NEW HERALD SITE
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February 27, 2008
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Dave, you just want us icicles to see the current Mijammie temperature! Not fair.
Posted by: Meditrina | February 27, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Loved the tasteful, understated decor of the bedroom.
Posted by: Texgal | February 27, 2008 at 08:56 AM
This new site looks like Martha Stewart exploded all over it. Maybe someone likes the pastel colors of Miami Vice? There's a reason that show was canceled...Whoever thought this "design" was effective and approved the change should be made to attend an introduction to web design and useability course at any junior college. Glad your site hasn't changed, Dave, as I (and I'm sure many others) will skip over 'Miami.Com'.
Posted by: PirateBoy | February 27, 2008 at 08:58 AM
Um...I like the news site. Nothing else really gets me excited about SoFla, no matter how hard they try...except the Hunt, of course! :)
Posted by: tropichunt.com guy™ | February 27, 2008 at 09:06 AM
Well *I* like it!
Posted by: Siouxie | February 27, 2008 at 09:36 AM
Is that a bedroom or Dave's office?
Posted by: Layzeeboy | February 27, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Corporate whore! :)
Posted by: Steve | February 27, 2008 at 11:53 AM
med: it was 90 yesterday and will be 40 tonight (overnight). pretty significant drop in 36 hours ;)
though, okay, i admit it's still warm out.
Posted by: judi | February 27, 2008 at 01:47 PM
I like it, too, although the huge bed being the first thing to show on the screen was a tad unnerving. Like-'Welcome to Miami - do you prefer to sleep on the left or right?'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 27, 2008 at 01:54 PM
I can just picture some bigwig saying: "Hey! I know! We'll copy Martha Stewart's brand colors and mix them with Miami Vice style photos! And then we'll add some mystery meat navigation! And use light text on a white background because being difficult to read is the in thing now! And then let's totally overdo the whitespace to show we're good designers, 'cuz you know those designers are all about the whitespace, and if some is good, way more must be way better, right? Right! Nah, don't mention that usability stuff -- who designs a web site to be used? Losers, that's who! Not forward thinkers like me!"
Sigh.
Posted by: Good eyesight and it's still hard to read | February 27, 2008 at 04:29 PM
Pink Martini is playig in Miami?! Dang I am missing it! I LOVE that band! Amazing!
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | February 27, 2008 at 06:06 PM
I'm sure i'D like it if i could see it. It won't let me in and it won't let me register and they said they'd send me an e-mail and they haven't. :(
Posted by: Eleanor | February 27, 2008 at 06:51 PM
Eleanor, f you want to duplicate the look of the site, wash a red sock in a load of whites, and the result would be close to this effect. Of course, you have to have Phil Collins music playing in the background as you unload the machine, and a drink in your hand, but still....
Posted by: PirateBoy | February 27, 2008 at 07:11 PM
Nevermind the pastels, who's the clueless idjit that thought gray text on a (only-slightly-more-)gray background was a good idea? I swear, they should make website designers pass a Human Factors Interface test before they're allowed on the web.
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | February 27, 2008 at 09:57 PM