Digital QST Survey
| Mar 17th, 20:48 | |
W7GSMJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Digital QST is useless on a 7" Tablet running Android Ice Cream Sandwich! Dec issue was un readable Current issue refuses to load. Fortunately other magazines/periodicals NOT supported by NXTBOOKS work fine. I presume.they were the lowest bidder, though you did pay someone to build an Apple app. |
| Mar 18th, 16:06 | |
AA6ETotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
QST works fairly well on my Nexus 7 tablet with Chrome and latest Android. A 7" screen is never going to be great for a full page view, but digital QST is still useful. It would be a lot better if QST had an alternate flowed-text view for Android, like Nuts & Volts, Linux Journal, and others. 73 Martin AA6E |
| Apr 5th, 19:34 | |
WB4ALMJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I have to agree with some of the comments above. 1) My primary and secondary computer systems are linux based. Regardless of what some people may think, :FLASH" on Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 is NOT stable under firefox, and there is no solution for it yet. (Problem first reported in November 2012.) 2) I have IOS based devices, and QST is totally unreadable there as well--- the print is way, way to small. (If you really want to have fun, try reading it on an iPhone. By the time you finish any article, including the letters to editor column, you will have no idea what the material was about, especially after flicking your fingers to expand the text to a readable size - not to mention pure page navigation.) 3) I do have a windows XP system available to me, running under VirtualBox. Eventhough I have multiple monitors, I have not been able to find a way to span monitors with Windows under VirtualBox. Under VMware, it would span monitors, but VMware no longer functions... 4) I, too, would prefer that QST be available under PDF, but understand why ARRL might not want to do so at thjis time --- primarly DRM rights. 5) When I first heard about the digital QST, I expressed my opinion about LINIX support - and was promptly ignored. 6) And before anyone thinks that I and some others are against "anything new", I'd just like to say that I have been in "Information Technology" for more than 50 years! 73, Bill wb4alm |
| Apr 11th, 23:52 | |
VK4APNJoined: Jan 17th 2005, 09:22Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
The Digital version is fine for computer viewing BUT the print quality obtained if you want to print out an article is very poor quality. Actually it is worse than very poor. Similar to 10th generation photocopy, barely usable. |
| Apr 15th, 15:09 | |
WB2NZOJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
I have a laptop with windows; downloading and installing AIR was very long and laborious; downloading and "installing" a specific issue was also long and laborious; and then after all the work, I go to open the issue and it asks me for my username and password. At that point I deleted all my QST email notifications, the present digital contents I downloaded, Abobe AIR and I was about to cancel my membership but decided to see what other Hams think. This "note" (for now) is the result. |
| Apr 15th, 17:39 | |
AA6ETotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
@VK4APN: What setup were you using for printout? There are many combinations of operating systems, printers, etc. My experience today with Windows 7 and an HP 8400 printer was not too bad. Printing from an "installed" (downloaded) app was good. The text showed some artifacts of resampling, which made it rather less attractive than the print version, but still legible and useful, in my opinion. Printing from the Flash website (online) was a bit worse, with text being underweighted (less bold) than normal. Photos and schematics were still pretty good. I have the 2012 ARRL Publications CDROM. Printing the same article from the CDROM PDF gives excellent results - a printout that is identical with print QST, at least up to my printer's capability. The moral is to use the PDF for best archiving and personal reprinting of articles. The problem is that it's priced rather high for members who have already paid for the QST content. You have to wait until the CD comes out, but you do get QEX and NCJ in the package. 73 Martin AA6E |
