New CNN Website Opinions 2929 Responses

Last post: 3 years, 6 months ago | Thread started: Oct 24, 09, 7:55 a.m.

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• graphiknature

  Personally I think the red header is obnoxious and distracting. I'm sure there are some cool things once you dig deeper. Any thoughts?
  http://www.cnn.com/

  Oct 24, 09, 7:55 a.m. – Permalink

• version3

  cnn video is its own site and style, pretty lame considering its the first button after home

  • Is it me or does everyone hate it when you can only watch a video and not read an article. There should be an article for every video posted IMO.– graphiknature1/3

    <-- every video poster– graphiknature2/3

    LOL posted.– graphiknature3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 8:01 a.m. – Permalink

• joeth

  It seems every section after home is the same as it was...
  http://www.cnn.com/US/

  I like the old design much better.

  • I agree.– graphiknature

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 8:03 a.m. – Permalink

• effort

  looks a lot like the salon.com redesign:

  http://beta.salon.com/

  • Was thinking the same thing.– duckofrubber1/2

    are you blind??– iCanHasQBN2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 8:55 a.m. – Permalink

• jerseyred

  and now it's gone...

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 9:02 a.m. – Permalink

• colin_s

  i am pretty sure the official launch for the full site is monday, only the frontpage is new right now but everything gets streamlined then.

  that being said, meh i guess. i guess i care more about real news websites. i am sure they've got ten templates for what happens if a celebrity dies.

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 9:21 a.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  not a big fan - preferred the old style. THis looks like an e-commerce site with nothing to sell

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 9:39 a.m. – Permalink

• ximeraLabs

  I like that red CNN header. Yes, its quite strong — but I like it (also reminds me a bit of 80s BBC with the globe and all)

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 10:04 a.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  I do not like that. I realize everything evolves, but when major mainstream web sites change so radically overnight, it really irritates me.

  It's funny too - the economy is tight; obviously it costs money to redesign a web site. Makes me wonder if they really sit down and discuss whether or not it's necessary?

  • Just be glad they are stimulating the economy?– duckofrubber

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 10:08 a.m. – Permalink

• jamble

  The newspulse section looks a hell of a lot like last.fm

  http://newspulse.cnn.com/

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 10:50 a.m. – Permalink

• duckofrubber

  Looks like PMS 185 is the color for 2010?

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 11:06 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Hmmm, you guys say just the front page but the whole site looks different to me.

  I think the logo looks really awkward centered like that, and yea, red header is overkill. Not enough time to dig through the whole site, but overall the type and positioning seems sloppier than the last version.

  So they butchered their really decent-looking redesign they launched a year or so ago. Reminds me of what I've seen more than a few stakeholders do to sites so not a huge surprise;)

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 1:03 p.m. – Permalink

• silentseven

  Ya not really feeling the direction that Huge has been going in on their past few sites. http://www.ivillage.com/ ReDesign feels flat and unfinished sort of the same as the CNN redesign. Agree with ukit about the centered logo, feels weird.

  • Yeah there isn't much cohesion going on with the ivillage.com site. I even found a margin error in FF on one area. :P– graphiknature

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 1:23 p.m. – Permalink

• graphiknature

  Looks like the header is the same color as www.seamlessweb.com

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 5:41 p.m. – Permalink

• Seanbot

  Seems like a missed opportunity. Why are there drop shadows everywhere? Gross.

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 5:54 p.m. – Permalink

• crayz

  I see the lest important thing on the site is the news. With there logo clearly top of the list. brand over news? since when?

  • Oh the CNN logo followed closely by the advert on the right.– crayz

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 5:57 p.m. – Permalink

• set

  I agree that red header is extremely distracting

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 6 p.m. – Permalink

• version3

  since FOXNews

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 6:01 p.m. – Permalink

• crayz

  

  
  Its large but. you get the idea.
  bbc vs cnn.

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 6:01 p.m. – Permalink

• pauli

  Taking into perspective of their core audience, and what they are most likely attempting to achieve - I think its a great step in the right direction.

  • Who is there core audience? i thought CNN was the bbc / guardian of the us? trust worthy and serious ?– crayz1/3

    it dose seem like there trying to push video more than anything.– crayz2/3

    Main audience must be the bloods.– graphiknature3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 6:05 p.m. – Permalink

• pauli

  and the globe spins

  

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  Dog-earOct 24, 09, 6:08 p.m. – Permalink