FTColumnflow and newspaper layout on the web: a dying breed?

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FTColumnﬂow and newspaper layout on the web A dying breed?

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• George Crawford

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• George Crawford • Developer at Financial Times

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• George Crawford • Developer at Financial Times • @georgeocrawford

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• George Crawford • Developer at Financial Times • @georgeocrawford • https://github.com/georgecrawford/

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• George Crawford • Developer at Financial Times • @georgeocrawford • https://github.com/georgecrawford/ • http://app.ft.com and https://app.economist.com

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New York Classical Review

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New York Classical Review

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http://apps.ft.com/

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http://labs.ft.com/2011/06/ft-launches-ﬁrst-major-html5-mobile-news-app/

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http://labs.ft.com/2011/06/ft-launches-ﬁrst-major-html5-mobile-news-app/

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http://labs.ft.com/2012/06/what-exactly-is-an-app/ • Perfectly ﬁlls the screen • An interface designed for touch • No ‘browser-like’ elements, or ‘page loading’ behaviour • Gesture interaction • An icon on the homescreen What is a web app?

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http://www.historicpages.com/

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http://designshack.net/articles/layouts/practical-tips-for-utilizing-columns-of-text-in-your-layouts/

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http://www.garciamedia.com/blog/ﬁnancial_times_a_classic_redesign_for_the_digital_age

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http://labs.ft.com/articles/ft-columnﬂow/

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https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/nytimes-for-ipad-breaking/id357066198?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-wall-street-journal./id364387007?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-guardian/id409128287?mt=8 New York Times Wall Street Journal The Guardian

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https://app.economist.com 1846 Print Digital

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https://app.economist.com

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CSS Multi-column Layout

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http://caniuse.com/#feat=multicolumn CSS Multi-column Layout

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http://codepen.io/georgecrawford/pen/zGpdQN

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http://codepen.io/georgecrawford/pen/zGpdQN

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http://www.giga.de/apps/app-store/news/protest-gegen-app-store-ﬁnancial-times-als-web-app/

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FTColumnﬂow https://github.com/ftlabs/ftcolumnﬂow

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https://app.economist.com

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https://app.economist.com

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https://app.economist.com

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https://app.economist.com

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http://ftlabs.github.io/ftcolumnﬂow/5.html

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https://github.com/ftlabs/ftcolumnﬂow

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https://github.com/ftlabs/ftcolumnﬂow

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https://github.com/ftlabs/ftcolumnﬂow

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https://github.com/ftlabs/ftcolumnﬂow

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https://github.com/ftlabs/ftcolumnﬂow

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http://ftlabs.github.io/ftcolumnﬂow/4.html

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http://georgecrawford.github.io/font-baseline/demo/metrics.html

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https://github.com/ftlabs/ftcolumnﬂow

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https://app.economist.com

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https://app.economist.com

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Demo

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A dying breed

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1. Should a web app emulate print? A dying breed

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http://www.giga.de/apps/app-store/news/protest-gegen-app-store-ﬁnancial-times-als-web-app/

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http://app.ft.com/

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A dying breed

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2. New CSS developments A dying breed

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2. New CSS developments A dying breed • CSS Regions • CSS Figures • CSS Line Grid • Project Houdini

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http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2012/07/css-regions-arent-just-for-columns.html CSS Regions

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http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2012/07/css-regions-arent-just-for-columns.html CSS Regions

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https://www.chromestatus.com/features/5655612935372800 CSS Regions

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https://ﬁgures.spec.whatwg.org/ CSS Figures

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http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-line-grid/ http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/ CSS Line Grid

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http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-line-grid/ http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/ CSS Line Grid

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http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-line-grid/ http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/ CSS Line Grid

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http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-line-grid/ http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/ CSS Line Grid

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https://dev.opera.com/articles/houdini/ Project Houdini

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https://dev.opera.com/articles/houdini/ Project Houdini “The most exciting thing was that nobody was arguing. We’ve wanted a lot of this since the 90s and now is the ﬁrst time when someone hasn’t said “no” or “it can’t be done”. Peter Linns (TAG co-chair, CSS WG co-chair)

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Project Houdini

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Project Houdini • Parser API

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Project Houdini • Parser API • Property and Value Extensions API

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Project Houdini • Parser API • Property and Value Extensions API • Font Metrics API

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Project Houdini • Parser API • Property and Value Extensions API • Font Metrics API • Custom Layout

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Project Houdini • Parser API • Property and Value Extensions API • Font Metrics API • Custom Layout • Custom Paint

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Thanks! https://speakerdeck.com/georgecrawford/ftcolumnﬂow-and-newspaper- layout-on-the-web-a-dying-breed @georgeocrawford Come and join us: http://labs.ft.com/jobs