Express.co.uk about to redesign: sneak preview
The express website is about to have a redesign. You can see it here. Here's a screenshot. They also seem to be moving URL from dailyexpress.co.uk to express.co.uk.
It doesn't seem that much better to me ... a bit like they've tried to bodge the BBC home page into their ghastly colour scheme. And I'm not sure they've thought it through - they're truncating intros in the featured story box like this: "A COUNCIL which was criticised after banning home ba ...". ba what?!?
The new look express
I lack the time and energy to go into it right now. But it's pretty awful when you look at the detail. There is so much copy sliced off by the right of the boxes for a start. They can't think this is good can they?
Also, someone better explain about accessibility to them soon. This is how it looks with javascript turned off - there's nothing there!
Javascript off: nothing there!
[...] are issues too, as Malcolm Coles has pointed out; the intros in the featured headlines box are oddly truncated, while accessibility doesn’t [...]
http://express.co.uk/beta seems to have improved truncation and bigger more readable fonts, still not working without javascript though but being in beta may explain that.
They've also got a horizontal nav which is an improvement.
I don't understand why there's no personalisation functionality though in a page like this?
The new design look better with the bigger font. I also like the color scheme. It's not that messy. I think it's better than yahoo though.