Feb 16 3:50 pm

NYT's Article Skimming Interface»

cubicle17:

Last Friday, the New York Times released a prototype of an as-yet-unnamed interface for browsing the Sunday Edition online:

Think of it as an attempt to provide the Sunday Times experience anytime. Of course, there are parts we can’t replicate: the satisfying crinkle of the paper; the circular stain of your coffee; the smell of newsprint. […] Instead, our focus was on the fundamentals of the experience.

I played with this some this morning (with coffee in hand, you know, for the full experience), and I like it a lot. I just wish it weren’t specific to the Sunday Edition. (via DF)

Ha, I probably should have read through my dashboard before posting: I could have just pressed the reblog button.

Anyway, Bill, I think you’ll be happy to know that the content is, in fact, not exclusively from the Sunday Edition. They attempted to recreate the “Sunday Browsing” experience, but the content is continually updated throughout the week. Along these lines, here’s an explanation of the distinct design choice they made to omit dates on the page altogether:

Instead of displaying dates, articles gradually fade as they get older. And you can locate the newest articles with a quick glance.
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Tagged as: Making Bill Israel look like a fool but only because I think he's cool

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  1. rahmin reblogged this from cubicle17 and added:
    At least one newspaper isn’t completely asleep at the wheel. Let’s see if they’ll expand their op-ed department next.
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    Ha, I probably should have read through my dashboard before posting: I could have
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