No Change. No. Bad.
Jul. 14th, 2010 08:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinI knew it was coming but it was still a bit of a shock to load the BBC News page this morning and see the new format. I don't know why they seem to think bigger images and more white space makes for a better webpage;* I am much more in favour of 'maximum information with a minimum of scrolling' so long as the presentation is clear, which it was. It made sense the last time they renovated because most people were now viewing it on monitors with a resolution higher than 800x600 – they kept roughly the same format but gave it room to breathe, and space was still used very efficiently. When they changed the format of the radio stations' homepages about a year ago they rendered them relatively useless for me** and I hardly visit them anymore ... I gotta get my news, though, so I guess I'll just have to get used to the Picture Book News. But I'm not going to pretend to be happy about it.
And they took away the 'Valued Exposure' daily vintage photo series on the In Pictures page ...
I'm going to go curl up in my little cubbyhole and sulk for a while. Call me out when the world stops fixing things that ain't broke.
*Maybe they're all viewing it on their iPhones ...
**I would go to the website to find information on radio shows, and stuff like what's coming up that I should look out for, and why, and what's all this about The ___ Season, etc. What I do not go for is a giant picture of a radio personality ... if I wanted pictures I would not be listening to the radio. But they seem to think that's the #1 priority for people visiting their page. What do they care what I think, though? I don't pay the license fee. (I would if I could!)
ETA: Well, at least there are plenty of other crotchety users out there ...
And they took away the 'Valued Exposure' daily vintage photo series on the In Pictures page ...
I'm going to go curl up in my little cubbyhole and sulk for a while. Call me out when the world stops fixing things that ain't broke.
*Maybe they're all viewing it on their iPhones ...
**I would go to the website to find information on radio shows, and stuff like what's coming up that I should look out for, and why, and what's all this about The ___ Season, etc. What I do not go for is a giant picture of a radio personality ... if I wanted pictures I would not be listening to the radio. But they seem to think that's the #1 priority for people visiting their page. What do they care what I think, though? I don't pay the license fee. (I would if I could!)
ETA: Well, at least there are plenty of other crotchety users out there ...
