Online Reader: NYTimes ePaper

The New York Times and Microsoft have teamed up and presented a prototype of a new PC-based software application for news distribution called Times Reader. The software will be available for download in the coming months and should take advantage of Windows Vista to enhance the online and offline reading experience of The New York Times. The following features are included: The ability to annotate and clip documents, A News in Pictures feature that creates a slide show of all the images in a day’s issue, which also acts as a gateway to the printed content that correlates with the image, A locally stored seven-day archive.

Overall, the Times Reader enhances the onscreen reading experience through Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft’s advanced display technology in Windows Vista. The text in Times Reader is displayed in columns and formats to fit the size and layout of any computer screen and enables readers to customize the display according to personal preferences, such as font size and content relevance. The Times Reader also uses the same font styles as the printed newspaper, extending the strong brand identity of The New York Times.