New Microsoftware allows you to read the news in a portable handheld format

I came across the story earlier this morning:

Somehow it reached several media outlets; probably because it's Microsoft. Think of that overblown Origami UMPC hype.

Books were made in the form of books due to practical limitations, which date back centuries into the past. Trying to takeelectronicform and convert it intophysicalanalogies is a mistake and a step back. It will only ever appeal to seniors who antagonise technology.

Such tendencies and preference are definitely flawed. Some prefer to digest information as A4-sized PDF, which should should be perceived as past notion (how often do you come across the term "PDF warning"?). Newspaper Web sites are notorious for failing to cope with Web standards and modern notion. They try to emulate actual papers and aim for that 'pixel perfect' layout.

The shift from electronic to paper form misses the point and conveys nothing extra. It is inflexible. Printing-'printability' should rarely take precedence. This is another example of demoware which offers very little and has no innovative value. The last innovation I heard about were peripherals that allow you to purge spam by kicking or stomping. This came from Microsoft. These are all 'Mickey Mouse inventions', in my humble opinion.

Best wishes,

Roy

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