Comments on: The New York Times discovers the Mac

By: Akash, CA

Akash, CA — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:42:39 +0000

I have yet to see a compelling reason that Silverlight is bad. Other than, "it sucks."

I mean, I would like to agree. But I don't even notice it exists on my machine.

By: Todd Ann Arbor, MI

Todd Ann Arbor, MI — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:00:24 +0000

I'm delighted to see support for our Macs. It's great that it is a Cocoa application, which makes available all the excellent features of the Mac OS. It's extremely unfortunate that the NYT is tryingt o push Silverlight at us, rather than using a standards-compliant tool, of which there are so many. Please, send your developers off to re-write this app to make is work without the use of proprietary technology.

By: Gaius Germanicus, DFW, TX

Gaius Germanicus, DFW, TX — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:09:49 +0000

Afraid I must agree. If you must put MicroCrap software into any device, it can't be a device you'll use for anything more important than setting cold drinks on to avoid rings on the table.

By: Steve Balmer, Denver, CO

Steve Balmer, Denver, CO — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:40:05 +0000

Too bad, I won't be using it. I'm not about to add a Silverlight craplet to my mac. Good going NYT…

By: John P MacKenzie, Long Island City, NY

John P MacKenzie, Long Island City, NY — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:27:17 +0000

News of Times Reader for Mac is most welcome to this Mac. Before everyone forgets what newspapers look like, it's important to let the reader experience online what it is to turn the pages of the paper, see the play the stories get, decide whether you want to read the story based on more than a headline you click or not. i hope that's what's ahead.

By: Gil Bates; Seattle, WA

Gil Bates; Seattle, WA — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:52:40 +0000

Too bad Silverlight blows. Even its developer, Microsoft, uses Flash on most of their own sites instead.

By: Caesar Rondo, San Francisco, CA

Caesar Rondo, San Francisco, CA — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:57:02 +0000

The MAC is relevant, the Times isn't (hasn't been for years).

By: Arn, Calgary, Alberta

Arn, Calgary, Alberta — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:15:19 +0000

I read quite a lot of news on my iPod Touch (on the couch). A mobile version of this for iPhone/iPod would be very welcome., especially since a New York Times subscription is a fortune up here in Canada.

By: Walwus, Jacksonville, FL

Walwus, Jacksonville, FL — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:24:32 +0000

Could I really be first to comment? I feel so special.

If newspapers or magazines ever make their products available via wireless updates that could be streamed directly to a smartphone or iPhone then they might actually have something. For now the screens are still to small and Tablet PCs are too clunky to lug around just for that purpose. MacAir might be a viable solution but it's still a niche market that won't catch on enough for Big News to pony up the money to invest in it.