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The New York Times on my desktop
I have been a frequent user of The New York Times on my iPhone, and my anticipations for their similar application, Times Reader 2.0, for the computer desktop were high. I must admit that I am impressed, this is a brilliant way of reading news and a killer application based on Adobe Air (available for Linux, MacOS X and Windows). Times Reader 2.0 shows the power of Flash for enabling rich media, interactivity, and a more engaging overall experience. It also means that The New York Times has switched from Silverlight to Flash!
For accessibility you can scale the text between Small – Medium – Large. Pictures are shown in a small gallery with the indication 1 of X and with the possibility to turn “pages”. There is also a small set of settings that can set, and the most important one is Account log in. This enables access to paid content. The service costs $14.95 a month, the equalent paper service about $40 a month in New York, a considerable cost savings. And think about the environmental side of it!
CrunchGear had a bigger newsupdate on Times Reader 2.0 worth reading.
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