Okay, I’ve given the new layout a fighting chance, and here’s what I’ve found.
On the previous layout I would usually click through to 2-3 articles per day. On the current layout I’ve been clicking through to one article every 2-3 days. After spotting the references to the …/page/1 format I went there, and immediately discovered two articles that interested me that I had completely missed on the new page just minutes before.
My issues:
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The tiny frames per article make less information stand out when doing a quick browse, so less likely to catch my attention and get me to actually read them.
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Likewise the pictures are significantly less detailed so the graphical element is similarly less likely to draw me in.
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The different sizes between the left and right sides mess with how the eye scans the page, resulting in the smaller articles on the left side being completely missed.
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The separation of blog entries (Left side) and feature Articles (right side) is needless, as in the end they are both simply articles.
Just my $0.02
