Times Reader coming to a Mac near you
One selfish thing I love to do on my Tablet PCs and notebook computers is read me some New York Times using the very nice Times Reader application. It provides a very newspaper-like reading experience without the black fingertips and I do it every day. I have often lamented that I could not enjoy the same Times experience on my Mac but that has now changed with the introduction of a beta Times Reader for the Mac. You still need a subscription to the newspaper or the Reader content and you’ll have to install Microsoft’s Silverlight on your Mac to use it but if it’s anywhere near as good as the Windows version I can’t wait to give it a try.
(via TUAW)
As to why NYT are not using Adobe AIR for this is mystery. It’s the perfect platform choice for an application of this kind. I know the Windows NYT Reader uses Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), but are NYT Labs so tied into Microsoft technology that a single, cross-platform app is out of the question? The answer remains to be seen.