It’s worth (http://firstlook.blogs.nytimes.com/prototypes/#skimmer)

mentioning that they New York Times has provided an

(http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst/articleSkimmer) “Article Skimmer”
prototype since

(http://firstlook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/sunday-browsing ) early

2009 when it was described in this article.

“Here at The Times, we often hear a common story of usage from our
customers: Reading the Sunday Times, spreading out the paper on a
table while eating brunch. For many of our customers, this ritual is
fundamental to their enjoyment of the weekend, and its absence would
be jolting. [Snip] Instead, our focus was on the fundamentals of the
experience. It is empowering to spread so much information out on a
table, so we spread as many stories as we can fit into the space of
your screen. It is easier and more relaxing to scan a surface of
information than flip through a stack, so information is laid out in a
rigid two-dimensional grid. The sections do not flip into place;
instead, they slide up and down. If you want to imagine the whole of
the content as a giant uncut scroll of paper, don’t let us stop you.”

In June, 2009
(http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst/articleSkimmer/) “Article Skimmer”
had its third release.

You can (http://firstlook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/article-skimmer-update-all-the-news/)
read about it here.

The third release prototype has (according to the paper):
+ Improved Navigation
+ Arrow Keys: Even More Useful (Many users have expressed delight at
being able to move around the article skimmer using the up and down
arrow keys. Now you can move between pages using the left and right
arrow keys.
+ The Addition of the Times Wire