Introducing Treesaver, my latest project (mentioned in today's NYTimes)
Hey all, I'm very excited to show off what I've been working for what feels like forever.
I'm very passionate about improving the state of reading online. It's amazing how many sites are actively user-hostile, it's like they are daring you to try and read the entire article by splitting it up across pages or throwing tons of annoying, flashing ads on the page.
This is my attempt to make things better :)
The NYT article is about our first publicly announced publication, Nomad Editions: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/business/media/11nomad.htm...
Quick video demo of resizing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt2iJZGqMpw
I'm happy to answer any questions.
Very interesting. Are you also planning to go after the eBook market?
On the technical side: are things like hyphenation and justification also on your todo/feature list? I've been thinking about putting my work on justification and hyphenation [1, 2] to good use, as the "rendering engine" of a HTML/JS based eBook reader. I haven't given much thought to page layout and scrolling, but I like the direction you are taking it for mobile and iPad users. I would personally prefer a different layout for reading on my desktop machine though (granted I prefer reading on my Kindle.)
[1] http://www.bramstein.com/projects/typeset/flatland/ [2] http://www.bramstein.com/projects/typeset/
"It's a new way to create content using visually appealing column and page-based layouts using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript."
Ah, that explains it then. Seriously, what is it?
My initial reaction was 'awesome', very cool, and just what the publishing industry needs. I hate the idea that each publisher is going to try to create their own 'app' and we'd end up with huge images and inconsistent layouts, etc.
However, is a column/page based layout really the best we can do with modern UIs? Pages between different sites/articles makes sense, but within a single article, I always found it to be a sacred cow. Same with columns. I know columns are faster to skim, but isn't there something better?
Maybe this is just a way to get a foot in the door with publishers so you are giving them something familiar, but I think a new standard will be introduced into the publishing world to better fit the technology now that we are no longer bound by the limitations of paper.
Isn't this just serving a standard HTML webpage using different CSS dependent on the device?
So, basically using a developed version of media="screen, mobile"?
If so that's pretty brilliant marketing.
ah, so this is what you meant when you posted about it in the "what are you hacking on" thread :) ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1570761 )
nice product! Does the content producer have to determine in advance what counts as important content, i.e. what content stays on screen when space is limited?
Did you use a PR firm to help place that article in the NYTimes? I'm looking for a good firm.
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This looks fantastic, and I will no doubt be a user. Keep us posted on progress
This is excellent, I really hope it becomes widely adopted. I linked you up immediately on our little Tumblelog