I don't understand the NY Times' focus on future technologies which have little immediate application, over fundamentals they should (IMHO) have mastered ten years ago, such as making video and graphics first-class mediums alongside text.
Doesn't work on iOS using Firefox either. Same error. Oddly enough it does sort of work on iOS Safari, but the experience is bad. Works fine in Firefox 33 on Windows btw.
Great to see 360 web video for once. I hate YouTube's "you need Chrome for this". My answer to that is "no Google, you need cross-browser 360 video".
I tried the NYT video on iOS Safari and while it worked, it was a bad experience. When swiping up to look up and down, the whole page scrolled instead of the video pitching up/down. The video was choppy too. I'm impressed they got it working on iOS Safari though. Apple would prefer you repeat the phrase "there's an app for that", and it's no surprise their browser well short of its potential for handling such things.
I love the use of technology, but can't get excited about the NYT, specifically, being a "media-tech powerhouse 10x what it is now" given their lack of ethics.
Discussion can be huge for engagement, and they have the reach and audience to set a new high watermark in this area.
Instead, you still can't even comment on most articles.
If anyone from NYT reads here I'd love to share some ideas.