Digg.com Gets a fresh New look, but is it all good?
The social news networking website, Digg.com got a refreshed look today after only a few months with it's previous look. The design pushes even more into the realm of Web 2.0 and Social Networking. It offers a rearranged home page, a slightly altered color scheme and most notably no increased functionality. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Digg fan and I use it all the time, but was this new look entirely necessary? I find the changed look slightly more jarring than appealing to the eyes. I found the relocation of the support bars to the right side and the top only made the user experience more confusing. Sure, users are still digging up stories, and writing comments, but is the site any better off? I say no. I would rather the Digg team focused on adding new and creative functionality than revamping a look that wasn't too bad to start off with. Most of my content for this blog comes form re-posts and research I do on Digg, so you must know this site and it's usefulness are of paramount importance to me, in fact that is why I care enough to say, "what the heck Kevin?" Digg was a great design before, allow functionality that automatically changes my content based on my Diggs and then we could think about a redesign.