BBC’s Beta Website
January 6, 2008
I’ve just seen the BBC’s beta version of the new homepage, and I have to say, I don’t find it particularly impressive. It seems to try and embrace the Web 2.0ish-ness, without any of the clean lines or elegant design. And it uses over-the-top chunky font sizes that make it appear to be treating me like a preschooler. Which I’m not.
However, there is one part of this new design I absolutely love. It’s the small clock in the top-right hand corner that ticks away with its little inertia-calculated wobble. It’s amazing! It almost redeems the rest of the ugliness. Almost.
