> Our views on design will vary, however we should ask did they add a coat of
> paint or did they invent a new
> car<http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2013/08/being-online-does-not-make-media-digital/>?
>
>
Good article.  I kind of disagree with this paragraph though.

"The newspaper essentially contains what happened. Seldom does the newspaper cover why it happened, or what it means going forward. This may or may not be due to the constraints I have talked of above."

The newspaper report news this way in an attempt to remain objective. The moment they say why it happened, they start having problem with objectivity. They can have a section for analysis, but should be separate from news. Analysis should be left as exercise of the reader. Look at BBC, or any of the other great media house out there, and you will see the why of news is a big no no.

Muriithi
>
> On 16 August 2013 15:48, William Muriithi <william.muriithi@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >
> > > > I don't think they tested it on Google Chrome
> > > >
> >
> > Petty unfortunate as chrome rule the web. Those guys are so 1995
> >
> >
> > http://www.economist.com/news/business/21583288-what-googles-browser-has-common-queen-victoria-chrome-rules-web
> >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Paul Kevin <paultified@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> http://demo.nationmedia.com/editorial/index.html
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Paul Kevin <paultified@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Mine has been showing 503 since last night
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 503
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to
> > > >>> maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> *Comments, questions, or suggestions?* Write to us at
> >
> > > >>> help@nationmedia.com
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Job Muriuki <muriukin@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> At first I thought I has mistyped the URL wrongly.
> > > >>>> They should ask for their money back.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Paul Roy <roykoikai@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> Today is the first day that I have not read anything from that
> > site.
> > > >>>>> Looks funny and cluttered. Am struggling to find important news....
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I think Nation Media should provide APIs to developers to build
> > apps
> > > >>>>> to consume content and probably present it better to different
> > viewers on
> > > >>>>> different devices.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> regards,
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Josphat Karanja <
> > karanjajf@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Poor on mobile with over lapping headings
> > > >>>>>> On 15 Aug 2013 17:57, "kris njoroge" <krsnjo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> At the very bottom is a button to change it to a mobile version,
> > > >>>>>>> which should have detected the type of browser one is using and
> > change
> > > >>>>>>> appropriately. It is more tedious as you have to use the mouse
> > more but
> > > >>>>>>> think once you get used to it you can live with it
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 3:05 PM, William Muriithi <
> > > >>>>>>> william.muriithi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> > I think if you zoom out abit you'll see that they have
> > actually
> > > >>>>>>>> tried what
> > > >>>>>>>> > the NY Times is doing. My major issue is the ads that are
> > > >>>>>>>> splashed all over
> > > >>>>>>>> > the page.
> > > >>>>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>>>> I think ads are secondary issue.  Look at it again on a mobile
> > > >>>>>>>> device, the sentences are not even wrapping up where the iframe
> > ends. It
> > > >>>>>>>> essentially fail the basic qa test so would be surprised if
> > they don't fall
> > > >>>>>>>> back at old site in a week
> > > >>>>>>>>