There are personal aspects which are to do with colours and what you like. E.g. a mainly red website vs. the same website mainly in blue, white, etc. Funcionality is unchanged but your reaction will be different.
But unfortunately you have to also accept that this is *change* which means the question of what you're used to is as much a part of your view of things.
and in that context I think it's fine. I think the last one you could totally customise so I'd guess it wasn't popular so they've gone to a sort of 'here's what's there' kind of page.
What would YOU put there, though?
Certainly what they've got isn't a million miles away from DrownedinSound's front page.
The 'News & Sport' tab needs to be second, after 'BBC online today'. 'Entertainment', 'Lifestyle' and 'Knowledge' can join the queue.
And the tab bar needs to go at the top.
And the left-right 'nudge animation' is annoying.
Not the worst thing in the world, though. An improvement overall, I reckon. The previous user-customisable thing never really took off as a common concept - people don't really want to customise a website, they want to be told what's what.
*Seriously, though. It may well be their HQ, and the #1 locale. But it only represents 12% of the UK population.
as I said when the beta was released that this layout is clearly designed for tablets, except the BBC forgot that a lot of people actually prefer fully functional computers as opposed to pads.
that adapts when viewed on a tablet/mobile site (no need for m.whatever) so that won't be their reason. Think they're just going for a minimalist approach which is good, but they haven't coupled it with easy legibility which is a bit silly.
http://trollcats.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/my_world_is_changing_and_i_dont_like_it_trollcat.jpg
:D
One must evaluate change rather than simply dismissing it for reasons of aesthetics.
Yes and no.
There are personal aspects which are to do with colours and what you like. E.g. a mainly red website vs. the same website mainly in blue, white, etc. Funcionality is unchanged but your reaction will be different.
But unfortunately you have to also accept that this is *change* which means the question of what you're used to is as much a part of your view of things.
Well I think we've agreed that the page is really just a placeholder
and in that context I think it's fine. I think the last one you could totally customise so I'd guess it wasn't popular so they've gone to a sort of 'here's what's there' kind of page.
What would YOU put there, though?
Certainly what they've got isn't a million miles away from DrownedinSound's front page.
i like the whooshing idea.
Goodness me, I want that cat
Looks nice.
This.
Clean and neat.
Yeah its shit
Cant tell where I'm supposed to be looking for stuff, just a random assortment of stuff im not interested in
Yup, BBC News and BBC Football
why would you need to go anywhere else?
It looks like the website hasn't loaded properly.
Yeah, looks like when websites screw up
and just present the text in Times New Roman.
No, it looks clean and white.
The best way for a website to look.
I just don't know what's going on any more
Looks cheaper.
But I'm already forgetting what the old one was like.
why does it say 'london' bigger than 'bbc'
I never go to that bit of the BBC site.
It's either http://news.bbc.co.uk or else a specific BBC programme page found via Google.
Link?
http://bbc.co.uk
who goes to that bit anyways?
it's basically just a placeholder
only problem i can see with it
is that there's not enough white space. Everything seems to run into the next bit and the titles are unnecessarily large.
website bods are on strike, innit.
LONDON*
The 'News & Sport' tab needs to be second, after 'BBC online today'. 'Entertainment', 'Lifestyle' and 'Knowledge' can join the queue.
And the tab bar needs to go at the top.
And the left-right 'nudge animation' is annoying.
Not the worst thing in the world, though. An improvement overall, I reckon. The previous user-customisable thing never really took off as a common concept - people don't really want to customise a website, they want to be told what's what.
*Seriously, though. It may well be their HQ, and the #1 locale. But it only represents 12% of the UK population.
i don't understand why the main focus is on telling me where i am (or have told it i am)
and what day it is.
DUMBING DOWN
It at least used to tell you what town you were in when you stuck your post code in.
Now it just says ST4 at the top :/
I don't know
as I said when the beta was released that this layout is clearly designed for tablets, except the BBC forgot that a lot of people actually prefer fully functional computers as opposed to pads.
you can easily design a website these days
that adapts when viewed on a tablet/mobile site (no need for m.whatever) so that won't be their reason. Think they're just going for a minimalist approach which is good, but they haven't coupled it with easy legibility which is a bit silly.
I think it's just meant to be like the cover of a magazine
so you click on whatever catches your eye and go there.
i like the big chunky design
INTERNET CHANGE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I'M NEVER USING THAT WEBSITE AGAIN
EXCEPT FOR IPLAYER
only people who dont know ho to use the internet
ever go to this page anyway.
It's alright.
As long as they leave sport alone. Which they have done for pretty much ever.
<3bbc sport<3
Tacky, unsightly, unusable, waste of licence-fee payers' money
are just some of the words the Daily Mail might use to describe it. I quite like it myself.