Last week, the New York Times launched an article skimmer, which acts as a very nice tool for browsing daily contents in a way that is similar to skimming the headlines of an actual newspaper. The launch is part of their prototypes series, which allows consumers to test out and give feedback on site features that aren’t quite “ready for primetime”.
In addition to a simple mouse-based navigation system, the article skimmer also offers a fully featured keyboard based system explained in the small “?” link in the upper right. The launch announcement with the ideas behind it can be found on the New York Times First Look blog. And some hints of future features can be found on the developer’s twitter account:@mrandre.
Phil Dokas