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I honestly tried to read this but couldn't get past the format. The rapid changes of background/text when scrolling were incredibly jarring. This felt like a re

I honestly tried to read this but couldn't get past the format. The rapid changes of background/text when scrolling were incredibly jarring. This felt like a regular long form article made into an "interactive" (in quotes because there is no actual interaction) for the sake of it. Maybe this isn't a productive comment but the format ruined the article for me.

saosebastiao 10y ago
I personally love it. To me, it's art, and it draws me to the article in a way that most long form never would. I do occasionally use reader view on a lot of blogs though where the UI leaves a lot to be desired, you should try it.
brianwawok 10y ago
Ditto.
trendia 10y ago
If you have Firefox, click on the "open book" (Reader mode) icon up near the address bar. It will extract the text and present it without the NYT layout / Javascript. These days I read practically all of my articles using Reader Mode. No ads, no scrolljacking, no popup videos.
- muninn_ 10y ago
  Or if you have Safari.
  - sp332 10y ago
    Or Edge.
syntaxing 10y ago
IF you're on desktop, I highly recommend using the reader view feature built into Firefox. Makes most of my reading experience so much better for most sites.
- Symbiote 10y ago
  Firefox also has reader mode on Android.
- coldpie 10y ago
  Thank you. This made it readable. It's actually surprisingly readable in the source code, which is what I was about to do before I read your comment.
arkis22 10y ago
I wonder how much time and money they spent on designing this ruinous format. "Please. Please. Just let me read."
johansch 10y ago
That's odd; it was wonderful to experience on my desktop pc. :) I guess a really big screen and a beefy non-laptop CPU helps. Maybe they should start making laptop versions of these "interactive stories".
digi_owl 10y ago
This has been a "trend" ever since print media decided they needed an online presence. It is basically about emulating printed documents online. Before HTML5, this was mostly done using full size Flash sites.
Razengan 10y ago
Reader View in Safari (and its equivalent in other browsers) fixes it: http://i.imgur.com/YtIcW4d.png http://i.imgur.com/YtIcW4d.png
kolbe 10y ago
Don't worry. They applied the same over-stylized method to make up for lack of substance in their verbal content, too.
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saosebastiao 10y ago

I personally love it. To me, it's art, and it draws me to the article in a way that most long form never would. I do occasionally use reader view on a lot of blogs though where the UI leaves a lot to be desired, you should try it.

brianwawok 10y ago

Ditto.

trendia 10y ago

If you have Firefox, click on the "open book" (Reader mode) icon up near the address bar. It will extract the text and present it without the NYT layout / Javascript. These days I read practically all of my articles using Reader Mode. No ads, no scrolljacking, no popup videos.

muninn_ 10y ago
Or if you have Safari.
- sp332 10y ago
  Or Edge.

syntaxing 10y ago

IF you're on desktop, I highly recommend using the reader view feature built into Firefox. Makes most of my reading experience so much better for most sites.

Symbiote 10y ago
Firefox also has reader mode on Android.
coldpie 10y ago
Thank you. This made it readable. It's actually surprisingly readable in the source code, which is what I was about to do before I read your comment.

arkis22 10y ago

I wonder how much time and money they spent on designing this ruinous format. "Please. Please. Just let me read."

johansch 10y ago

That's odd; it was wonderful to experience on my desktop pc. :) I guess a really big screen and a beefy non-laptop CPU helps. Maybe they should start making laptop versions of these "interactive stories".

digi_owl 10y ago

This has been a "trend" ever since print media decided they needed an online presence. It is basically about emulating printed documents online. Before HTML5, this was mostly done using full size Flash sites.

Razengan 10y ago

Reader View in Safari (and its equivalent in other browsers) fixes it: http://i.imgur.com/YtIcW4d.png http://i.imgur.com/YtIcW4d.png

kolbe 10y ago

Don't worry. They applied the same over-stylized method to make up for lack of substance in their verbal content, too.

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