Information design guru Edward Tufte takes the new WP site to task. I don’t read the Post enough to say whether its better or worse than the old one, but I do love the general point that Tufte makes. A lot of news sites, including the Post, are criticized for having a “cluttered” design. That’s because they do have a cluttered design. But, the best way to unclutter it is not necessarily to remove things. Rather,the first tactic should be to make that some resolution of information more palatable via design. It is, in essence, the difference between uncluttering your house by throwing things away and by installing open shelves that go from floor to ceiling. They both unclutter the space, but if you throw things away (or shove them deep into the bowels of a closet), then you no longer have (easy) access to them.
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0002nk
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