Has www.nbcnews.com been hacked by Anonymous, or did they simply

[DebJ]

just change their homepage to a hideous format?

I got up to see if school was going to be delayed this morning, so I turned on
my computer. My home page is www.nbcnews.com. Instead of the more
concise list of news for the day, the page is huge pictures and the top story/pic
is about Anonymous.

Ugh I won't be able to use their website anymore if this is a real change.

[DebJ]

1. Should have used the google. This IS a new format. Horrible, horrible.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/5-things-to-know-about-the-new-nbcnews-com_b212389

For the last several years I have checked their homepage multiple times a day, and would quickly scan
all the headlines, which were concisely listed in a text format by category: business, world, entertainment,
etc. Now it's a series of huge pictures for each story; can't see many headlines at all without endless
scrolling; doesn't organize those headlines by category..........the way it is now, I'll have to scroll
past sports stories (blech) and other things not of interest over and over again. Yuck.

[DebJ]

2. It looks like a child's picture book. Sorry, I want WORDS.

[Sherman A1]

3. It does look pretty sad

but, it's all about "infotainment" not journalism.

[wyldwolf]

4. social media inspired. I'm sure some study said it would be more relevant to kids

[femmocrat]

5. I agree. It is hideous.

I'm really disappointed. I will be looking for a new site as well.

[magical thyme]

6. omg this is awful. Whoever came up with that design needs a new career.

Awful. Just absolutely awful.

[PasadenaTrudy]

7. Looks like

an IOS news app now. It is annoying how text is being diminished everywhere! I don't want to forget how to read and spell, fer god's sake.

[tandot]

8. I agree. It sucks big time

Huge pictures, almost no text.

I guess they are catering to kids or the illiterate crowd.

I changed my home page to CBS News for right now, until I find something better.

Whoever had that "bright" idea should be fired.

[tandot]

9. I emailed them.

[e-mail] <[e-mail]>;

The last thing I need when I search for news is a huge picture of Bieber ...

[Xyzse]

10. Sorry can't help it.

[Vashta Nerada]

11. It's a new format.

And it's horrible. It reminds me of the crappy Start Screen in Windows 8.

I hate, hate, hate it.

[steve2470]

12. I prefer Google News

https://news.google.com/

You can customize it for the news you want to follow.

[gvstn]

13. I just saw it today.

Awful! And I looked to see if there was a configuration option to switch back but didn't find one. I thought I might have gotten to their "mobile" page by mistake but no such luck. I think they will have to go back and make a compromise. There is no way that this format is going to be more popular for the bulk of users.

[amerikat]

14. Can't even open the page in firefox.

Chrome will open it. Looks like shit. Hate it.

[Sentath]

15. Welcome to tablet based design

As tablets take over, design principles that were established in the day of the desktop, will be replaced with frameworks that favor smaller, portrait screens.

Not saying I'm happy about it. And, I wish they were willing to take a mobile approach* to it. But, here we are.




*Mobile approach meaning providing appropriate content to the appropriate screens.

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. Ten seconds after seeing that atrocity of a layout...

...I deleted the site from my bookmarks. And it was, previously, one of my regular news sites...

Unfortunately, we'll be seeing more of this. "Optimizing" for tablets and other touchscreen devices seems to be a case of dumbing down functionality. Screw that.

[Crabby Appleton]

17. I've removed them from my reading list

awful design - I want words.

[joeybee12]

18. I guess they're gearing it towards Repukelicons and others who can't read...nt

[eShirl]

19. I was looking for the link to change preferences back to old

but there isn't any "preferences"

[The Second Stone]

20. They are competing with Fox News for the illiterate audience and have dropped most

printed words and just gone to pictures. Morons.

[AngryOldDem]

21. It's awful.

I hate it when established web sites are mangled like this. There was no reason for such a radical redesign. I cringe whenever I open it. I use NBC and USA Today for my quick "go-to's" for news updates during the day, so this is especially annoying.

[GReedDiamond]

22. They COULD have at LEAST maintained the option of...

...switching over to the "old" site, just link-to-it off the new "tablet" version.

You know, something like "click HERE for the non-tablet version" of the site.