On 31/03/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The double mastheads (black then red) take up too much space and push the > main chunk of the site too far down the page. Apart from that, a very nice > design. Centred and wider…. at last. /applause/ >
Try accessing it from outside the UK. The black banner is three times bigger to make way for an advert. Just a question ... how are you supposed to tell what it is you are searching from the input box on the black bar? Is the BBC site, the BBC News site or t'Internet? > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of *Christopher Woods > *Sent:* 31 March 2008 15:47 > *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > *Subject:* RE: [backstage] [Backstage] New BBC News site > > > > Me too.. > > > > I like the wider pages, good considering the increasing amount of > widescreen users (msyelf included). > > > > However, the black up top is too large and an unnecessary waste of screen > real estate. The BBC logo isn't even aligned with the BBC News logo, so it > all looks off-kilter. Also, a slight, subtle columnisation would work nicely > - just a slightly darker background colour for the "see also" column on the > far right of the screen would be nice. Some aspects like the darker bgcolor > for image captions is gone, which is a shame as it helped separate the main > body text from the captions. > > > > Not everything in the old design needed getting rid of... > > > > Switchable stylesheets would be the win! > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth > *Sent:* 31 March 2008 15:19 > *To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > *Subject:* Re: [backstage] [Backstage] New BBC News site > > Today! > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/03/refreshing_changes.html > > 300 comments already! > > > > On 31/03/2008, *Matt Barber* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When did this go live?! The black bar at the top will have to grow on > me... are there any plans to do anything else with that, other than a > search box? > > ./Matt > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > > -- > Please email me back if you need any more help. > > Brian Butterworth > http://www.ukfree.tv > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
