Al-Qabas Gets New Compelling Design
OK, so Al-Qabas is definitely not a new site, and I haven’t been there for a while, but I noticed only today their new design. The design is not really a breakthrough or anything, but compared to the old one, it’s much more compelling, easy to use and browse, helps you find what you are looking for. I can tell some thought has been put into the layout. The usability of the site as I see now is better than any other local news site. I liked the new dynamic tab browsing for subcategory. No page refresh needed. For example, you can click on Worldwide Sport under Sport category. Latest news will show up in that area without refreshing the current page.
The Bad:
1- RSS Feeds: First, RSS Feeds are not embedded in the headers. Something which could make it easier for browsers to identify and subscribe to the feed. Also, the feed titles are pointing to some urls like http://www.alqabas-kw.comarticle.aspx/?id=409408, which takes you to a 404 Page Not Found.
2- Cross Browser Support: At least on my Firefox @ Linux, which relatively often fails proper rendering to be honest, this site minorly fails with some text exceeding it’s box area, and top menu items are broken:
3- Continuous loading: For some reason, I see the page trying to load some content every few seconds. I doubt there is such instant news update on the site, so I wonder what’s that loading for. Sometimes its trying to load from Alqabas.com.kw, and others from doubleclick. So I’m assuming it’s some ad block trying to load.
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