Comments on: We've redesigned come and take a look

By: Hobbsy

Hobbsy — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:23:10 +0000

Hi Patrick, when viewed in IE6 the sidebar loads at the bottom of the page, under the left hand content and comments

By: Mikael Rieck

Mikael Rieck — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:16:08 +0000

Patrick, why are you picture (in the category section) the only one without an alt and title tag? I’m pretty sure it isn’t because you’re a nobody ;)

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:31:52 +0000

Looks great, Patrick

I’d be tempted to have the Sections/Categories as a list in the righthand column (rather than being a tab in the tab-box) but then you’d lose some of that nice whitespace.

The picture-links in the footer don’t gel for me – perhaps a border round each, or a similar coloured background might tie them together a bit? …they seem too “random / disconnected” …can’t think of the right word!

Cheers, Jon

By: John Pro

John Pro — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:17:48 +0000

It looks awesome. Much better than the old one.

One suggestion might be to add some text below the images in the footer. They are a bit hard to understand unless you read the URL they link to.

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:52:07 +0000

Charles: BBC News’s main content column is fits fine in a 512px-wide browser window actually – it didn’t when the new design first launched, but they quickly fixed it. It’s a lovely way of browsing – one window loading while you’re reading another, or one window for the main document while you drag-and-drop its links in the other. Try it some time. It’s only a few bad apples like the new blogstorm design that are really awkward because View: Page Style: None sorts most of the wide boys. After all, what’s the point of a windowed user interface if you full-screen (or near enough) everything?

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:28:20 +0000

MJ Ray: I would think pretty much every site on the Web is too wide for you if you tile 2 pages side-by-side on 1024 width. That would give you less than 500px per window of useable space, and most sites are now designed at around 1000px wide.

I went to 1000px wide after the BBC News did.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:04:08 +0000

Yeah, I saw that…I was just messing.

By: Patrick Altoft

Patrick Altoft — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:02:36 +0000

David there is a link at the end of the post to a screenshot.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:50:15 +0000

What did the old version look like…my brain is addled after SciBlog08 and I cannot recall. I’m not sure about that footer…it looks a bit old school (like slashdot and sciscoop.com) and a bit out of place with those kinds of icons, to my eye.

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:40:22 +0000

Clean, but a bit small by default. Still too wide if you have two browser windows tiled side-by-side on 1024×768.