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Monday, September 15, 2008

WSJ.com to push community

The New York Times reports that The Wall Street Journal will unveil a new Web site design tomorrow that pushes community. Subscribers will be able to comment on news stories, email each other, pose their own discussion questions in what The Journal calls a "clean, well-lit place."

One other thing the design will do: eliminate the left-side navigation. We got push back from a client when we recommend that a year and a half ago for their content-heavy site, but I believe online publications are going to push that idea into the mainstream.

I've always liked Business Week's design: no left side navigation, larger type for content with more linespacing (example here).

posted by Tim Beidel at 9/15/2008 09:59:00 AM

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