A hypothetical polishing up of wsj.com to reduce the number of random colors and headers on the page, among other touches.
Tag: online+news+design
Evening Standard – London’s Quality Newspaper
Check out the ‘London Today’ bit on the right – that is awesome UI.
East Valley Tribune | Daily Arizona News
Great nav (a la Houston Chronicle) and section pages.
mydesert.com | The Desert Sun | Palm Springs
Surprisingly decent looking Gannett site. Pretty sure it’s running on Saxotech, but this must have been redesigned pretty recently.
Revolution News Theme
Wow. Finally someone appears to have done a lot of the work of turning WordPress into a news CMS and released the theme (FOR SALE). Check it out. Fantastic stuff.
Newser – Faster, Smarter News
Cute, but useless without a community or reader interaction.
Newspaper Homepages and Load Times » The Bivings Report
Wow, we suck at this, eh? That’s because newspaper homepages aren’t unified pieces of well-thought-out code, usually. They’re an unsightly mess of Flash ads and javascript payloads coming from who-knows-which server.
Blasting the Myth of the Fold – Boxes and Arrows
“Stop worrying about the fold. Don’t throw your best practices out the window, but stop cramming stuff above a certain pixel point. You’re not helping anyone. Open up your designs and give your users some visual breathing room.”
Design View / Andy Rutledge – quiet structure
Detailed critique of whitespace, typography, UI in USAT and CNN redesigns. Must-read.
knoxnews.com
Knox News gets the Django-powered Ellington treatment. Yes, I’m jealous.
Ryan Sholin 