Chicagoist: Trib, Crain's New Websites: Now With More Serifs

Scooter Libbby

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:43:18 -0600

Crain's is free again, after a few years of it being a pay only site. I don't know if it's permanent or not.

A2

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:01:32 -0600

Whatever it is I'm sure it has to do with ad placement. It seems to be an inexorable law of the universe, though, that whenever a newspaper redesigns their site, it will look worse than before. It's not just the Trib--all of them.

spookhatespuppies

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:25:46 -0600

I always used to dislike my crazy font-freak friends who seemed to care more about the typeface than the words they're forming. But when it's really noticeable and annoying, I begin to see their side of things.

Prescott Carlson

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:07:35 -0600

Maybe it's a plot to get people to stop reading news on their website and start buying the paper again. What's scary is that actually wouldn't be all that surprising if it were true.

Kevin

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:36:36 -0600

I'm finding it difficult to scan headlines on the Trib home page as a result of the switch to Times.

luke

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:11:01 -0600

on my computer, whenever a page is loading very slowly, it often shows up with default (Times) font. When the tribune first put this up, I thought they must have been having server problems or my connection was slow. I must have hit refresh about ten times before I realized that it was intentional. ack.

Vermin

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:04:59 -0600

What's with that stupid font on the Trib's site???

Vermin

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:04:48 -0600

What's with that stupid font on the Trib's site???

youattal

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:43:21 -0600

Ugh....the Trib site is illegible.

youattal

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:43:11 -0600

Ugh....the Trib site is illegible.

Ed Knittel

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:43:08 -0600

What? The Tribune redesigned their website last July. It was a shit box back then riddled with mark up errors and I see that they have gleefully accepted the same level of failure again. Crain's you need to fire the douchebags that developed your site. At what point do you say "165 errors? Mission Accomplished!"

Mycubehas3sides

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:25:10 -0600

Usually things get cleaned up when a new serif comes to town.

Mycubehas3sides

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:25:01 -0600

Usually things get cleaned up when a new serif comes to town.

matty

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:11:16 -0600

the trib is disgustingly ugly.

matilda

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:08:28 -0600

what the world needs more of from its news providers: Safe, calming blue, designed to be bland and non-disturbing, much like the majority of their journalism.