Comments on: Attractiveness vs. Volume – an explanation of news design http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/06/15/attractiveness-vs-volume-an-explanation-of-news-design/ is exploring data and open participation on the web. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mo Jangda http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/06/15/attractiveness-vs-volume-an-explanation-of-news-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Mo Jangda Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:27:31 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1021#comment-1073 I'm going to come at this from a different design perspective. Art (photos/video/whatever) is good, sure, but only if it respects/supplements/adds to the content. Art for the sake of art, or for the sake of "drawing people in" doesn't necessarily "respect" the content. We also need to vary of the effect of graphics on content. Sure, we want to drive pageviews, and up the visual appeal of our content, but the graphics/photos we use can alter the meaning of our content. Using a wrong photo on an article can completely change its meaning and we need to be very, very vary of that. I’m going to come at this from a different design perspective. Art (photos/video/whatever) is good, sure, but only if it respects/supplements/adds to the content. Art for the sake of art, or for the sake of “drawing people in” doesn’t necessarily “respect” the content.

We also need to vary of the effect of graphics on content. Sure, we want to drive pageviews, and up the visual appeal of our content, but the graphics/photos we use can alter the meaning of our content. Using a wrong photo on an article can completely change its meaning and we need to be very, very vary of that.

]]> By: A Web Design Critique of Google News | byJoeyBaker http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/06/15/attractiveness-vs-volume-an-explanation-of-news-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 A Web Design Critique of Google News | byJoeyBaker Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:50:39 +0000 http://www.andrewspittle.net/?p=1021#comment-1072 [...] Perhaps my best suggestion for Google: bigger images. Much bigger. Draw the eye in. [...] [...] Perhaps my best suggestion for Google: bigger images. Much bigger. Draw the eye in. [...]

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