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webman

webman

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I think it's the news that has now moved over to the "new look" (what they call barlesque) layout and template, to match other BBC sub-sites.

 

Blog post about the update: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2010/07/bbc_news_website_redesign_2.html

 

More info:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/barlesque.html

http://forum.multipack.co.uk/comments.php?DiscussionID=61

http://www.bbc.co.uk/includes/blq/

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powdarrmonkey

powdarrmonkey

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Every design ever launched by an established site is always "nasty", "horrible", "unuseable" or some other adjective. In a month's time, you won't even notice any more.

 

Although you may have a point, the complete lack of any divider between horizontal articles makes them a bit awkward to read.

flyinghaggis

flyinghaggis

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Just to balance the argument I actually think it looks better than the old one! The layout seems to have more "structure" now whereas before it was just a mess of random headlines and the layout/formatting was all over the shop. The page is now divided up more cleanly IMO. :)

 

A few divider lines between headlines as suggested by powdarrmonkey would be a good idea though.

maniac

maniac

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Prefered the old layout. Felt a bit lost this morning, as BBC news is my site of choise for keeping up to date with what's going on - it's just not as easy to find what you want any more!

 

I have no doubt I'll get used to it, but I have to ask how many times does the BBC need to redesign its site? This must be at least the 3rd incarnation in recent times, and how much does it cost each time they do it I wonder!

 

Mike.

sidewinder

sidewinder

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Every design ever launched by an established site is always "nasty", "horrible", "unuseable" or some other adjective. In a month's time, you won't even notice any more.

 

Exactly. Its one of the sites I read the most, so any difference is a shock, but overall I dont mind it. Its good to keep things fresh (with the exception of facebook, who seem to take delight in always moving features around seemingly to confuse us)

TechMonkey

TechMonkey

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I think it must be a work in progress as it looks better than it did earlier. Divider lines are now up. A few niggles, like the bold numbers make it look aimed at small children and the bright red of the menu needs toning down, but looks good to me.
sparkeh

sparkeh

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If the idea was to fling news at the screen at let it stay where it hits then its succeeded.

 

Though perhaps the lazy approach to web design is bring it into line with the approach to the journalism?

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