In two days we saw the release of two new gamemaker magazines both with 2DCube interview.

Care to explain? Thanks

HTML can be downloaded, just zip the whole thing. But I would far prefer if I don’t have to download it and can just go through it and just watch what I’m interested in. HTML also means you can include server side scripting to make things like navigating and searching far easier. Just set up some blogging software, paste your texts in there and add some screenshots. HTML also means you can get additional features such as comments and user ratings to see how well your articles are received and generate a community.
HTML being more difficult to design for and more difficult to be cross browser / platform are problems for the authors. I specify as a reader what I’d like to use. I really dislike it that if I open a PDF in my browser that I can’t open a link in a new tab but that it automatically opens in my current replacing the PDF. I dislike that I can’t easely change the zooming settings and just have the text flow around the content. I dislike that that a PDF doesn’t open instantly.

If you want very complex layouts then PDF might indeed be easier for content creators then HTML. But personally I don’t care about the layout, I care about the content. I also don’t care about the ease of creating, I care about the ease of reading.

At the moment, most Game Maker magazines are still interesting enough for me to ignore the bad usability. Nevertheless, if the magazines where easier to read I would probably spend more time at different articles, sometimes bookmark then and forward the URL to other people that are interested in this.