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Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

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Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

#21

Here's a text-only version, so to speak. lynx --dump's output: https://pastebin.com/3wP3mL75

The images and gifs contribute to the story so I'd still recommend that people scroll through the original article even if they read the text here instead.

I wouldn’t. It’s bad and not worth the caloric swiping effort.

Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

#23

I can't ignore the UX of this as simply not conducive to an article. It gives off such a strong PR vibe. Maybe it's just me

I don't consider this an article so much as a series of captioned photographs and short videos. From that perspective, the experience is lovely (though perhaps overengineered).

Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

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post #3

the CPU used by my computer to display the first half a second of that web page just contributed to Norway's global warming problem

My iPhone probably used 0.5 Watt hours in total to display it. Not sure about the assets size though, this could actually be a problem on the server/traffic side.

Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

#25
I'm disappointed by the typical Hacker News folks complaining about the presentation format. This isn't the target demographic, and I applaud trying different approaches to convey the seriousness of these issues. The kinds of people who just want a spreadsheet and a PDF report are already bought in on the ideas.

While I find the format a bit cinematic for my taste, I can't help but respect their efforts to drive home the tangible effects of global warming in an emotional way.

Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

#26

I can't ignore the UX of this as simply not conducive to an article. It gives off such a strong PR vibe. Maybe it's just me

I tend to open & read articles on a vertical (Portrait-mode) 27" monitor. The amount of scrolling required to read a single sentence is... epic-legendary :=O Edit: At the same time, my wife, who tends to prefer her phone: "I haven't finished it.. But such a visual treat. Interesting how they did that. Makes it feel very interactive." So I'm clearly just not the target audience, which is fair enough :-)

Also funny when authors rely on 3-line per scroll steps, but you have it set to 5 or 7 system-wide.

Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

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post #19

I find it really depressing that as I write this comment, the other top-most comments are complaining about the article's UX. Meanwhile we are radically altering the natural environment. As the TFA spells out, so superbly.

It’s not an article, it’s a slideshow with pictures. Who actually wants to consume information like this?

A majority of humans.

Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

#29
post #7

I can't ignore the UX of this as simply not conducive to an article. It gives off such a strong PR vibe. Maybe it's just me

Yeah, the whole scrolling for data thing is cancer. Who do people think this is how users want to ingest information? Its the 2020's equivalent of a flash based website.

I for one loved the presentation. To each their own I guess.

The photography was great.

Re: Global warming has begun to make Norway warmer and wetter

#30

I'm disappointed by the typical Hacker News folks complaining about the presentation format. This isn't the target demographic, and I applaud trying different approaches to convey the seriousness of these issues. The kinds of people who just want a spreadsheet and a PDF report are already bought in on the ideas. While I find the format a bit cinematic for my taste, I can't help but respect their efforts to drive home…

I find the UX undermines the credibility journalists are usually given, earned or not. This looks like a story, or a propaganda piece.

I wouldn’t be the first to point out that the medium is the message.

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