Mac Life Magazine

The Mac Life Magazine application is about the most perfect medium you can experience when reading about Apple related news. For starters the design and effort put into this application is noticeable from the start. Like most apps you receive a tutorial diagram on how to navigate upon first use. When reading content or coming upon a article the app becomes reminiscent of presentation software such as PowerPoint when the heading glides across the page. It gives a cinematic flair to the reading experience. Of course an application like this is takes advantage of the resolution and content is rendered in high gloss images and easy to read text. The design takes into account quality of image as well as navigation and user functionality. Even advertisements you look forward to viewing. All content is placed in areas that make it easy to read, notice and expand upon. Each page is equipped with cues to aid in your page navigation whether you are supposed to swipe forward to the next page, scroll down to finish a page or zoom back to the top at the end of a article. Up top on the left you will see page numbers for your current article so you get an idea of how much you have to read. A quick tap to the bottom of a page will bring up the control menu and from here you can perform all actions. Actions include glimpsing the index, locating where you are currently at in the index as well as the ability to share pages by way of e-mail or social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. In magazine functionality also includes being able to purchase items straight from a page. Readers of the physical edition can expect to see all the content they are used to and more. In terms of magazine management Mac Life does a great job as all Future publications apps do in allowing you to easily purchase single issues, subscribe to six month periods, quickly download and archive issues when you are finished with them as well as check your news inbox and contact support for help if needed. The application can also be set for push notifications for when back issues are set at half price or the ability to purchase all back issues are reduced. If you are a reader of the magazine you cant go wrong by incorporating the digital edition into your reading lifestyle. Arguably the best Apple industry publication already, the application only works to further this statement with the interactive reading experience provided and the option of managing all of your Mac Life content from the marketplace.

D. Hill about Mac|Life Magazine