I just spent the last three weeks wishing I could tap into the Speed Force that powers the superhero known as The Flash. If I could, I might have had a bit more time for sleep reading books and grooming. As it stands now, at noon on the Friday before this issue is released, I’m thinking seriously about taking a nap. The reason why is fairly obvious, in the past three weeks we’ve launched a new interface for the magazine and the Submarine Cable Almanac. The flipping page effect has been something we’ve long discussed in the offices of SubTel Forum, and now seemed like the right time to make it happen. As you are probably aware, you didn’t have to download anything in order to make the interface work. It uses html5 and flash, which are probably built into your browser unless you’re running some ancient version of Internet
Explorer. Wayne tells me that people still use IE, but since I’m a Mac guy, I’ll just have to take his word for it. This new interface has a number of useful features, including a bookmark feature, social sharing buttons, and my favorite, a table of contents button. And the best, if you still want a PDF of the magazine or the Almanac, just click the Acrobat button and you can download it. Just be sure to check the button for spreads so everything will look correct. Getting all of this setup was quite
an undertaking. As with any new technology, there is a certain amount of learning curve. This particular rollout also required us to change some of our designs,
in 2004 while everyone else is a decade ahead of you. That’s it for another issue. As always, thanks for reading.
Kevin G. Summers is the Editor of Submarine Telecoms Forum and has been supporting the submarine fibre optic cable industry in various roles since 2007. Outside of the office, he is a professional author whose works include ISOLATION WARD 4, THE BELL CURSE and LEGENDARIUM. +1.703.468.0554 editor@subtelforum.com
and as far as I’m concerned, that is a good thing. It’s far too easy to become stagnant in your look, and before you know it, you’re stuck