JR: Interesting design and function plans by the UK's The Times - The Times UK may be the best example of a newspaper/digital media org that is making a profit. These are articles are enlightening. But can the same principles work at a smaller daily paper? I would say that The Times UK's strategies are more appli... more>> 12 min read
- Jul 30, 2016 - #media #design #web #mobile #app #business

JR: Web page bloat links - july 2016 - https://www.designernews.co/stories/58223-nprorg-now-twice-as-fast https://www.igvita.com/2016/01/12/the-average-page-is-a-myth/ https://timkadlec.com/2015/05/choosing-performance/ https://500ish.com/facebook-instant-karma-4a4bd4f3eca... more>> 9 min read
- Jul 23, 2016 - #web #design

JR: Tt post july 21 2016 - I'll take your word on the "F" for journalism. But I'll add that the WTOL web article gets an "A" for successfully being a slow-loading, bloated mess. I resorted to viewing the page with JavaScript disabled to keep my computer from bursting into f... more>> 1 min read
- Jul 21, 2016 - #media #toledo #web #design

JR: 2015 posts about web page bloat - July and July 2015 posts: https://mondaynote.com/news-sites-are-fatter-and-slower-than-ever-1dc7adebfc90#.q6gxa883u The result: The Post has reduced its perceived completeness time which it defines as the time it takes a page to appear compl... more>> 2 min read
- Jul 12, 2016 - #web #design #moronism

JR: Manifesto For Simplified Web Articles - And my screed against web page bloat June 2016 - Publishers have created a web-abusive, reader-hostile web. In 2016, single web pages from many media sites ranged from 5 to 10 megabytes in size, but the body of many of these articles was simple tex... more>> 86 min read
- Jun 10, 2016 - #EEEEEE

JR: Tt post mon, jun 6, 2016 - a - "Huh. I like it. Maybe I'm just weird." It's an improvement over the two-website setup that existed prior. I like it on the phone. And the new site seems a little thinner, or it's not as bloated. An article page loads quicker if your browser dow... more>> 4 min read
- Jun 06, 2016 - #toledo #media #web #browser

JR: Tt post jun 2, 2016 b - The Blade's new web design went into effect this afternoon. Now the same site will exist for all devices. 6:20 p.m., Thu, Jun 2, 2016 Blade tweet The Blade launched today a redesign to be more friendly to our users. Jun 2, 2016 - Toledo Blade -... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 02, 2016 - #media #toledo #design

JR: Breaking the web in 2014 - 2016 - More site owners are offending the web with their effed-up, bloated javascript-heavy constructions. These ill-conceived content sites do not provide users with a simple and enjoyable reading experience. Site developers misuse modern browser techn... more>> 46 min read
- May 31, 2016 - #web #javascript #css #html5 #responsive #design #moronism #blog_jr - replies: 1

JR: JavaScript vs No JavaScript War of May 2016 - "Regressive Web Apps" https://adactio.com/journal/10708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11770774 The geeks get fired up easily, and I like it. Both sides are right. Logged-in sites When I log into sites that provide functions such as... more>> 2 min read
- May 26, 2016

JR: New Toledo Blade Website - May 2016 - Still testing as of May 25, 2016 at: I assume that responsively-designed website will replace the current and the mobile site at . The beta sight is heavy with images in a tile format on the homepage. On the article page, the site uses an inf... more>> 1 min read
- May 25, 2016 - #toledo #design #media

JR: Twitter design discussion - may 2016 - "what is wrong with twitter?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11736808 i do not post to twitter. i do not have any twitter apps installed on any devices. occasionally, i access an individual's or an organization's twitter feed directly throug... more>> 5 min read
- May 20, 2016

JR: The Media and Their CMS Apps - https://medium.com/@jotham.sederstrom/regarding-shaun-king-and-the-daily-news-e458523367ce I think this says more about the poorly-designed workflow systems in some media orgs, and how the media loves to whine and make excuses for their foul-ups.... more>> 26 min read
- Apr 22, 2016 - #media #writing #cms #design #gtd

JR: Video ads within Facebook's Instant Articles - March 31, 2016 I'm pointing out the inadequate writing, contained within this WSJ article. The social network said it will also allow publishers to place one additional ad unit at the bottom of every Instant Article, which it estimated could inc... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 31, 2016 - #ia #advertising #mobile #web #media #design #moronism

JR: Google AMP News - Feb 24, 2016 - Publishers are dumb. Publishers create terrible websites. Publishers need Facebook and Google to save them. A lot of moronic rhetoric will exist about this topic. The feedback from publishers so far has been very enthusiastic. Everyone is excite... more>> 18 min read
- Mar 21, 2016

JR: Tt post about web page bloat - mar 7, 2016 - "BTW - some of the sites most laden with pop-up, banner, Flash, and stealth ads are newspaper sites. Even the New York Times and the Washington Post are so full of slow-loading commercial bloat that they are almost worthless to visit." Oh man, I cou... more>> 5 min read
- Mar 09, 2016 - #media #design #moronism