TechCrunch redesigns: over undesigned?
TechCrunch rolled out a redesign of its site today.
Lots and lots of white space, super minimalist. Now, I get wanting to strip down design to get a really clean look, and Mark Hendrickson notes that the idea was to move toward a less bloated looking and faster loading site.
I get all of that. I’m not a huge design nut myself – my focus is predominantly on content, particularly when I’m reading a blog, and overwhelmingly when I’m reading a tech blog.
Still, I can’t help being a little critical here. TechCrunch proudly sits on top of the tech blog heap, so it can handle a little criticism from the likes of me!
So… there’s way too much white space going on here. The minimal line divisions on the page are “web 2.0″-looking to the hilt (which kind of hit its peak sometime in early to mid-2007, I’d say), minimal to the point of barely being visible. The result is much less bloat, but particularly above the fold the site looks downright stark and antiseptic.
If I’m rocking the site on my blackberry, that’s perfect. But on the web, can we get just a little bit of color and design going, maybe? Even on a tech blog, I’m sure we all can handle it.
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