UPDATE MSNBC.com launched most of its new design Friday night, and it’s a fairly drastic change among news sites – with a raft of new ideas and techniques. “Though we are in a bit of a remodeling period as we continue through the weekend working to make sure the site works as it should, we have rolled out many of the changes we’ve been promising all week,” blogs editor in chief Jennifer Sizemore on AlphaChannel, MSNBC.com’s new blog.
The top of the home page features a flexible module that constantly changes format and layout – no more locked down poster graphic and eight-10 headlines like before.
The site’s navigation doesn’t start until after that top story module, giving more room across the top. An “Explore” box features several talker stories, with additional tabs for video, pictures and community.
A series of horizontal module boxes feature news, business, entertainment, health, etc. Users can change the order, and choose zero, five, 10 or 15 headlines.
Inside the site, the story pages feature the new wrapper and navigation, but the content hole is largely unchanged – with the same look as before the redesign. The site’s home page features very few ads – but that’s made up for here – with 15 ad units from my count (including text based ads, but excluding the marketplace box).
Overall, the site made big steps from a design standpoint, while keeping some of its core elements the same – which should make the transition for users fairly straightforward.
As with most any redesign, the majority of the comments left on the site’s blog are negative.
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