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What gif? I only found a couple and they were at the bottom of the page in the related article stuff.

by figgis 9y ago

allenz 9y ago
There are graphics simulating push notifications of 1968 news every few paragraphs, captioned "Photo: Associated Press". They animate only once, so try reloading? I agree that it animates a tad too quickly, and that the animation really isn't needed.
- godot 9y ago
  I think figgis may be responding in a sarcastic way and trying to point out that those are not animated gifs, but are actual HTML page elements, animated with CSS. If you view on desktop and use a browser DOM inspector (like Chrome Dev Tools) you can verify that this is the case. To be honest I'm quite impressed that NYTimes went this length to create these technical widgets. Do they have software engineers or web developers working in conjunction with journalists on articles like these? Seems like a relatively high cost of production. Although I'm not a fan, I have to say in this case it does do its job quite well, which is to demonstrate how having twitter news would feel like back in the 1968s~ time.
  - ambrosite 9y ago
    >> To be honest I'm quite impressed that NYTimes went this length to create these technical widgets ... Seems like a relatively high cost of production. That's because the article is really just an advertisement for TimesMachine, a subscription newspaper archive. I didn't notice it at first, either.
  - juliendorra 9y ago
    Yes, they have newsroom developers and newsroom web designers. That’s how they managed to create well integrated pieces like the 2013 Oscar trailers article [1] or the many d3js interactive dataviz. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/19/movies/awardsseason/oscar-trailers.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/19/movies/awardss...
  - figgis 9y ago
    > I think figgis may be responding in a sarcastic way Was not intended, just curious. But that would be why I couldn't find it.
- lostlogin 9y ago
  The speed is part of the effect - big news happening fast and before you have had time to digest the previous event. At least, that was my take.

What gif? I only found a couple and they were at the bottom of the page in the related article stuff.

by figgis 9y ago

What gif? I only found a couple and they were at the bottom of the page in the related article stuff.

There are graphics simulating push notifications of 1968 news every few paragraphs, captioned "Photo: Associated Press". They animate only once, so try reloading? I agree that it animates a tad too quickly, and that the animation really isn't needed.

godot 9y ago
I think figgis may be responding in a sarcastic way and trying to point out that those are not animated gifs, but are actual HTML page elements, animated with CSS. If you view on desktop and use a browser DOM inspector (like Chrome Dev Tools) you can verify that this is the case. To be honest I'm quite impressed that NYTimes went this length to create these technical widgets. Do they have software engineers or web developers working in conjunction with journalists on articles like these? Seems like a relatively high cost of production. Although I'm not a fan, I have to say in this case it does do its job quite well, which is to demonstrate how having twitter news would feel like back in the 1968s~ time.
- ambrosite 9y ago
  >> To be honest I'm quite impressed that NYTimes went this length to create these technical widgets ... Seems like a relatively high cost of production. That's because the article is really just an advertisement for TimesMachine, a subscription newspaper archive. I didn't notice it at first, either.
- juliendorra 9y ago
  Yes, they have newsroom developers and newsroom web designers. That’s how they managed to create well integrated pieces like the 2013 Oscar trailers article [1] or the many d3js interactive dataviz. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/19/movies/awardsseason/oscar-trailers.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/19/movies/awardss...
- figgis 9y ago
  > I think figgis may be responding in a sarcastic way Was not intended, just curious. But that would be why I couldn't find it.
lostlogin 9y ago
The speed is part of the effect - big news happening fast and before you have had time to digest the previous event. At least, that was my take.