I must be doing something wrong.

My NYTimes loads in just a fraction over one second. Should it be much faster?

By the way, what ads at the bottom of the page?

One of the things that will get sorted out as we all get used to having multiple ways to consume the same product is when we want a web app to read the NYT and when we want a native app to read the NYT. iPod touch users are probably more sensitive to this distinction since they really don't have access that is as ubiquitous as iPhone users whose TCO is much greater over time.

Or perhaps all the NYT app needs to please everyone is a preference setting: one page, two pages, all pages, op ed section, etc.

Yup, I keep trying to use it, but it is slower than molasses and it crashes every article. I still primarily access NYT through NetNewsWire RSS feeds. You get the short, concise RSS title and syonpsis and download the article into Safari if you want to read the whole thing.

Jim

This program crashes frequently, usually after just a few minutes of use. Except for that, it is a pretty good first try, especially for free.

To me, the NYTimes iPhone app is a bad joke. The home page looks nice, but once you click an article, banner ads across the entire bottom of the screen reduce the actual reading space to an absurdly small size. Personally, I much prefer the mobile version of the New York Times web page. No photos, but no ads, no waiting for pages to load, and no restriction on how much of the screen is available for actual text.

While I like the native NYT app - there's no way to email an article to someone. This is why I almost always just use the Safari-based NYT. In fact, I keep the icons side by side on my iPhone's home screen. The Native app is a backup for when my commuter train goes underground.

I don't think this is the correct forum for political opinions, but since none of the moderators have removed this, I might as well reply.

If you think the NYT is a leftist newspaper, you either haven't read it, or you are so far to the right that you don't recognize it for what it is: a conservative, bandwagon-following, establishment-favoring, pseudo-intellectual...well, you get the idea. Leftist? Ha! The Times fell in line with everyone else to support Bush (when he was popular), the other Bush (when he was popular) and Reagan (who was always popular). They play it so safe it borders on irresponsible.

Anyway, I politely ask Macworld to leave this reply up for as long as the original was, then moderate both to the recycle bin.

Sheesh.