[BNM] new BBC website design

[Tom Dussek (Hotmail)]

Hang on - you are unhappy that it has "become that little bit harder to 
scan" but then cite research which "proves" that larger type makes it 
easier to scan? (Incidentally, this research is meaningless without the 
type sizes. Otherwise, we should conclude that we should move to 6pt 
type, and immediately stop using this damned scannable 72pt!)

Ah well. I remember when the internet was all fields.... look at it 
now.... they should do something about it.... where's my Daily Mail....

Tom Dussek


Jack Moxley wrote:
> Because the text is not just larger but essentially more faded it's  
> harder to see, also the text is too spaced so my eyes have to go  
> further to scan and skip. Additionally I said sections were less  
> distinguished i.e. harder to differentiate between unrelated sub  
> content and main content, I thought that bit was clear.
> 
> Yes I agree it is subjective but as I can only see it with my eyes I  
> can only give you a subjective view. As for nonsense I don't want to  
> read a site because of how It looks but because of its content,  
> however bad design is a turn off, and it is a pity that using such a  
> valuable resource as bbc news has become that little bit harder to scan.
> 
> I just googled this, so I am not sure its representative however I add  
> it for your pleasure.
> 
> http://poynterextra.org/eyetrack2004/main.htm
> 
> "The Eyetrack III researchers discovered something important when  
> testing headline and type size on homepages: Smaller type encourages  
> focused viewing behavior (that is, reading the words), while larger  
> type promotes lighter scanning. In general, our testing found that  
> people spent more time focused on small type than large type. Larger  
> type resulted in more scanning of the page -- fewer words overall were  
> fixated on -- as people looked around for words or phrases that  
> captured their attention."
> 
> I must of mentioned that I hate it by now.
> 
> Jack
> 
> On 31 Mar 2008, at 22:01, Tom Dussek (Hotmail) wrote:
> 
>> How can bigger, more spaced text give you more eye strain?! How can  
>> all
>> this extra space make things harder to distinguish? This is all
>> subjective nonsense, and therefore no more valid than my suggestion  
>> that
>> this is, at last, a site with loads of headings, info and general  
>> stuff
>> which is laid out in a way that actually makes you want to read it.
>>
>> Tom Dussek
>>
>>
>> Jack Moxley wrote:
>>> Personally I thought the text was oversized and overspaced and too
>>> light in colour and weight.
>>> The look and feel somewhat generic, an ugly double header. A site  
>>> that
>>> has become so wide, it takes the majority of my screen space, and  
>>> none
>>> of this gives me more content, just more eye strain.
>>>
>>> Oh and the sections are harder to distinguish giving an overall
>>> cluttered feel.
>>>
>>> Did I mention I hate it?
>>>
>>> Jack
>>>
>>> P.S. the fix I mentioned doesn't work for the actual stories, so I  
>>> can
>>> add badly integrated to that list.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31 Mar 2008, at 21:43, Barry Bloye wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 31/03/2008, Tom Dussek (Hotmail) wrote:
>>>>> As someone who has long since given up being arsed about the  
>>>>> detailed
>>>>> goodness/badness of web sites, can anyone explain why the new BBC
>>>>> site
>>>>> is meant to be so terrible?
>>>> Assuming we're talking about the *news* site that launched this
>>>> morning, two words (well one word and one acronym):
>>>>
>>>> Spacer GIF
>>>>
>>>> B.
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