[tomtheelder]

I honestly tried to read this but couldn't get past the format. The rapid changes of background/text when scrolling were incredibly jarring. This felt like a regular long form article made into an "interactive" (in quotes because there is no actual interaction) for the sake of it.

Maybe this isn't a productive comment but the format ruined the article for me.

[trendia]

If you have Firefox, click on the "open book" (Reader mode) icon up near the address bar. It will extract the text and present it without the NYT layout / Javascript.

These days I read practically all of my articles using Reader Mode. No ads, no scrolljacking, no popup videos.

[muninn_]

Or if you have Safari.

[sp332]

Or Edge.

[arkis22]

I wonder how much time and money they spent on designing this ruinous format.

"Please. Please. Just let me read."

[digi_owl]

This has been a "trend" ever since print media decided they needed an online presence.

It is basically about emulating printed documents online.

Before HTML5, this was mostly done using full size Flash sites.

[syntaxing]

IF you're on desktop, I highly recommend using the reader view feature built into Firefox. Makes most of my reading experience so much better for most sites.

[coldpie]

Thank you. This made it readable.

It's actually surprisingly readable in the source code, which is what I was about to do before I read your comment.

[Symbiote]

Firefox also has reader mode on Android.

[Razengan]

Reader View in Safari (and its equivalent in other browsers) fixes it: http://i.imgur.com/YtIcW4d.png

[saosebastiao]

I personally love it. To me, it's art, and it draws me to the article in a way that most long form never would. I do occasionally use reader view on a lot of blogs though where the UI leaves a lot to be desired, you should try it.

[kolbe]

Don't worry. They applied the same over-stylized method to make up for lack of substance in their verbal content, too.

[johansch]

That's odd; it was wonderful to experience on my desktop pc. :)

I guess a really big screen and a beefy non-laptop CPU helps.

Maybe they should start making laptop versions of these "interactive stories".

[brianwawok]

Ditto.