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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:06 
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Weird. That looks okay to me now.

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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:17 
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The (BBC) site seems a bit weird at the moment (too much white, too much space), but I always hate new designs of the same thing for a while before it seeps into my consciousness and I end up hating the old one instead.

The one thing I think that they need alter is the Sports section. The link to it on the main page is too small. Before it was a yellow banner, and now it's just a plain link offering fewer options. Since I visit the sport pages more than any other, I feel it has been given a raw deal!

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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:27 
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Hmm. Unsure on first impressions but maybe it'll grow on me. Bit too pastelly and seems like a lot of wasted, empty space. Maybe they are concerned about easier reading?

Also the new banner logo top right reminds me of a Cornetto wrapper and will make me want to buy an ice-cream each time I look at it.


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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 13:53 
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I had to open the BBC news site via google cache to get a reminder of the changes.

I definitely prefer the old layout. The new one looks too much like an advert for some sleek,chic product

A news site should look a little messy, a little cluttered - there's a lot of news in the world, after all.

[edit]incidentally, old articles still follow the old format.
Eg:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3518794.stm


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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 15:14 
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Gerry Mander wrote:
I had to open the BBC news site via google cache to get a reminder of the changes.

I definitely prefer the old layout. The new one looks too much like an advert for some sleek,chic product

A news site should look a little messy, a little cluttered - there's a lot of news in the world, after all.

[edit]incidentally, old articles still follow the old format.
Eg:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3518794.stm



Yeah, they've always done that tho, look for an article from 8 or 9 years ago for example....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1150374.stm

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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 16:35 
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Isn't that lovely?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/105361.stm

Does anyone else remember that layout?

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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 17:41 
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chinnyhill10 wrote:
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I'm a CSS ninja,


Is that like a less cool "Goal scoring superstar hero"?


No, it's obviously his way of showing how much he loves Lovefoxxx and co.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 18:39 
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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 19:46 
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kalmar wrote:
I think it looks ok but it's a bit fiddly and the spacing around the scrolling banner thing at the top seems a bit broken on my iPhone.

That's because, after an hour of messing about with one, I can conclude that iPhones are rubbish at the Internet.

Also, because I wasn't doing it on a wireless LAN, I think I cost my mate some money. Whoops.

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 Post subject: Re: BBC ruin news website with wishy-washy new layout
PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 19:54 

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it's not like we're using dinky monitors anymore


Aren't we?

Eight out of ten internet capable devices I see before me say otherwise.


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