BBC News Online is going to get a new look in the next few days. Editor-in-Chief Mike Smartt makes the >ahem< smart move of explaining to the existing user-base what’s going to be happening. Maybe some more screenshots/illustrations would have been better than a portrait of Mike, but the new design is a real evolutionary continuation and shouldn’t take that much getting used to.
“Our story pages have a new look too and we’re providing more effective links to our wealth of in-depth, analysis and feature material, along with our archive of more than two million items.
The redesign and technical improvements should also mean material downloads much more quickly.
But we’ve made sure the overall character of the site has not been lost and the navigational structure so many of you tell us you value so highly remains pretty much the same.”
Congratulations to Paul Sissons, Maire Flynn, Max Gadney and the rest of the team involved.
Petafloptimism 
ah, but will the illustrations to the stories, particularly the science or internet related stories remain as bizarre and random as ever?
invisible architecture
Should I tell the architects of BBC News Online’s far-reaching redesign that, far from being confused, put off or even
invisible architecture
Should I tell the architects of BBC News Online’s far-reaching redesign that, far from being confused, put off or even