The social news reading experience that is Flipboard used to be the exclusive realm of smartphones and tablets. Back in March, a major 2.0 update  brought out the ability to create oneâs own custom magazines. Since then, users have created an astounding two million custom publications so today the startup confirmed Flipboard magazines can now finally be enjoyed on the web, through any standard desktop web browser.
The new feature brings Flipboard closer to becoming a viable Google Reader replacement . Googleâs web-based RSS client, youâll recall, allowed you to tag articles and share all the articles tied to a specific tag as a live-updated stream on a specially created web pageâ¦
You can now do the same with Flipboard magazines.
âStarting today, when you share a Flipboard magazine via email or social media, anyone who clicks on the link can read it, whether or not they use Flipboard,â a blog post [1] reads.
The surprisingly responsive web app borrows some neat tricks from the mobile client: pages can be flipped from left and right, thereâs an an expansive full-bleed cover and the Flipboard signature look and feel.
Web mags play nicely with the popular desktop browsers like Microsoftâs Internet Explorer 9, Appleâs Safari, Googleâs Chrome and Mozillaâs Firefox. It should be noted that the full Flipboard experience continues to be available through Flipboardâs iOS/Android app only.
Curators should think about growing their readership by sticking a link to their own magazine into a web page so visitors can immediately access them outside the mobile app. Indeed, for the first time web magazines give curators the ability to share their custom magazines with people who may not have the Flipboard app installed.
Also announced today: a new Flipboard category called Big Ideas.
This new area features content on important issues, causes and ideas of our day. The nonprofits featured in this category will also have links to their magazines on their websites so anyone can easily find their Flipboard magazines.Â
Flipboard is free on Appleâs App Store [2] Â and Googleâs Play store [3] .
This is a backend update so no refresh to mobile apps was necessary.
To browse web magazines, just point your browser here [4] .
As a reminder, you can access other peopleâs curated content by tapping the menu icon in the top left corner of any magazine.
Links
- ^ blog post (inside.flipboard.com)
- ^ App Store (click.linksynergy.com)
- ^ Play store (play.google.com)
- ^ here (flipboard.com)
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