Comments on: New NYT Application Offers Best of Print and Digital Worlds http://www.danlawton.com/2009/05/12/newly-released-nyt-reader-offers-the-best-of-print-and-digital-worlds/ Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:19:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: KirkH http://www.danlawton.com/2009/05/12/newly-released-nyt-reader-offers-the-best-of-print-and-digital-worlds/comment-page-1/#comment-15 KirkH Wed, 13 May 2009 01:34:31 +0000 http://www.danlawton.com/?p=176#comment-15 "for $15 bucks a month you can get it all. It’s totally worth it." I just installed it and I'm failing to see how this technology couldn't be incorporated into a web page with Adobe Flash. In fact, you could probably recreate most of this with pure CSS and a few RRS feeds from the Times. Adobe wants you to buy their AIR SDK and NYT wants you to buy a subscription. How is this not just another cross-marketing ploy reminiscent of Spider-Man in a Happy Meal. Where's the beef? I appreciate innovation in news but selling it with terms like nostalgia seems a bit ironical. “for $15 bucks a month you can get it all. It’s totally worth it.”

I just installed it and I’m failing to see how this technology couldn’t be incorporated into a web page with Adobe Flash. In fact, you could probably recreate most of this with pure CSS and a few RRS feeds from the Times.

Adobe wants you to buy their AIR SDK and NYT wants you to buy a subscription. How is this not just another cross-marketing ploy reminiscent of Spider-Man in a Happy Meal. Where’s the beef?

I appreciate innovation in news but selling it with terms like nostalgia seems a bit ironical.

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