Comments on: Microsoft, NYT partner on newspaper software

Times Reader uses the graphics power of Windows Vista to help bring the "Gray Lady" further into the digital age.
Image: NYT gets digital boost

[alinefx]

todays software....tomorrow??

yeah, whatever so i get all this already from www.newsstand.com...

[FutureGuy]

read the artical..

...its not the "exact" copy of the newspaper like with newstand.com, it more like a website with links and stuff but looks like a newspaper.

[GeniusEvil]

Way Better Than Newsstand

Newsstand:
Content Model: Static, Fixed (PDF) based on images
Distribution: Big app. Large downloads
Navigation Model: Panning, Scrolling, Zooming
Business Model: Print Circulation

This app / Technology:
Content Model: Dynamic Reflow based on Web feeds
Distribution: URL deployed / updated content
Navigation model: click-navigation (no panning)
Business model: various though mostly Web ads

The Times Reader is about all harnessing the benefits of the Web today (URL deployment, connectivity, interactivity, dynamic content, etc) while taking content presentation and readability to the next level (sophisticated layouts, pagination, readable column, hyphenation, clear type, optimal paragraph, rich annotations, embedded fonts, etc etc). And, in the NYT's Reader implementation, the reader can be installed on the system to provide offline capability. The content isn?t static - just smarter about caching. When connected, new content flows in (you don't even have to hit refresh incrementally and dynamically).

This is good for readers, publishers and advertisers. Readers get a great reading experience with rich content, mobile and offline. Publishers can actually bring their design expertise to the Web medium and, unlike the fixed document displays of today (like Zinio or PDF), this new reader will adapt the content and presentation to whatever display it?s running on so it's always readable (no scrolling or panning required). Advertisers get much richer and better integrated ad placement opportunties (the sophisticated layout makes this possible).
Wait for the beta and judge for yourselves.

[GeniusEvil]

Not Like Newsstand. Something New.

Newsstand:
Content Model: Static, Fixed (PDF) based on images
Distribution: Big app. Large downloads
Navigation Model: Panning, Scrolling, Zooming
Business Model: Print Circulation

This app / Technology:
Content Model: Dynamic Reflow based on Web feeds
Distribution: URL deployed / updated content
Navigation model: click-navigation (no panning)
Business model: various though mostly Web ads

The Times Reader is about all harnessing the benefits of the Web today (URL deployment, connectivity, interactivity, dynamic content, etc) while taking content presentation and readability to the next level (sophisticated layouts, pagination, readable column, hyphenation, clear type, optimal paragraph, rich annotations, embedded fonts, etc etc). And, in the NYT's Reader implementation, the reader can be installed on the system to provide offline capability. The content isn?t static - just smarter about caching. When connected, new content flows in (you don't even have to hit refresh incrementally and dynamically).

This is good for readers, publishers and advertisers. Readers get a great reading experience with rich content, mobile and offline. Publishers can actually bring their design expertise to the Web medium and, unlike the fixed document displays of today (like Zinio or PDF), this new reader will adapt the content and presentation to whatever display it?s running on so it's always readable (no scrolling or panning required). Advertisers get much richer and better integrated ad placement opportunties (the sophisticated layout makes this possible).
Wait for the beta and judge for yourselves.

[imacpwr]

more embedded "Microsoft Only" software to eliminate the competition..!!

quote: "The new software, which uses the Windows Presentation
Foundation engine built into Vista.."
If the NYT signs onto this technology then I'm finished using them
as an online news source..!!

[jmacdonagh]

This is NOT Vista only. This is NOT Microsoft only

To clarify, WPF is a library for application development built in .NET. WPF will be available on Windows XP, 2003, and Vista. Additionally, WPF can be implemented by anyone for any platform (e.g. The Mono project), making this software cross platform.