Video

[Bo Hart]

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that many news websites are switching exclusively to video for news stories? This really irks me. I read pretty quickly, and so I sometimes like to scan through an article just to get the gist of what something is about. By not having text-only versions of these articles, I'm now forced to sit through 3-4 minute videos.

I know it sounds absurd to whine about something like this, but those lost minutes add up to a lot of wasted time.

Don't get me wrong, I definitely prefer video... just not when I'm following a trivial story.

[cpebbles]

It bugs me, probably because they often won't play in Firefox with my protection settings. I suspect it would bug me even if they would, because I avoid video articles even on websites where they work.

[docellis]

I hate not having a text only option. Usually I can skim content much quicker than waiting for video to lead, and lately, it seems there is always some commercial before the video. Let me have a text only option please.

[clevername]

I love being force to hear an advertisement before listening to the news I wanted to hear (but would rather read anyway).

[stlouie_lipp]

Good rant.

[omaha_red]

yes.. good rant indeed.. i just hate having to click on something
and the wait for it to load only for it to be too loud and then
everyone in my office knows i'm watching a video.. dumb

[Sutter'sBeard]

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that many news websites are switching exclusively to video for news stories? This really irks me. I read pretty quickly, and so I sometimes like to scan through an article just to get the gist of what something is about. By not having text-only versions of these articles, I'm now forced to sit through 3-4 minute videos.

I know it sounds absurd to whine about something like this, but those lost minutes add up to a lot of wasted time.

Don't get me wrong, I definitely prefer video... just not when I'm following a trivial story.

They want you to watch the commercial prior to the "news".

[ghostrunner]

I would add in video that plays as soon as you load the page, though that's not really a news thing.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I would add in video that plays as soon as you load the page, though that's not really a news thing.

ESPN.com is the worst at this. After I couldn't navigate anywhere on the baseball part of the site without a pop up about Bonds with the "sportscenter sound", I went through and changed about 15 bookmarks linking from ESPN pages to their Yahoo equivalents.