QUOTE (user23 @ Feb 18 2012, 11:59 AM)
I like the design better than the old one and I'm sure once people get used to it and the technical problems are ironed out, they'll like it too.
I'm reminded of this, which for me describes those who moan about changes to Facebook.
Bear in mind that NewburyToday are not as pathetically insecure as some other local organisations and are quite likely to appreciate the feedback, be it negative, critical, positive, or constructive. Successful organisations listen to what people say and are confident enough both to see good changes through, and to revert bad changes.
I'd like to see more and bigger pictures with the stories - 1,000 words and all that. And actual pictures if possible rather than stock images.
I'd also prefer the page to fill my screen - I have an inch and a half margin left and right that could be doing a bit more.
And the advertising is noisy. I understand the need for it all, but it's all a bit cheap and stark, could that be quietened down a bit?
I read NewburyToday daily and I get most of my local news from here. I buy the NWN on a Thursday, but it's nice to know what's happening as it happens. What I'd quite like is to have the letters page on-line as this is often a better barometer of what's happening around the town and although any fool can post on the forum there's still a cachet to having a letter published.