CNN's new website! Woohoo, go new website.
It's alright, nothing special.
I like a few things that I want to point out, that the article also touches on. First off, I do like the addition of the international page. If you notice closely, the logo of "CNN" changes when you go to the international page, and there is a world icon next to "CNN".
"The new site will spread the focus of CNN.com from Europe, Asia and North America to include Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, and will incorporate language feeds in Spanish and Arabic," according to the article.
Umm, do I like the new header of the website -- not really. One, I think it is too thick. Two, I think the reds clash, from the header to the drop-down bars. And three, I know 'CNN' is red, but why the whole top of the page. Red is to loud and apparent.
The addition of the large multimedia selection at the top of the page -- is a great, because it is right in your face and on the front, front of the website. This is important because of how digitalized the web is now -- everything for news is done on video/audio slides. Every 'updated' website should have top-of-the-line resources to multimedia.
One thing that I also like is the new websites accessibility -- it is more appealing, user-friendly, and not just news stories with links. I feel that this website is, once again, more digital -- which is good for a re-design of a website in 2009.
"So the new site will make a step towards the user to be more appealing: new personalisation functionality enables users to customise a column on the front with sports scores or stock prices, local headlines or weather, and CNN's community-based iReport site will be featured in a curated section on the homepage, as well as in the middle of unfolding stories."
Welp, until next time --
After reading your post, I took another look at the page to glance at the header. On second look, I think you have a point that the banner might be a bit large at the moment. However, I think it will shrink some at some point because I have a feeling the blue bar that runs across the banner at the very top will disappear after a while because all it seems to be doing now is drawing your attention to the international page. But once people get used to the international page being there, I'm sure they'll take that blue part of and the banner will shrink up a few pixels
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