Peace_Hope
05-16-2006, 09:47 PM
Yahoo! launches new home page
http://www.downloadsquad.com/media/2006/05/yahoo_new_design.jpg (http://www.yahoo.com/preview)
Back in February we reported on stirrings (http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/02/13/yahoo-testing-new-home-page-design/) related to a brand new design for Yahoo!'s home page, and today Yahoo! is officially showing it off. For me the new design shows up when I go to yahoo.com, but if it doesn't show up for you, try going to yahoo.com/preview (http://www.yahoo.com/preview). Read/WriteWeb's Richard MacManus has a nice overview (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/exclusive_new_y.php) of all of the new Yahoo!'s biggest features, but here are the highlights: A bigger search box, a lot more JavaScript and Ajax, more multimedia, an emphasis on news and community, and a new "Personal Assistant" that displays Yahoo! Mail messages, online friends from Y!IM, and local weather, traffic, movies, etc. The new design makes the home page wider, filling a 1024x768 browser window and accomodating a new left-hand navigation bar for accessing Yahoo!'s various services, but there's also a "Page Options" drop-down that lets you switch to a narrower view and even choose a color scheme. Like MacManus, I think the new design isn't just a pretty change of scenery; it really seems to improve on the home page experience and cut down on the "portal bloat" that Yahoo! has fallen victim to over the past decade or so.
Go check it out here: http://www.yahoo.com/?p=1147833997 (http://www.yahoo.com/?p=1147833997)
http://www.downloadsquad.com/media/2006/05/yahoo_new_design.jpg (http://www.yahoo.com/preview)
Back in February we reported on stirrings (http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/02/13/yahoo-testing-new-home-page-design/) related to a brand new design for Yahoo!'s home page, and today Yahoo! is officially showing it off. For me the new design shows up when I go to yahoo.com, but if it doesn't show up for you, try going to yahoo.com/preview (http://www.yahoo.com/preview). Read/WriteWeb's Richard MacManus has a nice overview (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/exclusive_new_y.php) of all of the new Yahoo!'s biggest features, but here are the highlights: A bigger search box, a lot more JavaScript and Ajax, more multimedia, an emphasis on news and community, and a new "Personal Assistant" that displays Yahoo! Mail messages, online friends from Y!IM, and local weather, traffic, movies, etc. The new design makes the home page wider, filling a 1024x768 browser window and accomodating a new left-hand navigation bar for accessing Yahoo!'s various services, but there's also a "Page Options" drop-down that lets you switch to a narrower view and even choose a color scheme. Like MacManus, I think the new design isn't just a pretty change of scenery; it really seems to improve on the home page experience and cut down on the "portal bloat" that Yahoo! has fallen victim to over the past decade or so.
Go check it out here: http://www.yahoo.com/?p=1147833997 (http://www.yahoo.com/?p=1147833997)