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BBC News Redesign: Sneak Preview

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    BBC News Redesign: Sneak Preview

    I just got an email inviting me to take part in a BBC News survey about their forthcoming redesign. As part of the process I was able to see some current pages on the site using the new skin, so naturally I grabbed some screenshots for you all to voice your opinions on - click on the thumbnails to see the full-size version:

    Front page



    Story page



    There will definitely be more changes or bits added before it goes live, but that should whet your appetite

    #2
    Have they got rid of that new feature on the lead stories where it says 'Last update x minutes ago'

    I found that really irritating. I'd go in see a new story, it would say 60 minutes ago, I'd go back in it would then say 15 minutes or 10 minutes. It kept changing and it wasnt consistent with when I last went there.
    What happens in General, stays in General.
    You know what they say about assumptions!

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      #3
      That looks bloody terrible.

      Did you do that nick?

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        #4
        Looks like a cross between the Telegraph and Mail's websites.
        How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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          #5
          Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
          Have they got rid of that new feature on the lead stories where it says 'Last update x minutes ago'

          I found that really irritating. I'd go in see a new story, it would say 60 minutes ago, I'd go back in it would then say 15 minutes or 10 minutes. It kept changing and it wasnt consistent with when I last went there.
          There was a JPG of some of the bits they expect it to have further down the line, but I didn't post that as it would breach their copyright (whereas I made the screenshots myself, so it's fair use). Some of the headlines on the mockup have NEW next to them, but the stories themselves just have the usual dateline.

          I've just discovered that they seem to have left a cookie set - some of the pages on there are showing up in the new skin for me, even though I've finished the survey

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            #6
            Originally posted by minestrone View Post
            That looks bloody terrible.

            Did you do that nick?
            The usual constructive criticism

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              #7
              Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
              Looks like a cross between the Telegraph and Mail's websites.
              Except that it loads about twenty times faster than either of them

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                #8
                Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                Except that it loads about twenty times faster than either of them
                Frack yeah. That irks me loads about those site as well as many blogs like GOT, OH and Guido's. Make's them nearly unusable. It's not as if I'm on a slow line, I'm on excess of 17M!
                How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

                Follow me on Twitter - LinkedIn Profile - The HAB blog - New Blog: Mad Cameron
                Xeno points: +5 - Asperger rating: 36 - Paranoid Schizophrenic rating: 44%

                "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to high office" - Aesop

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                  #9
                  It looks quite good.

                  I've been having some real problems with the BBC site. At one client site they use Wireless and the BBC site won't render in Internet Explorer 6, but will in Chrome (which is really wierd).

                  While at others the performance has just been bad.
                  What happens in General, stays in General.
                  You know what they say about assumptions!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                    The usual constructive criticism
                    Well you seem to have ignored the constructive criticism on how to make your CUK mess look better so what good would that do.

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