@leonp That brought to mind how immediately after 9/11 news sites went more or less text only for a while. It was the only way to successfully deliver news to millions of people with way less Internet capacity than we have now. [As I write this, I find it hard to believe — others who lived through this, please confirm.]
@leonp Here in Aotearoa New Zealand we watched on TV and listened to the radio. Even back then I didn’t bother with newspapers. I must have been doing something on the Internet though to recall the text-only approach.
@JMaxB Do you realise that was a mere 20 years ago (next month). Life is now different in so many ways we wouldn’t have imagined.
@Miraz You remember correctly. I recall CNN and MSNBC being down at times. Dave Winer had good coverage and remained up the entire time.
I even mentioned on my blog that CNN and MSNBC were having issues.
@leonp I’ll always prefer text! Like you say, it’s searchable, easily quotable, uses less bandwidth, you can go at your own pace, etc. I’m sure that the so-called “pivot to video” had more to do with advertisers than actual user preferences.