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Off topic, but I think that's the most beautiful illustration I've ever seen accompanying an article. And the animation - just wonderful. (I've visiting from m
by pud 14y ago
Off topic, but I think that's the most beautiful illustration I've ever seen accompanying an article. And the animation - just wonderful.
(I've visiting from my laptop. Assuming mobile version probably doesn't look the same.)
- natrius 14y agoThe animation is present on mobile devices as well, though perhaps not on their mobile-formatted site. Do they even serve that site to WebKit browsers anymore? If so, they shouldn't.
- bigtones 14y agoI agree, I've been reading NYT online for years and never seen an animated gif illustration before. I quite like it.
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- rolleiflex 14y agoI concur. It's both beautiful and understated—I appreciate the visual acuity, but I am more impressed with the fact that NYT, of all, is finally growing past the era of crying "we're interactive!!!" out loud and starting to make good, subtle and tasteful use of unique properties of the Web. This is elegant.
- publicfig 14y agoThis was incredibly evident during the election. They're really leading the pack in terms of using newer technologies as more than a tool to draw attention to their articles, but to actually add depth to them.
- kafkaesque 14y agoI might be oversimplifying it, but the GIF might have something to do with this: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/11/us-word-of-the-year-2012/ http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/11/us-word-of-the-ye...
- zem 14y agoagreed, my first thought was that it was one of the best uses of animated gifs i'd ever seen.
- the_cat_kittles 14y agoIts very nice, but I think the rapid motion is a little much for reading- they could do the same thing with a slower frame rate and more blurred outside, it might be more comfortable