New CNN.com is Flickr-esque
July 7th, 2007I noticed that today CNN.com has been redesigned with a much cleaner look along with some design elements that remind me of Flickr.com, or perhaps just web 2.0 more generally. You can see how the photos stand out more now as well as the rounded corners and slick design elements that allow you to scroll through a series of photos in various parts of the home page and on an individual story page. The current top article on The New 7 Wonders has a tabbed interface for the story, video and photos. The videos are also inline in the page now instead of a popup window along with overlays for the next video much like is done on YouTube. I think it is a major improvement.
I am not a designer but I try to keep up with what is happening with modern website design. I am reading Don't Make Me Think which is a pretty good book so far. Many of the suggestions in the book seem to have been carried out on CNN.com.
It looks like a news website again. And it looks much easier to find something interesting at a glance.
