Re: Best Apple II publication of all time

[sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) wrote:

>Joe Kohn (joko@crl.com) wrote:
>:  
>: Out of curiosity, what niche do you feel SSII fills?
>:  
>: Personally, I think of SSII as being a sort of Consumer Reports' Resource
>: Guide for the Apple II world, with one of the major goals being to make
>: people feel good about owning and using an Apple II.

>Well, you just sort of explain it yourself. It is a consumer reports' resource
>guide. I personally like SSII, but not as much as other Apple II publications.
>Maybe I have some suggestions:

>1) I think the layout can be improve to enhance the image. A more modular
>   design rather than just let the text flows will be better.

>2) Use 1 point smaller (well, that's subjective) for text. When introducing
>   a product, some screenshots are preferred.

>3) Go beyond "consumer" level and add some information for programmers or
>   artists, for example. I would love to know how to use certain software,
>   learn some tips (not just eastereggs). And I would like to see feedbacks,
>   reviews or suggestions for new/old software.

And I'll add my $0.02 and say: Can we have adverts, please? GS+ was about
the last magazine I knew of that still ran Apple-II adverts, now that's
gone, where do I get my buying information from?

Soenke
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