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.

Command Shift 3

January 6, 2008

This is so cool! Web designers everywhere, rejoice at the many, many hours of procrastination you will no doubt partake in, with this website-comparison website! Or as they describe it “Hot or Not for websites”.

http://commandshift3.com/

Oh, and in case you were wondering where the name is derived from, Command-Shift-3 is the key combo on Macs to take a screenshot.