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BBC News refresh: air’s in

Open Firefox this morning, and an old friend shows a new face. The Beeb revamp sparked a fair flurry of debate among colleagues: one camp decided that it was too conservative, while the other concluded that Aunty had shown the maturity you’d expect.
I sit in the latter camp. The design has shifted to the centre [...]

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10 cringing navigational howlers

Nice summary of some of the most common usability nightmares over at Smashing Magazine. Among the 10 howlers, you’ll find drop-down navigation, blocks that overlay navigation, and Flash sites that demand a seismic leap in human evolution before they can be worked.Of course, you’d never be associated with such horrors, now would you? Confession time: [...]

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Readers to design front covers

What a nice idea. Penguin Books get together with teen social site Piczo, giving its younger users the opportunity to design covers for a host of classic books. The cynical could accuse Penguin of tapping into a cheap source of creativity. Me? I’ll get my 12-year-old on the case this evening…
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