OT: Disney Announces Ebook Launch

[Kay C Lan]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Sivakatirswami <katir at hindu.org> wrote:

>
> RevLets are poised to be able to do things like this. Just wish we had some
> of the cool graphics like page turning... the corner of the page even curls
> up or over as you move...I wonder how that is done....
>
> Personally, and what would I know - I would have shot and killed the
Teletubbies, that page turning graphic is nothing compared to the wonders of
Broderbund's LivingBooks. It's seems to me that Disney have taken the
animation away (how ironic) and added a dictionary. Our children have grown
up but we have kept the LivingBooks for when the grandchildren arrive. The
only way I'd throw them out is if Disney (or other) were to bring their deep
pockets and technical wizardy to create the 2nd generation of LivingBooks.

Slightly On Topic, the animations of LivingBooks is rather basic. I'm sure
the talented Scott Rossi would be able to easily do an equavilent with Rev.
I concede though, that kids the way they are, these days a little more
sophistication is needed, which is why I wonder why Disney stuck with static
pages when it clearly has the funds and know how to take it too the next
level.