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I would love to have my favorite book, "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan recreated in this same web layout. In fact, why AREN'T online books like this?

PetitPrince 12y ago
There's "Snow Fall - The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek" by John Branch and published in the New York Times with a similar format: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/
- mercer 12y ago
  I've hard this style referred to as 'Snow Fall Journalism', actually!
medell 12y ago
The Guardian did a good piece "NSA Files Decoded": http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/sno... For more stories in this format: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/taxonomy-digital-story-packages/embedded-multimedia/ http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/taxonomy...
sakri 12y ago
While the story was interesting, I was also more interested in the layout. In the past there were a lot of "over the top" Flash "experience" sites, with the decline of Flash and skyrocket of "thumb up and down" mobile sites I feel there has also been a drop in experimental layouts and visuals. A lot of that stuff was crap, but it's great to be surprised every now and then. Thumbs up bbc!
- mercer 12y ago
  I generally like the Snowfall-style articles, but for some reason this is the first time where I felt a (very vague) sense that the style was overshadowing the content a little. That said, I prefer a little more experimentation in this area over staying safe...
  - sesqu 12y ago
    I felt the exact opposite, that this was the first time the content overshadowed the flashiness. I read it on a relatively low-end machine, so it's possible the flashy stuff was just disabled, which in itself would be great.
cycojesus 12y ago
Strangely I came to comment because I had the opposite reaction. I couldn't read the article because I find the presentation way too noisy (and in general can't stand vertical scrolling much.)
blueskin_ 12y ago
I don't like the lack of information density.

PetitPrince 12y ago

There's "Snow Fall - The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek" by John Branch and published in the New York Times with a similar format: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/

mercer 12y ago
I've hard this style referred to as 'Snow Fall Journalism', actually!

medell 12y ago

The Guardian did a good piece "NSA Files Decoded": http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/sno... For more stories in this format: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/taxonomy-digital-story-packages/embedded-multimedia/ http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/taxonomy...

sakri 12y ago

While the story was interesting, I was also more interested in the layout. In the past there were a lot of "over the top" Flash "experience" sites, with the decline of Flash and skyrocket of "thumb up and down" mobile sites I feel there has also been a drop in experimental layouts and visuals. A lot of that stuff was crap, but it's great to be surprised every now and then. Thumbs up bbc!

mercer 12y ago
I generally like the Snowfall-style articles, but for some reason this is the first time where I felt a (very vague) sense that the style was overshadowing the content a little. That said, I prefer a little more experimentation in this area over staying safe...
- sesqu 12y ago
  I felt the exact opposite, that this was the first time the content overshadowed the flashiness. I read it on a relatively low-end machine, so it's possible the flashy stuff was just disabled, which in itself would be great.

cycojesus 12y ago

Strangely I came to comment because I had the opposite reaction. I couldn't read the article because I find the presentation way too noisy (and in general can't stand vertical scrolling much.)

blueskin_ 12y ago

I don't like the lack of information density.