Unsolicited Redesigns (Khoi Vinh responds to NYTimes redesign)

Post by rjd » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 9:38 PM UTC

gorog wrote: post #53

donohoe wrote: post #38

When Andy's link was first posted here it struck a nerve with many people, especially myself ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2806257 ). The big problem that myself and many others have with Andy is that he is a professional. He is known in web standards and design circles. He builds web sites. The big point here: He has been on the other side of the design process (I presume) explaining to people why things wer…

I don't think the critics of the NYT where out of touch with reality. The big 3 French newspaper (lemonde.fr, lefigaro.fr, liberation.fr) are all much easier to scan than the likes of the NYT.

Being out of touch with reality can mean many things, but from my point of view just on politics alone Andys dream is impossible.

I don't agree with Khoi entirely, I believe Andys and work like his is beneficial to everyone, but I do agree its mental masturbation.

If you missed my earlier critique of it feel free to read through it, its long and was well received: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2805982

Post by esrauch » Sat, Jul 30, 2011, 2:43 PM UTC

palish wrote: post #37

esrauch wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having worked for a couple billion-dollar companies, I am pretty sure you are giving them too much credit.

Why do you say that? It seems fairly certain that if NYTimes one day looked like a blog, then their revenue would dry up. It would scare away a lot of people, such as my dad, who don't like change and who don't care about whether a website has rounded corners.

I am completely unqualified to say anything about both the NYTimes and website design for news. I simply am stating that many decisions made at billion dollar companies do not have as much thought put into them as you might expect.

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