Friday, April 29, 2005

What's wrong with the Yahoo! News redesign

It's the juxtaposition of the "Most Popular" category with the "World" category. And so you get this:

Most Popular

'Soup Nazi' to Launch Takeout Chain AP - Fri Apr 29, 7:57 PM ET
School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon AP - Fri Apr 29, 4:08 PM ET
Genetic Mingling Mixes Human, Animal Cells AP - Fri Apr 29, 8:44 PM ET
'Mermaid' Baby Turns 1, Awaits Surgery AP - Fri Apr 29, 8:13 PM ET
Study Links Middle Age Obesity to Dementia AP - Fri Apr 29, 8:12 PM ET
Followed by this:
World

Insurgents Strike Across Iraq, Killing 50 AP - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
Alleged Zarqawi Tape Threatens New Attacks AP - Fri Apr 29,10:03 PM ET
Putin to Help With Palestinian Security AP - Fri Apr 29,10:04 PM ET
Vietnam Fetes 30 Years Since War's End AP - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
Italy, U.S. Disagree on Agent's Iraq Death AP - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago
I find it extraordinarily depressing that in the face of insurgent attacks, Palestinian security issues, and the like, the world is, in fact, focused on burritos of mass destruction and mermaid babies. I just really don't want to know what's popular. It's right up there with those USA Today public opinion polls that are always graphically displayed on their front page as pie charts or the like. I mean, I just don't want to know. Which existentialist said, "Hell is other people"? That's pretty much where I'm at with the general public most of the time.

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