New layout for WBB at Yahoo Sports

[Dale8R]

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaw Noticed a new layout at Yahoo today. The other sports are changed as well. It's the first major overhaul in some years.

Now if they would just add the TV schedule . . .

[walkaway]

"It's the first major overhaul in some years." ... Not before time, either ...

[YCN]

I always wonder why websites sucker up for bells and whistles over content delivery. It's a shame that there's little common sense going on at commercial websites at the moment. Apparently they all believe that they know what the consumer wants, but just never bothered to find out what the consumer actually thinks.

I think it's a huge step backward. I don't want pretty OR flashy. I just want content, delivered in a way that is both easily accessible and clearly useful. Fewer people are willing to satisfy the public anymore, and eventually we'll just all overrun their dominant positions, in desperation for a better day.

[tx4OU]

Apparently they all believe that they know what the consumer wants, but just never bothered to find out what the consumer actually thinks.

I think it's a huge step backward. I don't want pretty OR flashy. I just want content, delivered in a way that is both easily accessible and clearly useful. Fewer people are willing to satisfy the public anymore, and eventually we'll just all overrun their dominant positions, in desperation for a better day.

YCN, I totally hear what you're saying and completely agree. Having worked in this profession for now almost 11 years, I can tell you it's completely the opposite of what you're asking for. There is too much energy and effort in trying to please everyone. (In my next life, I'm going to open up a focus group business.) Clients and companies are doing too many focus/steer groups and attempting to incorporate every comment, recommendation or suggestion into their finished product.

I worked for a well known designer here in Dallas that used to always say; "If everything's in bold, nothing's in bold;" which I've illustrated with this sentence. What words stick out to you?

The same thing can be said with, "If you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody."