Improving Type on the Web -- Removing Widows and Orphans

This type of thing, while certainly low on any developer's to-do list (including mine), does indeed make for a more pleasant reading experience with very little work.

Personally, I like what they're doing because they're doing it in regular XHTML and not resorting to alternative, non-open tools.

Some sites (MSNBC, for one) are using Flash-MX to create headlined to achieve a print-like look, which seems odd because MSNBC has no print counterpart.

It's refreshing to see the IHT and the NYT working so hard to do good things with native tools.

In my opinion this go against separating content from design. While it's a nice fix for maybe a few browsers, I'd rather let the old people complain about their widows.