The Economist Tries A Flipboard-Like Election App All In HTML

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The Economist has given HTML web apps another shot in the arm by packaging its U.S. presidential election material in to a new Flipboard-like tablet content offering that works entirely in the web browser.

Electionism, as the new product is called, includes content from The Economist, its niche Washington, DC, sister title Roll Call, tweets and links to other web election writing.
Despite being built for the web, The Economist says specifically: “Electionism is currently available on the iPad, the Samsung Galaxy and the Kindle Fire and will be available shortly on the Blackberry Playbook. It is optimised for tablets.” So much is it optimised for touch, it doesn’t display at all on the desktop web.
It looks and feels just like Flipboard - that is, rather slick. As close to the bone as the comparisons might be, it shows what can be accomplished with HTML.
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