Redesigning the NY Times
Redesigning the NY Times
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- ukit0
I found this fairly idiotic.
The NYT is actually one of the best designed sites for a large newspaper (along with The Guardian and the BBC). What he refers to as clutter is simply a solution for the need to display the optimal amount of information.
Ironically, his "redesign" is largely style (iOS bevels, trendy typeface) over substance as far as I can tell. The style isn't bad, but it doesn't present the solution he pretends it does. His answer to the clutter "problem" for instance is to simply remove all that extra text - but that sort of ruins the experience of using the site.
Also, while it would be nice to use custom fonts, that simply isn't a reality yet for a site with as large a readership as the NYT.