"What is Code" was quite noisy, but I think the trend has been going on since at least "Snow Fall": http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.n

"What is Code" was quite noisy, but I think the trend has been going on since at least "Snow Fall": http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ I dislike the trend towards adding animations to articles, as I find it very distracting, but their continuing popularity makes me think I'm probably in the minority.