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I wish the NYT would cut it out with this super interactive article format. It might make sense for some (very limited) set of things, but a photo album is not
by NikolaeVarius 7y ago
I wish the NYT would cut it out with this super interactive article format. It might make sense for some (very limited) set of things, but a photo album is not one of them
- gist 7y agoThe photos aren't really even that good perspective wise or documentation wise. They could have had little go pros tacked up all over the hallway and pulled video and frames that would have put together a better account. (Not that it would help them sell more ads etc but the presentation to your point isn't that good given what it could be).
- imglorp 7y agoThis would have been much better as an NYT video. Their video team does a bangup job. It would have been interesting to watch how the movers handled that corner in realtime.
- _bxg1 7y agoThe vertical swiping to scroll horizontally on mobile was particularly confusing. Needs a visual indicator at least
- bootlooped 7y agoThe majority of the ones I've seen are great, some of them make me amazed with how far the web has come. I agree though this one is just like, why?
- clSTophEjUdRanu 7y agoThis is why I prefer their print newspaper. No ads, no clickbait, no interactive bs.
- throwsprtsdy 7y agoThe New York Times doesn't have ads in its printed edition anymore?
- reaperducer 7y agoI wish the NYT would cut it out with this super interactive article format. It might make sense for some (very limited) set of things, but a photo album is not one of them It's probably tailored for the NYT app. The Times is one of the few real journalism sources willing to try new things. When they do, the HN crowd says The Times crap. When they don't, the HN crowd says The Times a relic and should die. I'm a subscriber, and happy that it's at least trying. Some of the visualizations and AR stories are remarkable.
- jessriedel 7y agoI've seen the NYT praised in the HN top-level comment for neat digital article features multiple times. This might just not be one of those times.
- com2kid 7y agoIt works really well on desktop! Seriously it was a cool experience, held the down arrow on my keyboard and virtually walked down flights of stairs. I'm not sure how well it'd worked on a portrait display!
- rnotaro 7y agoPersonally, it gave me motion sickness and a headache.
- kick 7y agoIt degrades gracefully, just turn JavaScript off.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoHm, I had it turned on for NYT since it would break a bit ago, but it seems to degrade properly here. I'll poke around and see if NYT is now usable with JS disabled.