After creating my first iBook (ePub) and releasing it for the iPad, I got lots of questions from people that wanted to do publications that were more graphically rich, containing interactivity and video. While ePub can support these things, it's not really geared towards a "layout rich" type document. So here's an example of the opposite end of the spectrum. Wired has just released their highly interactive Magazine with exclusive content as an App for the iPad. This App was created using Adobe InDesign CS5 and other Adobe technologies. Here's a Blog Post detailing the creation of this App and here's a video (in Flash) produced by Wired to show off the Magazine:
The App is $4.99 for the June issue and you can grab it here from the App Store.
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
OK Terry, now when will the Adobe Labs be telling us how to build such graphically rich documents with interactivity and video using InDesign CS5? There’s a hint from Adobe Labs that it will be this summer, but have you heard more about what they plan to share?
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201006/060110AdobeDigitalViewer.html
Well, whatever they come up with will probably be shot down with the release of OS4….Apple is not big on third party compilers…so if this is some AIR, or Flex backdoor…expect them to lock Adobe out…Objective C and it variants along with HTML 5 are the words of the day…