tech_guy Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 (edited) Arrrgggghh, hate the new design of the BBC News site. What have they done!?!? Edited July 14, 2010 by tech_guy
webman Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 (edited) 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/ Edited July 14, 2010 by webman
KarlGoddard Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Looks a bit too 'busy' for me def dont like the bold font numbers along side the 'most read' section! It's prolly my age, but I dont like change!!!!
mattx Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Are they trying to out do Fox / Sky Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhosh news ?
tech_guy Posted July 14, 2010 Author Posted July 14, 2010 It's awful, isn't it! Like a car crash of web-page design.
powdarrmonkey Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 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 Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 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.
somabc Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 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: BBC - The Editors: BBC News website redesign (2) More info: BBC - BBC Internet Blog: From Barley To Barlesque BBC Barlesque Demo - Multipack BBC - Barlesque - Test Page Ha Ha! Barly-esque! Nathan Barley - Channel 4
maniac Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 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 Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 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)
webman Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Gibbo: More recent news has reported that 6 Music will not close (BBC News - BBC Trust rejects 6 Music closure plan)
Pyroman Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 don't like it! ther's a big empty space on the left where my news used to be and the text size seems to have increased
TechMonkey Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 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.
localzuk Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Looks ok to me. Took a few minutes to spot where everything I want has moved to, but other than that, fairly good.
davipton Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 Helps if they can get the right data on the RSS feeds, BBC News Education brings through BBC News Health!!
sparkeh Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 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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