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by tomtheelder 3356 days ago
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.

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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.

Or if you have Safari.
Or Edge.
I wonder how much time and money they spent on designing this ruinous format.

"Please. Please. Just let me read."

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.

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.
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.

Firefox also has reader mode on Android.
Reader View in Safari (and its equivalent in other browsers) fixes it: http://i.imgur.com/YtIcW4d.png
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.
Don't worry. They applied the same over-stylized method to make up for lack of substance in their verbal content, too.
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".

Ditto.