MSNBC.com launches new politics section
Cory Bergman September 7th, 2006
Through a new partnership with the National Journal publications, MSNBC.com has launched a new politics section with some intriguing features. The section uses a wider, photo-heavy layout with a list of headlines that’s sortable by importance, date, source or title. Click the plus sign to preview a story in the page (mmmm Ajax.) Click on the “key races” tab and you’re taken to a draggable Virtual Earth map with rollover markers. And message boards are coming soon. Adds Rex from MSNBC.com in comments, “There are several experiments on here, some of which might stick and some of which might not. People will immediately notice the big visual grid, but one small idea is the ‘importance’ indicator, which is one of the interesting ideas we’re toying with.” Screen grab…
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1. Rex | September 7th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
The first thing I’ve worked on that’s live!
There are several experiments on here, some of which might stick and some of which might not. People will immediately notice the big visual grid, but one small idea is the “importance” indicator, which is one of the interesting ideas we’re toying with.
2. Anon | September 7th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Check out the key races clickable map
3. thedetroitchannel | September 7th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
congratulations, rex!
will you be handing out cigars?
4. Cory | September 7th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
I thought this looked like something Rex would design. Good stuff.
5. Rex | September 7th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Now with editor’s note:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14714463/
6. Mike Escutia | September 7th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
It looks fantastic. Could this be a preview of the next iteration of msnbc.com itself?
7. Rex | September 7th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Hmmm… now there’s an idea!
8. Anonymous | September 8th, 2006 at 7:01 am
The page doesn’t work on safari! Com’on…
9. flotsam | September 8th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
doesn’t work on safari? poor, poor baby.
and the concorde didn’t work on coal. and the first iteration of abcnews.com didn’t work on 14.4.
live at the fring if you will and suffer for it. sorry but the majority does rule.
am standing by now to be flamed, but i get that mass technology is just that; for the mass. period.
10. Mike Escutia | September 8th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
The majority may rule, but there are those of us who believe that websites should be accessible to everyone, no matter which browser they’re using.
What that means is that Rex and company need to check the site themselves using Safari (if possible) and try to either fix the problem(s) or provide alternative functionality that kicks in automatically.
(Rox, if it’s any help, I just checked the site in Opera and there are issues there, as well, specifically with the headlines/video/key races tabs and the map. I could be wrong, but I’m guessing the same thing is happening in Safari.)
11. Rex | September 9th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Cool down, kids. Safari support should be up next week.
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