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New BBC Site Format - Argghhh, my eyes, I'm blinded!


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I've been using the new format for a couple of weeks now and find certain parts annoying, especially on a tablet when an innocent touch of the screen will swipe away part of what you are reading.

Also a bit irked that I can't find a link to the 'Have your say' section in the menus which you can go to via the old link: Have Your Say - BBC News and it's promoting the new site layout!

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The way I have my laptop setup in the office with two monitors, the majority of my applications are not running maximised.

 

This is giving me a problem with the pictures on a news item being displayed in full size. Did not get this issue on the old website.

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Its actually hard to make things scale to ultrawide (21:9) without looking a bit weird and spaced.

 

but surely its possible to use more than 60% of the screen as that just means i need to scroll for no reason when like that its almost all text

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but surely its possible to use more than 60% of the screen as that just means i need to scroll for no reason when like that its almost all text

 

Yeah I just know designers always hate it because things are not pixel perfect without a lot of work. 16:9 full width is fine but I would like a bit of intelligence for 21:9, its all stuff we are considering now while developing the new site.

I do think if you have the space it should be used but wisely.

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The problem with filling the full width is that it becomes harder to track between lines - i.e. you get to the end of one line, go back to the left and your eye can't pick the correct line, so you skip ahead too far or repeat a line. I think the sweet spot is between 70 - 120 characters or something.

 

The real problem is that 16:9 monitors are rubbish and we should all be able to have 16:10 all the time always, but the market doesn't agree with me :(

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