News Websites: The Horseless Buggies

Just as early automobiles looked like horseless buggies, many news websites look like and work like their paper equivalent.

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Horse buggy. Courtesy of ststp.com.
 
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New York Times. Courtesy of m:j:b cc.
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Haynes Automobile, manufactured in 1894. Smithsonian Institution, Courtesy of National Museum of American History.
 
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New York Times Website.
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Modern car. Courtesy of Tjeerd cc.
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Future News Website.

One Response to “News Websites: The Horseless Buggies”

  1. Don Larson Says:

    Replicating the paper-world isn’t just limited to newspapers. There are many companies that only use about 10% of their computing capabilities. Most corporate computers are glorified electric typewriters.

    Don