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I like to call the incognito window my nytimes reader. I paid for the nytimes for a bit but it costs more per week than a monthly netflix subscription and it feels stupid to pay for not knowing how to use the incognito window. It's like a "I don't know how to use software" tax.
The oldest snapshot on Archive.org is from November 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961112181513/http://www.nytimes... Back then, they even had a low-bandwidth version of the site: http://web.archive.org/web/19990117023050/http://www.nytimes... The website included various tutorials on how to use it, including a guide that covers the different browsers. None of the browsers listed are actively developed today: htt…
I wish I was a web developer in 1996!
The oldest snapshot on Archive.org is from November 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961112181513/http://www.nytimes... Back then, they even had a low-bandwidth version of the site: http://web.archive.org/web/19990117023050/http://www.nytimes... The website included various tutorials on how to use it, including a guide that covers the different browsers. None of the browsers listed are actively developed today: htt…
"Please open your window to the width of this line of text." I wish I was a web developer in 1996!
As someone who was actually developing websites in the years 1996-1999... no, you really, really don't.
CSS1 was released in December 1996, just to give you an idea.
My impression is the mercury news from san jose had an earlier, if paid, presence. Funny how the NYT wanted to charge nearly two dollars to allow you to print older articles. Asking people to pay for the own digitization.
I like to call the incognito window my nytimes reader. I paid for the nytimes for a bit but it costs more per week than a monthly netflix subscription and it feels stupid to pay for not knowing how to use the incognito window. It's like a "I don't know how to use software" tax.
As a software developer I certainly know how to use the incognito window. But I treat the intellectual property of other people as I would want them to treat mine, so I subscribe to The New York Times.
The reason I did it isn't so much due to their intellectual property, but to support and pay for quality journalism.
In the 2 years I've subscribed, I find myself not going to their website as much as loving their email updates. They do a very good job of sending morning and evening updates encapsulating the important news of the day.
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"Please open your window to the width of this line of text." I wish I was a web developer in 1996!
> I wish I was a web developer in 1996! As someone who was actually developing websites in the years 1996-1999... no, you really, really don't. CSS1 was released in December 1996, just to give you an idea.
The oldest snapshot on Archive.org is from November 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961112181513/http://www.nytimes... Back then, they even had a low-bandwidth version of the site: http://web.archive.org/web/19990117023050/http://www.nytimes... The website included various tutorials on how to use it, including a guide that covers the different browsers. None of the browsers listed are actively developed today: htt…
That awkward moment when website you made 20 years ago is better to read articles.
Right now, if I see a website winding up; I hit that X with the speed of a mouse hitting the stimulant lever. I don't think I'm alone.
Not anymore. :)
The oldest snapshot on Archive.org is from November 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/19961112181513/http://www.nytimes... Back then, they even had a low-bandwidth version of the site: http://web.archive.org/web/19990117023050/http://www.nytimes... The website included various tutorials on how to use it, including a guide that covers the different browsers. None of the browsers listed are actively developed today: htt…
That awkward moment when website you made 20 years ago is better to read articles.
Am I the only one who thinks that the whitespace heavy and well designed NYT modern site is better? Good line height, good type choice, very good readability.
As opposed to times new roman at 1.0 line height, is that really the pinnacle of readability? Eight grade book report format?
You can even find quite old articles from key historical times and they're presented just like articles today. For example, the famous Crittenden Compromise is at http://www.nytimes.com/1861/02/06/news/the-crittenden-compro...