But the real point of interest for developers is that apps, whether they're now on the equivalent of "page 1" or "page 20" (there are no pages anymore, it's just one long stream), all apps are rising on a rising tide.
However, for everything published since 2007, you can share the equivalent newyorker.com page, which is a full version of the story, and, for older pieces, a summary of the story, plus a link to view it in the archive viewer, and a prompt to sign in or subscribe for access.
The download footprint for a publication's layouts averaged around 90K for layouts, styling, fonts and nameplate images lighter than the equivalent web page or a single photograph from an article.
Unlike AOL Keywords — and today's rough equivalent, Facebook Pages — where the onus is on the brand to create, upload, and promote the most compelling content, Twitter's managed to get its users to do the hard work for brands.
"Just imagine if biblical characters posted status updates," Jeff Foxworthy, the genial host, said in one episode, setting up a question that involved the biblical equivalent of Facebook pages, "Faithbook" pages.
I've played a bit of Gardens of Time in my day, and what kept me coming back was the steampunk-y narrative thread that tied together what otherwise would have been the digital equivalents of pages from an I Spy book.
Though the Pocket PC type is clear and legible, each screen holds less than the equivalent of a page -- sometimes there are only five or six words to a line -- and you must keep pages scrolling by pressing a button.
There's no "home" page equivalent, so no "What's new" and no "Top lists".
The final structure is still evolving, and there is no single landing page equivalent to http://www.vrdc.cornell.edu/qwipu.edu/qwipu
So unless the Web developer provides a "text equivalent" in the page's underlying code, material in these formats is inaccessible to people who rely on screen-reader software.
