There was little wrong with the old design ... and while change *may* be inevitable, change for change's sake is rarely a good idea. I'm not opposed to redesign when it works - the revamped Register looks and works great.
This redesign absolutely represents a triumph of style over substance, and I didn't think that was what Techdirt was about.
The old Techdirt had the look of a news site for techies and geeks - the new look screams "corporate" and really, it now looks no different than the other thousands of corporate sites on the Net. The only thing that's missing is the overuse of the Verdana font, the only one "webdesigners" seem to know about.
I'll still read Techdirt for the excellent articles ... unless *that* changes for the "better" as well.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Joseph Reda.
Bah!
There was little wrong with the old design ... and while change *may* be inevitable, change for change's sake is rarely a good idea. I'm not opposed to redesign when it works - the revamped Register looks and works great.
This redesign absolutely represents a triumph of style over substance, and I didn't think that was what Techdirt was about.
The old Techdirt had the look of a news site for techies and geeks - the new look screams "corporate" and really, it now looks no different than the other thousands of corporate sites on the Net. The only thing that's missing is the overuse of the Verdana font, the only one "webdesigners" seem to know about.
I'll still read Techdirt for the excellent articles ... unless *that* changes for the "better" as well.