Sneak peek of Times Reader
Cory Bergman September 7th, 2006
You may remember some time ago Microsoft announced it’s working with the New York Times to come up with a more user-friendly way to read the news, from the internet to mobile devices. For example, reading a longer story on the web requires you to hit the page down button as you go, breaking up your reading momentum. Explains NYTimes.com’s Nick Thuesen, “Times Reader, with the help of some sweet controls from Microsoft’s .NET Framework 3.0, will determine the viewing size of your content and paginate it into columns and pages… making for a nice, neat, tidy and most important, readable experience.” It also uses the exact same font as the paper. See below for a screen grab, and click here for full screen. Times Reader is “close to hitting beta release,” Thuesen promises. (Via Fimoculous)
7 Comments Add your own
1. Alyssa | September 7th, 2006 at 10:20 am
tiny font + potential computer screen glare. my eyes are hurting just thinking about this.
2. Robin | September 7th, 2006 at 11:57 am
I saw the program demoed at SND, and I have to admit it was graphically very impressive. I’m still pretty sure I wouldn’t use it… but wow, it looks a LOT better than a webpage.
3. Rems | September 8th, 2006 at 11:48 am
It’s about freaking time. The International Herald Tribune has had a multi column display for years which makes for a great reading experience.
Just don’t know why news sites haven’t instituted this sooner. Probably waiting on MS….
4. Efstathios | November 20th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
interesting
5. Lambro | January 5th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Cool…
6. Sam | January 18th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Wow, thanks for the excellent information!
7. Manolis | February 7th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Interesting…
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