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September 29, 2011
14:49 • 1 year ago
Tags: slate slate redesign slate cms slate redesign front page redesigns web sites

So, uh, Slate redesigned today. They had to. Their old CMS was five days older than the original iPod. But as fans of the site, we see a bit of a problem. It’s the front page. The inside pages aren’t so bad. But the front seems to have crammed as much as possible into every square inch of space. White space is a tad lacking. Slate is a great site known for its relatively clean design. This flies in the face of that. We’re worried. What do you all think?

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  1. selloutsamizdat answered: Crowded and confusing. But I will get used to it.
  2. stephieotto answered: It sure is crownded!
  3. gbattle answered: can’t. unsee. this.
  4. flyonair reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    Et slate.fr alors ? Quels liens avec Slate.com ? Aucun lien de slate.fr vers slate.com.
  5. futurejournalismproject reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    founder and prodigal CEO David Plotz...on NPR today talking about an American Spring, akin...
  6. not-hating-brooklyn reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    So, uh, Slate redesigned today. They had to. Their old CMS was five days older than the original iPod. But as fans of...
  7. lovuikeng answered: I don’t remember hitting the site much anymore after Michael Kinsley left
  8. thetoughlady answered: Way too busy. I like the old, old Slate, and I always thought TBG, that you designed all those years ago, Ernie, looked like Slate.
  9. ucsdhealthsciences said: YES! Also, when I clicked on an article, it opened in a new window (personal pet peeve) and the page kept reloading itself. Grrr …
  10. texasbrian answered: OMFG
  11. gamerchick02 answered: Eeep, too busy. I’m no designer, but whoa.
  12. captain-bubblebeard answered: Well, it certainly, uh… shows Slate has a rather large amount of.. content. Yep.
  13. thewayofmei answered: ugh. WAY too busy and crammed in. It looks like they wanted all the toys all on their page.
  14. guessir answered: Agreed — why take design cues from HuffPo?
  15. jacquesofalltrades answered: well, it crashed three times while I was trying to load the page, so that can’t be good!
  16. eatsalaska answered: Not a clean Slate, gotta say….
  17. randomactsofchaos answered: I hate it when sites try to cram so much content onto their homepages - it’s confusing, annoying, and an aesthetic nightmare.
  18. melsanie said: it’s almost as bad as the nymag.com front page. #shudder
  19. evangotlib reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    reality show on Bravo called “Disastrous Web Site Redesigns” it would just be about this Slate.com redesign. Every....
  20. thenewhotness said: yuck
  21. the-wolfbats answered: Far too busy.
  22. narrowerstairs answered: I agree. It’s far too busy. I actually thought the old picture window of top stories worked well.
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