Steven -
I don't recall the previous site although I have visited it from
time-to-time. I agree that the current design looks much more print
based (being primarily black!), but the inability for users to easily
spot links slightly worries me. I know that most will work it out, but
my own feeling is that playing hide-and-seek with the mouse is only fun
for so long. I would much rather that people could quickly and
accurately mark all the links on a screen shot, without having to
mouse-around looking for them. Having said that, they are being fairly
consistent in making headings links, but their occasional use of colour
is sometimes for a link ('photos' for example) and sometimes for other
reasons ('7:30 am'). It's pretty, but not good UX design, albeit at a
micro level.
Regards,
William Hudson
Syntagm Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Steven Johnson
> Sent: 13 August 2009 8:00 AM
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> Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Latimes.com Redesign - No Link Colors
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