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Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by luckydude »

us0r wrote: post #136
SubiculumCode wrote: post #41

When Google first came out and we tried it there were two things we liked about it. The first: Good search results. Yeah everyone knows that right. But young people today might have forgotten the second reason we liked Google search back then: The Second: A clean page with a single logo and search field. It loaded quick. There were no banners everywhere, no bs. HackerNews has that feel. It is clean, information dense…

Google seems to have forgotten this and now thinks its some kind of design company. Everything with the exception of adwords and analytics it has applied material to is now garbage. News use to be my default homepage but surprisingly MSN gives me a much better product with more then 4 stories on the page on 32" monitors.

The new google news page is awful. It's classic user interface designer making stuff pretty with no thought on how to display news. The old page was much better, it was denser. I friggin hate Google news now and am looking for a better news source. I'm not loving text only, I'd be happy with a text only top level and then text & pics for the stories.

I'll check out MSN.

Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by pvg »

0x0 wrote: post #192
pvg wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because it's a separate site? I have no idea. It takes 30 seconds to convince yourself it's theirs, though, so I'm not sure what you're asking me.

How did you manage to convince yourself it's theirs? Why couldn't they just put it on lite.cnn.com? If you try to look up the whois for cnn.io, you only get: Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 299 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: Name Server: NS-24.AWSDNS-03.COM Name Server: NS-630.AWSDNS-14.NET Name Server: NS-1845.AWSDNS-38.CO.UK Name Server: NS-1268.AWSDNS-30.ORG…

I said they use the same CDN hosts with the same forward and reverse names. Which I find quite convincing, on top of everything else.

    dig lite.cnn.io
    
    lite.cnn.io.		18	IN	CNAME	turner-tls.map.fastly.net.
    turner-tls.map.fastly.net. 20	IN	A	151.101.1.67

    dig www.cnn.com
    www.cnn.com.		39	IN	CNAME	turner-tls.map.fastly.net.
    turner-tls.map.fastly.net. 18	IN	A	151.101.1.67

Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by kevmo »

SQL2219 wrote: post #264
kevmo wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the highest-impact format with which one can consume news, though. Magazines are great, but lots of people are just looking for a quick shot of the current news. This sort of UI is ideal for that need. This is exactly why the Drudge Report has stayed relevant for 20 years.

But behind the curtain, Drudge is a freaking advertising hog.

Doesn't detract from the fact that his information design is A+.

Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by swrobel »

mallaidh wrote: post #245
knz wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.npr.org ? It's not text only but it's considerably more minimal than most news websites, loads almost instantly, doesn't have auto play content, and is considered a reputable source. The BBC used to be similar but their international website is awful now (slow to load, more adverts, and less emphasis on actual news).

It's text-only when you use http://thin.npr.org

Surprisingly long load times...

Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by imcrs »

andrewfromx wrote: post #276
oh_sigh wrote: post #241

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good point. CNN should put hours on their website and only serve news between 9am and 5pm. Nobody needs to watch 24/7 news

it's more than that. We used to have a morning edition newspaper and then the late edition. That's it. Two times a day to get fresh news. Even 9-5 too much.

Best thing I've read about the news: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews

I read monthlys now. Only sometimes I can't resist checking the daily (or instant) news.

Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by Kwpolska »

kalleboo wrote: post #133
SubiculumCode wrote: post #41

When Google first came out and we tried it there were two things we liked about it. The first: Good search results. Yeah everyone knows that right. But young people today might have forgotten the second reason we liked Google search back then: The Second: A clean page with a single logo and search field. It loaded quick. There were no banners everywhere, no bs. HackerNews has that feel. It is clean, information dense…

The Swedish public broadcaster still keeps their Teletext[0] service running. One of the cleanest way to get your news (especially on a TV where load times are zero). You can access it on the web as well https://www.svt.se/svttext/web/pages/100.html [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext

> (especially on a TV where load times are zero)

I haven’t seen any one TV like that. Poland’s Teletext services are full of lonely hearts spam and are generally worthless, even though still alive.

Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by thecopy »

djur wrote: post #289
thecopy wrote: post #248

I can recommend https://cor.ax which is similar to this

Except with a political slant: > We provide an alternative startpage for news, free from left-wing bias.

Yep. I find it refreshing with news provides which does not pretent to be unbiased, none are.

Re: Text-only CNN

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Post by johnlorry »

I quickly created a basic userstyle to use a better font and a paper-like which is easier on the eyes.

* { font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica; color: #222; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.4; }

body{ background: #dac3a8; }

main{ max-width: 920px; margin: 0 auto; }

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