple pages when I found and article that I wanted to read offline.
 
Today I find that you've changed your reader to eMag Creator which I find to be a bit more difficult to use but, more importantly, only allows the printing of one page at time.  Is there a particular reason for changing readers?  Are you actually trying to discourage subscribers from being able to print articles for offline reading?  I'm sorry to say that I find this to be a disappointing change that has diminished the usability of my digital subscription.
 
David Clark 117/05/2010 19:02:47
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Hi There
The new reader is much faster than the old one.
I will ask about printing.
regards David
 
Gorak17/05/2010 19:12:13
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Hi David,
 
Yes, I'll give you that - the new reader is certainly faster.  Another minor annoyance I've noticed is that, if you have enlarged the page so that it exceeds the screen size, whenever you move your cursor the page image moves with your cursor which is usually not what you want while reading.
 
Thanks for looking into the printing issue.  It would be great if one could print a range of pages like the old reader. 
 
There is always a bit of teething pain when you introduce new technology.  I appreciate that you have the best interests of your subscribers at heart.
 
Thanks,
Steve
 
john swift 117/05/2010 21:01:48
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Hi David ,
 
prompted by steves last post  , I have just had a look at the new flash reader
 
is it faster because you are saving on bandwidth ??
printed pages have less resolution and are now shades of grey and white
compared with the old reader and slower printing one at a time
 
which ever reader is used in the end , it would be helpful to any one with vision  problems
 if single pages can be displayed full screen like you can with adobe's pdf reader 
 
when used with  a wide sreen rotated by 90 degrees ( like  zerox did years ago )
you can read the whole page without scrolling up and down
just as i can with other magazines and books i have bought in pdf format
 
i hope my comments help
                                                best regards
                                                                         john
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gorak17/05/2010 23:33:11
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On a totally different note, and at the risk of sounding over-critical, issue 34 gives an error when you try to load it.
 
Thanks,
Steve


Gone Away18/05/2010 00:58:21
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I hate to admit this but I haven't figured out how to make the new reader print even one page
Circlip18/05/2010 12:05:18
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Yes Steve, but it shows it FASTER.
 
  Regards  Ian.
 
 Do the paid for Digital archives print in grey shades or is it just the mag subscription freebies?????

Edited By Circlip on 18/05/2010 12:07:26

john swift 118/05/2010 17:03:29
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I have just printed a page from MEW115 and MEW146 to confirm my previous test
the printpout from the old reader was better than the new emag creator we have now
I could adjust my printer setting to make the print darker but then it will be wrong for
every thing else
for now i'll save the paper and toner while we and wait for the next upgrade
 
                                      thanks
                                                   john
Gone Away18/05/2010 17:16:12
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Posted by john swift 1 on 18/05/2010 17:03:29:

for now i'll save the paper and toner while we and wait for the next upgrade

 
My guess is that the restricted printer capability is deliberate so I wouldn't hold your breath.
Gorak18/05/2010 17:31:36
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Posted by john swift 1 on 18/05/2010 17:03:29:

I have just printed a page from MEW115 and MEW146 to confirm my previous test
the printpout from the old reader was better than the new emag creator we have now

I suspected as much.  As I was browsing some issues yesterday the text seemed harder to read (blurrier).  It appears to be a lower resolution than the old reader (which may account for the speed) but I initially attributed that to the fact that I'm reading much older issues now and I assumed that they were simply scanned at a lower res for some reason. 
 
I'd like to believe that they are not intentionally degrading the resolution or ability to print efficiently as that would surely be a disservice to the people who have already paid for subscriptions to view back issues.  I'm hoping this is just a case of working out the bugs of a new software installation.
 
Steve
 
Gone Away18/05/2010 18:12:42
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How actually are you guys printing this? I can see no control that allows printing when I view any of the issues.
 
I'm using Firefox. I can't view at all in IE ... it keeps telling me I need to upgrade my Flash Player to V8 or higher. I actually have V10 with IE and to make sure, I re-installed it direct from Adobe.
Gray6218/05/2010 22:21:30
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I currently subscribe to the MEW Archive.
As many have commented, the new flash based reader is definitely faster than the previous magazine viewer however, we no no longer have the ability to print articles. Although this change has improved the readibility of online materiel, I doubt if many have computer access in the workshop, and the ability to print out an article for reference in the workshop will be much missed, If this is to be the way forward, I for one will not renew my subscription to the archive, nor will I take up a subscription to the Model Engineer archive, something which I was considering In many ways this is a step backwards, not forwards, I .would prefer a slow reader with the ability to print rather than a flashy reader that does not provide thsi facility.
John Stevenson18/05/2010 23:15:46
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If the page stayed still long enough to read it then it would be useful.
It's just too cluttered with arrows, turning pages and zoom in zoom out to be taken seriously.
 
I had hells own to get it to display as I hate Flash and any Adobe products as they take over a machine and it won't work on older cut down versions of flash.
 
Anyone notice the setting in Flash that asks " how much information from Myhobbiestore do you want to keep on your machines " ?
 
I signed up for the old reader, not this new version.
 
John S.
john swift 119/05/2010 01:05:26
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has any body  looked at the flash player nuts and volts magazine use ???
 
you have the choice of reading one or two pages and selecting to display fullscreen
as well !
 
print current page  or  page x to page y   or    cover to cover
 
and the choice of downloading a pdf copy we don't have   - just a dream for now ????
 
I must say , I would not use any flash player by choice . 
even with a fast broadband link  , they are all slow compared to a local  copy on your own machine.
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gone Away19/05/2010 01:36:17
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Posted by john swift 1 on 19/05/2010 01:05:26:

and the choice of downloading a pdf copy we don't have   - just a dream for now ????

 Just a dream, period. Unfortunately the portable document format is a bit too portable for copyrighted material that the owner wants to protect.

Alberto Gilberti19/05/2010 10:11:28
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Hi.
I reached MEW Digital last week and I had the chance to use the old reader system. Not good but not so bad. The page resolution was decent but not so high anyway.
When today I entered my account and tried to read an issue with the new reader I was very disappointed that I could not print a set of pages anymore and the whole resolution was lower than the one I had before, with the old reader I mean!!
I don't think it is corret to change the rules of the game when playing or at least give the chance to the subscribers to go one way with the old and slow reader or the new way with the fast one. For a time period they both should be present.
This is my 2 cents.
 
Alberto
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