Dallas Morning News Redesigns Its Website
I live in a glass house, but here’s what the new redesign looks like. 
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32 comments
The refresh button is your friend.
Sounds exacly like their paper delivery to me.
12:13 pm lead story: “Video Games Can Be A Teacher’s Assistant”
And they want how much a year to subscribe?
it’s faster if you pay for it…
…and that makes me sad.
Also: I see how you have the Yelp listing for In-N-Out Burger open in a tab.
Reminiscing about the D Magazine server crash of 2010?
That’s something of a cheap shot, @TimmyTyper.
The site has had some performance troubles today to be sure, but your snarky post is unwarranted. There’s never been any problem with the FrontBurner blog. Oh wait, yes there has.
Better to point out the new DMN’s design flaws and missed opportunities, but no, you’d rather go for the easy joke.
Typical.
Does that make you sad, Jim?
Bethany adds so much to this blog. What a stellar addition.
Jim Marco takes it personally. Ouch.
Wonder how long the DMN tested their beta before launch.
@Jim Marco: Did you miss the part where I acknowledged that I live in a glass house? Please google that phrase if you’re familiar with it.
I’ve asked our online creative director for his thoughts on the redesign. He’s a thoughtful fellow, and his opinion on a matter like this carries more weight than mine. I hope to be able to share his thoughts tomorrow.
My quick take, though: it’s cleaner, but I still don’t like it. The entire page now looks like one enormous blue hyperlink.
Oh, and Tim—this kinda goes without saying, but you know you can never say anything bad about The News or WFAA without it seeming like sour grapes.
Fascinating little dynamic there… Wonder if it works the other way around?
@Tim:
(1) Why would he Google a phrase if he’s already familiar with it?
(2) When is D planning to roll out some of this online creative director’s online creativity?
It’s basically the NYT site, but a lot bluer and clunkier with ads.
http://www.nytimes.com/
@TexasRanger:
Thank you for linking the NY Times site for us. So often people reference these obscure Web sites without including the corresponding URL.
The refresh button does work, but after doing it four times, I gave up.
If it were anything like the NYT site, I’d rejoice, but the categories are jumbled, new stories are even more hidden from plain site than before, and the entire design looks scattershot instead of logic-driven.
@ Hein re: @ TexasRanger
..especially when broaching controversial subjects like Dallas Barbecue.
Tim, I suggest a “snark/sarcasm translator” button for those that have difficulty with the web to brain connection.
I wonder how newspapers like the Dallas Morning News react to this new Apple demand; will Apple do this in the US too (or do they already..is that why subscription prices are through the roof for the DMN?).. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9d98f5078c22208156a5fddb2195a4d0.2e1&show_article=1
Has anybody else noticed the redesign broke their iPhone app? I checked for updates but there is none.
@Droopydave – you have to buy the new app – the old one no worky now.
@Tom The new app is free. And from what I can tell, much improved.
Thanks Tom. I thought they would issue an update on the old one. Instead, there are 2 DallasNews apps in the store; one that works, one that doesn’t. Brilliant!
Well, it seems they did remove the old DallasNews App from the App store. Surprised they didn’t alert users of the old app you needed to get the new one.
So far, the new app only gives yesterdays news. And the video doesn’t work. *sigh*
Do I need a CueCat to look at the site????
Heh-heh.
Well considering that the new “D” site is horribly slow to load, and I am getting a server error from the blog page link, I now understand what glass house Timmy is referring to.
i have no idea why this is, but i have ALWAYS had massive problems loading dallasnews.com (the main reason i never look at it) but checked the new site today and it loaded quickly on four separate occasions. this might actually make me read the site (although never re-subscribe).
This eRag has certainly gone down the snark hill and that makes me sad.
ICK. And I don’t care for the DMag website redesign either. But, the difference is I will keep reading DMag even though the new structure is painful to view.
No problems with slow loading, etc. Just ICK. No pay no way.
I found it interesting and annoying that on the eatsblog they removed the jump link to SideDish (as well as all other foodie blogs in Dallas). I used to use that link to get to D Magazine, and others, now I have to type it in myself. Oh well. Gives me one less reason to go to the dallas news site.
That’s crazy to expect users to download a new app vs updating the existing one. Readers are supposed to know this how?