New Article Interface
A way of viewing journal articles in tabs.
Journal articles often run several screens long when viewed online, requiring readers to scroll up and down to view different parts of the article.
By dividing the article content across tabs, it may be easier to navigate.
If you have other thoughts or suggestions related to this idea, please e-mail them to beta@nejm.org.
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06/04/2009
 Tab limitations |
| Pros: Here a new tabbed interface is provided to the journal article, in which different parts of the article can be selected using tabs, thereby attempting to break away from the traditional linear narrative. |
| Cons: Disappointingly, these tabs are presently limited to ‘Abstract’, ‘Article’ and ‘References’, with no breakdown of the article into Introduction, Methods, Results, etc., and these tabs scroll out of sight when reading down the page. |
| Other thoughts: The equivalent sectional functionality provided by the non-scrolling link set at the top of the enhanced PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases article (http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000228.x001), described by Shotton et al. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000361), provides much better functionality, in terms of having higher granularity and being non-scrolling, while occupying less screen real-estate. |
| Reviewer: Dr David Shotton, University of Oxford Professional Specialty: Other Place of Work or Study: Other |
11/08/2008
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| Reviewer: imatinib for chronic myeloid leukemia Professional Specialty: Hematology/Oncology Place of Work or Study: Research Facility |
10/26/2008
| Much Better Reference Access |
| Pros: The pop-ups for footnotes/references alone makes this system an improvement. The present system requires jumping up and down the screen to view references. |
| Cons: I'm not sure how well this would work on mobile devices. |
| Other thoughts: What about a tab for "Related Articles" (ie. editorials)? |
| Reviewer: S.Kirk, MD Professional Specialty: General Internal Medicine Place of Work or Study: Private Physician Office (group) |
10/01/2008
 New interface |
| Pros: Fine in computers |
| Cons: Very bad in my iPod |
| Other thoughts: Look for an interface to iPods |
| Reviewer: Ernesto Professional Specialty: General Internal Medicine Place of Work or Study: Medical School Program |
08/26/2008
| excellent job |
| Pros: simple idea makes a great tool, really groundbreaking in the scientific literature |
| Cons: in the summaries, the audio is clearly not tailored on the slides. It would be great to have slides illustrated by a pointer focusing on the message of the slide. |
| Other thoughts: it would be nice to have for the i-phone, but I am not sure the i-phone has the proper flash features yet |
| Reviewer: Roberto Testi Professional Specialty: Allergy/Immunology Place of Work or Study: Medical School Program |
08/21/2008
| gg |
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| Reviewer: Anonymous Professional Specialty: Unspecified Place of Work or Study: Unspecified |
08/18/2008
| New Article Interface |
| Pros: In an ideal world would be great but... |
| Cons: normally we don't have enough time to read a paragraph, it's better to have a menu and choose the abstract to read. |
| Other thoughts: and also it occupies a lot of space in a screen that is supposed to show lot of information in 1-click |
| Reviewer: Silvana Novelli Professional Specialty: Hematology/Oncology Place of Work or Study: Hospital, Community |
06/18/2008
| Improvement |
| Pros: Easier to navigate fast between sections. Less scrolling. |
| Cons: |
| Other thoughts: Pictures "full size" should be a tab. This design has been used for PDA programs - and that is a great feature. Scrolling is easier on computers, but i think most would appreciate this possibility |
| Reviewer: Anonymous Professional Specialty: Unspecified Place of Work or Study: Other |
06/15/2008
| New Article Interface |
| Pros: much easier way to navigate through the information |
| Cons: |
| Other thoughts: I suggest the article itself have tabs for each section, methods, results, discussion, etc. |
| Reviewer: J. McMillan MD Professional Specialty: Women’s Health Place of Work or Study: Private Physician Office (group) |
04/28/2008
| Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women |
| Pros: Excellent easy way for rapid navigation through any article |
| Cons: No Cons |
| Reviewer: Amoun Louis Wahba Boutros Professional Specialty: Other Place of Work or Study: Hospital, Other |
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