Saturday, March 10, 2018

Hover

Enjoyed a fun moment in reading Libération yesterday: I noticed the
way their Web page uses  transform on hover to good end. Below,
the major piece on the Trump-Kim announcement is initially covered
in a black veil with white lettering: An end to joking around, moves
toward a historic meeting  it reads.

As one moves the mouse to the image, it clears to show an idealized picture
with North Korean lettering -  showing that the North is on board -
but the only text in French is the words 'ANALYSE' (analysis). One then clicks
on the image to get the story.



There is as well another piece, in a secondary position on the right. number 21
Backgrounder (in lime green): ten key moments from the Young and the Restless.
As one hovers, the cover moves swiftly to the right to reveal separate images
of both leaders and a Korean soldier as audience.




In both cases, if one decides not to pursue and retracts the mouse, the images disappear.

Libé is thus a modern Web presence, and has adopted a typeface without serif - those
little letter extensions - so dear to traditional newspapers like the NY Times. It is thought
to be easier on the eyes on a flickering background.

Not being mean to the Times, which offers a great week-end reading experience to
this day for the actual paper. And, to their eternal credit, the Web Times comes in
Mandarin!!


And of course, they are on YouTube. March 7, 2018:



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