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Design, Social Media

Mashable.com website redesign: What do you think?

Mashable.com, the social media guide that I often write for, has released a redesign of its site today. The new design features a tweaked header with new navigation that is categorized in way that makes it easier to find specific topics. The homepage also gives more prominence to the trending story before a reader gets […]


  • Vadim Lavrusik
  • January 04, 2010
  • 38 Comments on Mashable.com website redesign: What do you think?
Design, Online Journalism

Red may just be the new black in news Web design

If it bleeds, it leads. Maybe that’s why news sites are going with a bright, blood red? CNN recently redesigned its website and went with a richer, brighter red for its header. It had some red before (after all it’s their brand), but now the header pops bright. Reuters released its redesign today with a […]


  • Vadim Lavrusik
  • December 05, 2009
  • 8 Comments on Red may just be the new black in news Web design
Design, Tools

Battle of the toolbars: NYPost vs. MSNBC

Update: Just came across Washington Post’s Post Alert, which popups on the bottom of the browser for big stories. Today I went to the NYPost.com and noticed that their top-of-the-page toolbar moved as you scrolled down (or rather stays in the foreground, as Greg Linch pointed out). I think this was an interesting idea and […]


  • Vadim Lavrusik
  • September 29, 2009
  • 1 Comment on Battle of the toolbars: NYPost vs. MSNBC
Design, Online Journalism

A critique of MiamiHerald.com

I tweeted a couple days ago about a critique I was working on of MiamiHerald.com. Below is a breakdown of key things that stood out to me while browsing through the website. I didn’t spend a lot of time on this critique and I am sure there are plenty of other things that you folks […]


  • Vadim Lavrusik
  • August 20, 2009
  • 1 Comment on A critique of MiamiHerald.com
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