Techmeme redesign

#1

Post by citadrianne » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 6:53 PM UTC

Techmeme redesign
techmeme.com

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#2

Post by nextparadigms » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:02 PM UTC

I don't think it uses the golden ratio, except for the 2nd column maybe. It seems a little distracting.

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Post by citadrianne » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:07 PM UTC

very prominent on the sponsored posts.

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Post by aeeeee » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:16 PM UTC

My first impression of this site is that the hyperlink to information ration is way too high.

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#5

Post by swombat » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

Does anyone still use TechMeme? I never actually used it, but I thought it had mostly faded away by now?

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#6

Post by rmassie » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

There is something wrong with it. I can't really describe what though. I think the best designed news site out there right now is The Verge, but I'm sure there are other examples of what is right.

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Post by username3 » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:29 PM UTC

rmassie wrote: post #6

There is something wrong with it. I can't really describe what though. I think the best designed news site out there right now is The Verge, but I'm sure there are other examples of what is right.

It's too white. It feels like it didn't load completely. Newest is narrow. 7 headlines take up 50 lines.

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Post by sidcool » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:34 PM UTC

swombat wrote: post #5

Does anyone still use TechMeme? I never actually used it, but I thought it had mostly faded away by now?

I still do, it's a very nifty site to get an objective feel of tech news. The redesign however is not a very pleasant one, especially the font.

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Post by sidcool » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:35 PM UTC

Why the hellish font?

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Post by adambard » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 7:39 PM UTC

If you don't have Optima (the font), it defaults to Trebuchet, which I find very ugly. Could they not have used one of many available webfonts (from Typekit/FontSquirrel/Google etc.)?