To: RTev who wrote (1232 ) 8/3/1999 4:50:00 AM From: RTev Read Replies (2) | Respond to
I said, "I agree that they were solved very well (after considerable problems along the way) by those and other newspapers." I have to take that back. I said that before looking at all the examples cited in Caroline's post. Most of the newspapers cited have done a poor job of solving web design issues.Cleveland Plain Dealer This one is a mess with blinking banner ads on the right and a huge group of links that continues on longer than some stories. Once the links are done, the right column turns into a dark blue distracting mass. The links on the right side are shorter, but a distracting vertical line continues down the length of the page.Birmingham News Text of the story is boxed in by a line on the left and a colored box with navigation junk on the right. Also set at wider than 600 px by default.SF Chronicle Once one gets by the confusing front page and finds an actual Chronicle story in this mess, the eye is confronted with a huge black bar on the left of the message. At least, though, it's free of links after reading the first 'graph or two. And they leave the right side blank.The Boston Globe Another colored mass with links galore along the left side of the page. Like the others, it shouts out "No. No. Don't read that . Look at all this stuff!"Houston Chronicle Story text is boxed with too much navigation stuff on the left side, but at least it's not colored.The Washington Post Hey. They almost got it. Good column width. White space on either side of the message. But then they go and put in a narrow green bar on the left. At least it isn't filled with links, but it's still distracting.
