Many publications are now utilizing a similar approach of distributing news by e-mail to their subscribers. The e-mail news editions will usually contain abstracts of the full papers and prompt their readers to access the publication. 3Com's online Traffix demo is a good example of such sophisticated usage of interactive Web media. A reader is being walked through an interactive demo, very similar to a live presentation. Several online publications have developed knowledge distribution capabilities, which enable customization of streams of information that can be sent to their subscribers in predetermined time intervals.
Subscribers can customize a selection of channels they are interested to receive information from.
Subsequently, the information delivered through the Web is distributed to the handheld device where it can be viewed offline. I could not bypass the opportunity to demonstrate a similar ability with our publication. Significant advances in technology enabled leading Web publications to utilize two-way interactive communications with their subscribers. Certainly many improvements can be found in today's Web publications, but there is obviously still room for additional enhancements in this area and we are still searching for new and better ways that can improve online publications. As usual, we encourage your feedback and specific ideas for IEEE Communications Interactive.