I agree with Ellen. While it is fun to see the old articles in this format, they are hard to read. Even in Substack, there is only one level of zoom. For the pictures that are two pages (such as p. 89-90), the zoom is halved, so the words are correspondingly smaller, making it hard to read. It is also frustrating that each page is its own picture and you can't click forward from one page to the next to keep reading. I have to go back to the main page and click on the next picture, then adjust the zoom (again). It makes for a less-than-satisfactory reading experience.
The New York Times has archives where you can see the article/pictures in the archive but read the digitized version. Maybe something to consider?
Sorry, I disagree. While the zoom in/zoom out is better on the iPad, I still have to select on each picture individually to read the page. I find that annoying. At this point, this is a trial run (free for December) trying to entice me to pay $5 or $6/mo to subscribe to the newsletter. Frustrations like this make me less inclined to subscribe. Ruth & Co., are you listening?
Posting the 'old' articles in this format (photos of the print copies) its frustrating as they are truly impossible to read. Either they should be eliminated entirely, or digitized.
Hi Ellen. I can read these articles and my eyes are not exactly in pristine anymore. Are you reading them in the Substack app? If you are reading them in the Substack app (and not your email app), you can zoom in to relatively clean images of the articles and make the type quite large and easier to read. If you are just trying to read it in email or via the Twitter or Instagram apps I can understand your frustration but you should be able to eliminate the issue by reading the posts in the Substack app. I hope this helps.
thanks for the quick response I was trying to read them in the email. I'll try making that extra click to get to substack. But it IS an extra click.....
I agree with Ellen. While it is fun to see the old articles in this format, they are hard to read. Even in Substack, there is only one level of zoom. For the pictures that are two pages (such as p. 89-90), the zoom is halved, so the words are correspondingly smaller, making it hard to read. It is also frustrating that each page is its own picture and you can't click forward from one page to the next to keep reading. I have to go back to the main page and click on the next picture, then adjust the zoom (again). It makes for a less-than-satisfactory reading experience.
The New York Times has archives where you can see the article/pictures in the archive but read the digitized version. Maybe something to consider?
Great, I like to know this!
Delicious. The writing and the topic.
Ruth, I remember this recipe from Delicious. Isn't it the one you always made for your son?
Yes, it is. But it's better now that I have better ingredients.
Chinese Food has been in America for at least 120 years now.
Works fine reading articles on an iPad!
Sorry, I disagree. While the zoom in/zoom out is better on the iPad, I still have to select on each picture individually to read the page. I find that annoying. At this point, this is a trial run (free for December) trying to entice me to pay $5 or $6/mo to subscribe to the newsletter. Frustrations like this make me less inclined to subscribe. Ruth & Co., are you listening?
Posting the 'old' articles in this format (photos of the print copies) its frustrating as they are truly impossible to read. Either they should be eliminated entirely, or digitized.
Hi Ellen. I can read these articles and my eyes are not exactly in pristine anymore. Are you reading them in the Substack app? If you are reading them in the Substack app (and not your email app), you can zoom in to relatively clean images of the articles and make the type quite large and easier to read. If you are just trying to read it in email or via the Twitter or Instagram apps I can understand your frustration but you should be able to eliminate the issue by reading the posts in the Substack app. I hope this helps.
thanks for the quick response I was trying to read them in the email. I'll try making that extra click to get to substack. But it IS an extra click.....