OMG, the Slate.com redesign is killing me.

[vanillacourage]

WTF, it is terrrrrrrrrrrrible!

[ESF]

Oh good god.

This whole move to a pinterest style format does not work for me. I hate the marthastewart.com redesign. It's been months, and I still curse it every time I'm on on it.

I hope Slate hasn't fucked with its iPad app, which I love.

[vanillacourage]

It's like content threw up in every corner of the page. 

[heyjude]

Meh. It was time for a redesign.

[Deleted]

all of their designs are terrible. every last one.

[ringstrue]

Ew.

Note to designers: if you need to explain everything about your design for people to get it - it's not a good design.

[ttt]

Why do people insist on redoing things to make them worse than they were before???

[lauralala]

I know! I hate it. I can't find anything. Why does every article need a big picture?

[ttt]

LOL that they ask for feedback on the redesign in the comments section below, but the comment section doesn't even work. At least it doesn't for me (I'm on Firefox).

[heyjude]

Sept 24, 2013 13:00:00 GMT -5 cville said:

all of their designs are terrible. every last one.

Slate does a redesign every few years and it's the same collective response. Then people get over it, move on, and then complain when that design is swapped out. It's the cycle of life.

Now the NPR home page redesign a month ago? Awful. They took away key functions like live 24 hour streaming.

[downtoearth]

Sept 24, 2013 14:04:42 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Sept 24, 2013 13:00:00 GMT -5 cville said:

all of their designs are terrible. every last one.

Slate does a redesign every few years and it's the same collective response. Then people get over it, move on, and then complain when that design is swapped out. It's the cycle of life.

Now the NPR home page redesign a month ago? Awful. They took away key functions like live 24 hour streaming.

I don't mind the change either.  It is sort of just something we have to agree to with technology...updates and upgrades and lots of tech designers.  At least it creates jobs.

As for NPR - you can still stream.  At the very top is a random station they pick for you, but if you pick the arrow next to that, you can go to "pick my station" or something, type in a station location and stream that radio.  At least it works for me.

ETA: Then again, I'll probably be shunned, but the changes on the-website-that-shall-not-be-named didn't bother me as much as everyone leaving without me, which is why I came over.

[heyjude]

Sept 24, 2013 14:23:55 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

Sept 24, 2013 14:04:42 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Slate does a redesign every few years and it's the same collective response. Then people get over it, move on, and then complain when that design is swapped out. It's the cycle of life.

Now the NPR home page redesign a month ago? Awful. They took away key functions like live 24 hour streaming.

I don't mind the change either.  It is sort of just something we have to agree to with technology...updates and upgrades and lots of tech designers.  At least it creates jobs.

As for NPR - you can still stream.  At the very top is a random station they pick for you, but if you pick the arrow next to that, you can go to "pick my station" or something, type in a station location and stream that radio.  At least it works for me.

ETA: Then again, I'll probably be shunned, but the changes on the-website-that-shall-not-be-named didn't bother me as much as everyone leaving without me, which is why I came over.

I'm talking about the live 24 hour stream that they used to do. It wasn't through a particular radio station. It was just their live programming. As for the local NPR stream through NPR.org? That doesn't work. At least not on my browser.

[downtoearth]

Sept 24, 2013 14:42:08 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Sept 24, 2013 14:23:55 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

I don't mind the change either.  It is sort of just something we have to agree to with technology...updates and upgrades and lots of tech designers.  At least it creates jobs.

As for NPR - you can still stream.  At the very top is a random station they pick for you, but if you pick the arrow next to that, you can go to "pick my station" or something, type in a station location and stream that radio.  At least it works for me.

ETA: Then again, I'll probably be shunned, but the changes on the-website-that-shall-not-be-named didn't bother me as much as everyone leaving without me, which is why I came over.

I'm talking about the live 24 hour stream that they used to do. It wasn't through a particular radio station. It was just their live programming. As for the local NPR stream through NPR.org? That doesn't work. At least not on my browser.

Ah ha...I never listened to that one. There is a 24hour news one out of Colorado and California that I often stream, but they are actual stations, not just the national feed.

[ESF]

I actually never got used to their last redesign, and it was a huge part of the reason I stopped reading regularly. Every time I went there I was so confused. I still like the content, so I'd force myself to check it out, and then be frustrated. I could never find what I was looking for.

The ipad app is good though. Hopefully it still is.

[ringstrue]

the idea of having a mobile device styled menu is silly and sort of a cop-out, imo. I wanna figure out what they created this in that they felt the need to do that.

The fonts do not degrade well AT ALL.

I sorta get what they were trying to go for - a pinboard-esque, quasi-color blocking thing, but man, I've seen Old Navy emails do a better job than this.

[moreace01]

Looks like the design is responsive and they can have one set of files for phone, tablet and desktop. Lazy - possibly. But more maintainable for them.

I do agree though - the same weight for everything on the page makes it really hard to figure out what the categories are or what is supposed to have prominence. Eventually, I feel like the support for flat design will wane. For whatever reason, designers have really embraced it in the past year or two. I can't say I'm in love.