Bhairitu wrote:
> Bhairitu wrote:
>
>> For those looking for their hourly fix of news on Raw Story it is down.
>> According to the Brad Blog the site was moved to a new server and the IP
>> address has not propagated yet. This could take 24 hours or more.
>> However I've had my server moved and it didn't take that long. It used
>> to years ago.
>>
> They came back up a couple hours later. Perhaps the Brad Blog
> mentioning it got some IT people to speed up the process. The reason
> they changed servers is to put up their new Web 2.0 (?) layout which is
> meeting with mixed reactions. I actually liked the older format because
> it was easy to scan the summaries and see if you wanted to read that
> article or not. Now you have to click on them. I also think it is even
> a messy Web 2.0 design compared to other news sites I've seen using Web
> 2.0. Go check it out:
> www.rawstory.com
ROTFL! There was such an outrage they've reverted to their old format!
I think their new design was WAY too much of a revision. I've seen
other sites do these updates but with better planning and considering
what it was about the old design that made them successful.
