The article skimmer is an alternative way to view the New York Times website. The Times announcement says that it is intended to replicate the Sunday Times paper experience.
You navigate via the left hand panel which shows the Times Sections. Think of it as a table of contents. The Settings button lets you control appearance of the browser through the Schemes panel. They have several alternatives. Pictured above is the default Serendipity scheme. Below is the Large scheme.
And here is the Blackout scheme.
There are several other schemes not pictured here.
You can also select how articles display when clicked in the Click Behavior panel: within the article skimmer, in a new window or in the current window but not in the skimmer.
Give it a try. You might like it.
I learned of the article skimmer from this Download Squad article by Jason Clarke, dated July 28, 2009..
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