Former New York Times Web-Design Director Khoi Vinh Is Not a Fan of Magazines' iPad Apps

Khoi Vinh, the former Web-design director for The New York Times, is not a fan of most magazines’ iPad apps, calling them “bloated” and “user-unfriendly.”

Vinh goes into painstaking detail on his blog, Subtraction.com, and here are some highlights, but the entire piece is recommended reading:

To start, I think it’s too early to say anything definitive about whether these apps will become lasting delivery mechanisms for print content and brands. There’s still a lot that we don’t know about the iPad and its forthcoming competition, particularly about how user behavior will evolve as these devices become more integrated into daily life.

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