JavaScript magazine nearly launched – sampler PDF available
We hit a couple production snags in the last 24 hours up to the planned launch, and made a strategic decision to hold off for another couple days. Although we know no launch can ever be perfect, we’re determined that issue #1 will be as good as we can make it. A byproduct of this decision is that the first issue will go from 32 pages to either 36 or 40 by launch.
In the meantime, you can have a look at a sampler PDF. Let us know what you think!
I got a error message: Sorry, the requested URL could not be found.
What did you do to get the error message? Email me at editor@jsmag.com
Ahh – I see the problem. My fault! Go to the jsmag.com homepage and download it from there. I’ll fix the link in a moment.
Does the actual issue also look like rubbish?
Sorry, I don’t mean to be rude, but this PDF really doesn’t look good. If it’s a PDF, then I would expect at least as good typography as one can achieve on a web page, not worse. I almost thought, that maybe there’s something wrong with my PDF reader.
Sure, the choice of colors is a highly subjective issue, but for me this blue-to-pink gradient looks like the lamest thing ever.
All lines are packed together so tightly, that it’s hard to read. Code examples are in proportinal font. I’m far from being a typography expert, but camon… using two dashes (–) instead of using m-dash (—)… how lame can you get?
The content looks good, but I can hardly stand the layout.
Hello:
I understand your concerns, and they are being addressed for issue #2. Without going in to too much detail, the person who normally does our layout work (for GroovyMag) was unavailable due to a family medical emergency. Finding anyone willing to take on a project of this size on short notice was difficult, but we did manage to get it out, primarily because, yes, the content itself is good. This was a decision with no easy answers, but I made the final decision to go ahead. Next month’s will be ‘back to normal’ so to speak, closer in spirit to the GroovyMag magazine, with clearer layout, mono fonts, and more of what you’d expect. The ‘proportional font’ issue – I’m somewhat embarrassed to say I’d passed this around to a number of other developers who’d also missed that. :/
I appreciate your feedback as this will make April much better. Thank you.