Reading the journal on a tablet

[John Ellis]

I just purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note tablet and want to read the journal online. I log into A A W website and go to the journal page, then I can't find any way to bring up any issue to read. I have an up to date membership with US mailing of the journal, but thought that we could still read it online.

 

[Mark Hepburn]

I just purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note tablet and want to read the journal online. I log into A A W website and go to the journal page, then I can't find any way to bring up any issue to read. I have an up to date membership with US mailing of the journal, but thought that we could still read it online.

Hi John. First, nice choice of tablet.

You should be able from the main page to choose "menu", the. "Current issue". On the image at bottom right is a "download" image. Choosing this link should open it as a .pdf that you can read.

Good luck and enjoy your tablet.

Mark

 

[Bill Boehme]

First, you need to be logged in if you haven't done that. Then, on the home page near the top on the right hand side just above the picture there should be a bar that says "Menu". When you tap it, you will see a drop down menu with a long list of items. Only a part of the list is visible, but you can use your finger to scroll the list up and down. As Mark said tap the one that says Current Issue. Don't select the one that says American Woodturner because it only leads to a page that describes what the magazine is all about. There is also another selection, AWJournal Archives, that will lead you to all back issues including the current issue.

 

[Matt Radtke]

Yeah i too have a samsung note 3. i couldn't really navigate the website in chrome and also couldn't pull up the current issue. I did have great success doing it on my PC and then transfering it to the tablet with some older issues too.

seems like chrome in android isn't too great.

message me if you need more details or can't figure out the process.

 

[Bill Dalton]

I have a Note 3 as well and while it's a few steps I can download and read without problems. I did notice that you may need to download a pdf reader as Chrome and "Internet" (AT&T) will show pdf but it's buggy sometimes. I use Office as I have to have it for work. But any pdf reader will help. I also found that the menu is a bit tricky to use on the home page; as the one you want is "AW Journal archives" under "American Woodturner" and then download the one you want. I'm still tempted to get the S 5, but I do like the big screen. Sorry iPhone users...your screen is teeny. ;-) Oh that should start something!

 

[Mark Hepburn]

I have a Note 3 as well and while it's a few steps I can download and read without problems. I did notice that you may need to download a pdf reader as Chrome and "Internet" (AT&T) will show pdf but it's buggy sometimes. I use Office as I have to have it for work. But any pdf reader will help. I also found that the menu is a bit tricky to use on the home page; as the one you want is "AW Journal archives" under "American Woodturner" and then download the one you want. I'm still tempted to get the S 5, but I do like the big screen. Sorry iPhone users...your screen is teeny. ;-) Oh that should start something!

Bill:

Yeah, you Android guys are all the same.... Long live the iPhone!

Just kidding. I thought I was on the Wired forum.

One of my hats here at work is managing our telecom. I have been swapping between the iPhones and the Androids for the past couple of years - generally the Samsung Galaxy 3 and 4. I just went back to the Android and have a Samsung S4 mini. I prefer the smaller form factor, but the resolution is still superior to the iPhone in my opinion.

I still use my iPad but for travel have a Nexus 7. Much easier to dump movies, audio and such. I use lots of Apple products, but seriously hate the way they make it so hard to put data on a device, insisting on itunes.

Has anyone heard from John? Was he able to get up and running?

 

[Bill Dalton]

Mark,
I agree with 100%, just try taking my iPad...it won't be pretty. I use it for meetings, and personal stuff, etc. I hate taking a laptop it's to big and bulky, but like you I can't transfer stuff. I'm a web coordinator and LMS content designer for a large hospital and I just prefer PCs. My wife's iPhone also doesn't receive as well as my S4 or Note 3 and at the end of the day it is a phone. But there are days when I'm really tempted to get one as it sync's so well with the iPad and my music, email and pictures; speaking of pictures I hope the next iPhone has a better camera.

 

[Mark Hepburn]

Mark,
I agree with 100%, just try taking my iPad...it won't be pretty. I use it for meetings, and personal stuff, etc. I hate taking a laptop it's to big and bulky, but like you I can't transfer stuff. I'm a web coordinator and LMS content designer for a large hospital and I just prefer PCs. My wife's iPhone also doesn't receive as well as my S4 or Note 3 and at the end of the day it is a phone. But there are days when I'm really tempted to get one as it sync's so well with the iPad and my music, email and pictures; speaking of pictures I hope the next iPhone has a better camera.

Bill,

You got that right. I'm amazed at the quality difference in the iPhone.

Your job sounds pretty interesting. Do you develop content for open web use or within the hospital intranet or something like that? That has to be challenging to develop learning tools for the medical environment.

 

[Bill Dalton]

Most of the content is for internal use on our Intranet. We have 19,000 plus employees and Medical staff so it gets a bit busy sometimes. The SMEs are responsible for content so we just decides how it needs to be packaged. We use mostly Adobe and Microsoft products, but as the BOYD is becoming more the norm, it is becoming increasingly difficult to meet everyone's needs. The hospital has a set standard and that's easy to meet, but getting content that also plays on IOS and android devices is more problematic. Wish html5 worked. ;-) We do have 27 other hospital in the corporation that use are content or modify our content for their use. Corporate...well sometimes we are the good guys and sometimes we are trouble makers. So long as I get a paycheck and can go home and be with family and my lathe...I'm good.

 

[Mark Hepburn]

Most of the content is for internal use on our Intranet. We have 19,000 plus employees and Medical staff so it gets a bit busy sometimes. The SMEs are responsible for content so we just decides how it needs to be packaged. We use mostly Adobe and Microsoft products, but as the BOYD is becoming more the norm, it is becoming increasingly difficult to meet everyone's needs. The hospital has a set standard and that's easy to meet, but getting content that also plays on IOS and android devices is more problematic. Wish html5 worked. ;-) We do have 27 other hospital in the corporation that use are content or modify our content for their use. Corporate...well sometimes we are the good guys and sometimes we are trouble makers. So long as I get a paycheck and can go home and be with family and my lathe...I'm good.

Bill, that's a big outfit you work for. We are a FAR smaller organization and so no issues like you deal with. And we don't have content delivery requirements across multiple platforms. But yes, it would be nice if HTML5 worked and was consistently implemented among all browsers. Gee, doesn't that sound familiar? Oh yes, going back to Netscape 1.1

Yep, there's a lot of therapeutic benefit to that lathe, isn't there (and most of the time, family )

 

[Bill Boehme]

.... Oh yes, going back to Netscape 1.1 ....

No, not Netscape ... Mosaic, dude.

 

[Mark Hepburn]

No, not Netscape ... Mosaic, dude.

Yeah. I forgot about mosaic. Which i would still prefer over IE.