When I go to a newspaper web site, I’d love to see things like ‘news’. That would be the whole point, really.
Evidently someone doesn’t ‘get it’.
What’s doubly entertaining is that the Irish News hides all their content behind a Flash paywall which means those of us with a Flash blocker on our “Windows, Mac or Linux” machines will see this:
This is what happens when you make a poor technology choice. Flash, as a content distribution platform, is dying. It was great in the day and everyone enjoyed something about it but extending it to cover video, the desktop and everything else they’ve shoehorned in there has ruined it’s simple appeal.
If this wasn’t so sad it would be funny.
Did you watch the “How to read the Newspaper” video on the Irish News site?
Local news companies here have much to learn about presenting content online.
What’s even more ironic is how many ‘print’ companies are charging more for digital than they are for print! As if digital distribution was more expensive.
My beef with the print industry: the people who always get paid are the people who print the ink and drive the trucks. The people who make the content are always last in the chain.