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Personally I love it. Even when it doesn't work, I am happy to see the experimentation. Not everything has to fit my usual forms of consumption.

For those who don't like it, a normal article is just a keyboard shortcut away...

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and that keyboard shortcut is?

Maybe it should be reversed. The experimentation is only a keyboard shortcut away for people who like to admire animations.

I think people should be free to create as they like. I don't think simply because something resembles an article, it must be an article. Personally, I would like to see pages that blur the lines between articles and virtual interactive museum exhibits, but I certainly don't think that my preferences should be the default. As long as there are the necessary accessibility provisions (which also provide for you to be able to read any page as a regular article), what gives? If you want a text based internet, use a text based browser.

Depends on your browser/os, search "reader view" for Safari or Firefox. Looks like for Chrome you have to install an extension.

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