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Things were better when the Operating System decided how a gui should look and work. I just cannot comprehend how anybody could come up with something like the

by exoque 6y ago

Things were better when the Operating System decided how a gui should look and work. I just cannot comprehend how anybody could come up with something like the redesign of https://www.tagesschau.de/ https://www.tagesschau.de/ which was launched this week. Yes, it's supposed to be a news site.

jazzyjackson 6y ago
I cliked your link and opened my devtools out of curisority, and every headline is under the class name "teaser", so it would seem the main intent of the site is to tease you! Besides that, it looks like no one did any design at all, like what you'd get on the default template of wordpress or other CMS
masswerk 6y ago
It's definitely a new site, in the dystopian sense. Usage hint: Reducing the browser window to what is approximate smartphone width in portrait orientation somewhat helps with the experience. Clearly, using anything other than a mobile device is deviant. On the other hand, in terms of UX, I felt somewhat neglected as there wasn't a "Use our App!" popup. Also, the lack of welcoming "Subscribe!" popups (options "I can't wait!" and "Later, but for sure!") is a bit reminiscent of past decades of public services and their arrogant attitude towards customers needs. I was even left to my own on any attempts to scroll without any reassuring popups gratifying my engagement by another opportunity to click a button. I could just scroll and scroll without noticing, accompanied by a growing feel of loneliness and solitude in this digital void. If this isn't pure negligence… ;-)
spideymans 6y ago
Looks like they imported a cheap React theme and called it a day
stephentmcm 6y ago
Sarcasm? While I don't read German, this is actually a pretty good design for a news site. It's clean, consistent and uncluttered. It loads quickly and doesn't have any obnoxious animations or advertising. The font choice is clean and well spaced, but let down by poor definition of link vs title/theme colour. It's clearly a massive improvment on the last design: https://web.archive.org/web/20210101011826/https://www.tagesschau.de/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210101011826/https://www.tages...
- exoque 6y ago
  I agree that the new style looks a lot better, however I'm not comparing their new site to the old one but to actually usable news sites. Maybe I used the wrong word, what's awful is the layout. I want information not one row of pictures which take up half my screen.
achillean 6y ago
They must've looked at their traffic stats, seen that most users are mobile and decided to focus on that version instead of having substantially different layouts for mobile vs desktop.

by exoque 6y ago

jazzyjackson 6y ago

I cliked your link and opened my devtools out of curisority, and every headline is under the class name "teaser", so it would seem the main intent of the site is to tease you! Besides that, it looks like no one did any design at all, like what you'd get on the default template of wordpress or other CMS

masswerk 6y ago

It's definitely a new site, in the dystopian sense. Usage hint: Reducing the browser window to what is approximate smartphone width in portrait orientation somewhat helps with the experience. Clearly, using anything other than a mobile device is deviant. On the other hand, in terms of UX, I felt somewhat neglected as there wasn't a "Use our App!" popup. Also, the lack of welcoming "Subscribe!" popups (options "I can't wait!" and "Later, but for sure!") is a bit reminiscent of past decades of public services and their arrogant attitude towards customers needs. I was even left to my own on any attempts to scroll without any reassuring popups gratifying my engagement by another opportunity to click a button. I could just scroll and scroll without noticing, accompanied by a growing feel of loneliness and solitude in this digital void. If this isn't pure negligence… ;-)

spideymans 6y ago

Looks like they imported a cheap React theme and called it a day

stephentmcm 6y ago

Sarcasm? While I don't read German, this is actually a pretty good design for a news site. It's clean, consistent and uncluttered. It loads quickly and doesn't have any obnoxious animations or advertising. The font choice is clean and well spaced, but let down by poor definition of link vs title/theme colour. It's clearly a massive improvment on the last design: https://web.archive.org/web/20210101011826/https://www.tagesschau.de/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210101011826/https://www.tages...

exoque 6y ago
I agree that the new style looks a lot better, however I'm not comparing their new site to the old one but to actually usable news sites. Maybe I used the wrong word, what's awful is the layout. I want information not one row of pictures which take up half my screen.

achillean 6y ago

They must've looked at their traffic stats, seen that most users are mobile and decided to focus on that version instead of having substantially different layouts for mobile vs desktop.