# Does anyone like or understand the new NBCNEWS.com web site? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773 "2014-02-07T17:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/21 "2014-02-08T01:36:26Z")
Sweet merciful crap, that’s horrible. I’ll know not to bother going to that site. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/22 "2014-02-08T02:59:39Z")
I use the New York Times for news. I like words and minimal pictures. I especially hate video and will only watch videos if the content requires it. Watching a taking head take three minutes to tell me something I could read in twenty seconds…nope, don’t wanna. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/23 "2014-02-08T03:11:00Z")
I wonder if you would like the fairly plain [http://www.msn.com/](http://www.msn.com/) website. I’ve used it for years, though now I wonder how soon it will change to look like a tablet friendly tile screen, too. Me no likey. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/24 "2014-02-08T03:43:26Z")
I was going to post a thread about this, but didn’t think it would get any interest. Glad someone else thought better! > [@Just\_Ed](#): > > [Yahoo News](http://news.yahoo.com/) (slag them if you will) does at least have a concise presentation of headlines and thumbnails. I find that Yahoo News rarely updates the stories in the individual sections. I often see four or five headlines that are a month old in each category. > [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I wonder if you would like the fairly plain [http://www.msn.com/](http://www.msn.com/) website. I’ve used it for years, though now I wonder how soon it will change to look like a tablet friendly tile screen, too. Me no likey. Hmm. I’ll play with msn and see… thanks. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/25 "2014-02-08T05:10:03Z")
I don’t remember the old NBC news website (don’t think I’ve ever visited it), but you guys are right about this new one, and I _love_ big pictures. The whole design is a goddamned visual mess with way too many things competing for my attention, bizarre random blobs of white space (although, now that I think about it, I bet those are ads that my adblocker is doing its job on), and no real organization that I can discern to story placement or, for that matter, the placement of any information. My brain just short-circuits looking at that page trying to figure where to look and what to read. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/26 "2014-02-08T18:02:31Z")
It’s pretty clear that they have also completely fucked up the [NBC Olympic website](http://www.nbcolympics.com/). What a pain. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/27 "2014-02-09T00:21:36Z")
I deleted nbc news off my iphone. CBS news is better, more words less flash. USA today pretty good for headlines, although I hate the print version. Best is NY Times. ---
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/28 "2014-02-09T02:09:41Z")
My nbcnews app sure doesn’t talk to it very well. When I get alerts for a particular story, and click on them, I just wind up on a page with a bunch of random articles, none of which are the one I was trying to get to. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/29 "2014-02-09T02:58:05Z")
It’s now completely worthless. I’ve used it for 6 or 8 years and now I’m trying out [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/30 "2014-02-09T03:26:46Z")
I wonder if anyone likes it? I wonder if they lose enough people will they switch back? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/31 "2014-02-10T05:27:46Z")
I just noticed that [Yahoo Tech](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/) does the same thing, yet oddly I like the Yahoo Tech page, probably because all of the stories are about one subject. None of the other Yahoo pages seem to be like this, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/32 "2014-02-10T14:41:50Z")
I tried going to [nbcnews.com](http://nbcnews.com) on my Android device this weekend, and it wouldn’t load. Just tried it again, and it wouldn’t load. So it was re-designed with mobile devices in mind, but it doesn’t load on my mobile device? Worthless. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/33 "2014-02-11T21:34:59Z")
I feel like if my screen were about 42" and running at a correspondingly high resolution it would look better. Pictures are good in the article, but not plastered all over the front page. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/34 "2014-02-11T21:42:21Z")
> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#): > > It’s now completely worthless. I’ve used it for 6 or 8 years and now I’m trying out [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) That’s two of us. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/35 "2014-02-11T21:52:16Z")
> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#): > > It’s now completely worthless. I’ve used it for 6 or 8 years and now I’m trying out [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) Me too. I like being able to read a whole page of headlines to decide what I want to read. CNN is now my go-to page for a quick news fix. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/36 "2014-02-11T22:40:41Z")
Count me in with the rest of the haters. Blech!` ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/37 "2014-02-11T23:02:27Z")
Here’s one more who had for a long time used the Old-msnbc site and had migrated to nbcnews and now am ticked off at the new design for both networks. Jeez what a mess. Gaaah… Even the “Menu” dropdown is of little help, whole sections such as travel are hidden, the ones that are in the menu just get you sent to a page that’s just as tile-y as the front page, only with those stories tagged as per your choice. Did the MSM do a study that told them their core online audience was going to be “phablet” users? 'cause it sure does seem they’re being catered to a lot lately. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/38 "2014-02-12T03:27:05Z")
CNN sucks because they’ve moved to “cute” “jokey” headlines. “They told this athlete WHAT???” That doesn’t tell me anything about whether I’m interested in the story. So I assume that I’m not…if it was real news, I’ll see it somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/39 "2014-02-12T23:49:02Z")
There’s a [petition](https://www.change.org/petitions/nbc-reinstate-a-content-rich-word-navigated-nbcnews-com-site-design?recruiter=3503459&utm_campaign=mailto_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition) to have the ‘content-rich, word-navigated’ site reinstated. I don’t know if it will do any good, but I may sign it when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773/40 "2014-02-13T07:40:00Z")
Ugh. Slate totally fucked up their site design this past fall, too. They also went with a single tablet tiles design for mobile or desktop. Wanna know the best part? It doesn’t even work properly on smartphones! :smack: I haven’t seen a single positive opinion of the redesign, and that’s including in the thousands-long comments on their Facebook post and Slate post introducing the new look. I really don’t understand this trend. I can’t fucking STAND this kind of site design, and keep in mind that 98% of all my internetty stuff is done on my smartphone or a tablet! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-or-understand-the-new-nbcnews-com-web-site/680773.md?page=3)