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October 25th, 2009

CNN.com launches cleaner, more personalized design

Posted by Andrew Mager @ 10:49 am

Categories: Commentary

Tags: CNN, Andrew Mager

The new homepage of CNN looks great.

CNN new design

I love the grid layout and clear headlines. The colors are bold, but they don’t interfere with the content.

CNN added the “News Pulse” tab to their main navigation. It’s different view of the news based on what is popular, how many comments, or what the subject matter is.

There is also a better view of your profile on CNN.

You can save stories, view your comments, and see news relevant to your locale.

This is step in the right direction for CNN. They have had a good design in the past, but now it’s even better.

Andrew MagerAndrew Mager is a web developer at Ning, Inc. in Palo Alto. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.



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RE: CNN.com launches cleaner, more personalized design
I like the new look and feel, however, the grid pattern is not consistent on each of the sites. Sometimes there are three columns, sometimes two..

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Posted by: kenric.t Posted on: 10/26/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
A lot of blank space.  CobraA1 | 10/25/09
Cleaner????  wackoae | 10/25/09
Beautiful, but one problem.  andrew.nuscaZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
RE: CNN.com launches cleaner, more personalized design  kenric.t | 10/26/09

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