Breakingnews.ie

Seth Brundle

what do you think of the new layout?
Personally, I don't like it and think its much too cluttered and takes longer to view the headlines.
The top 1/3 of my screen (widescreen laptop) is taken up with the advert, banner and specific links. The rest is taken up with some large pics and video.
Tis back to RTE.ie for me!

lostexpectation

it was due an update and its good that we have another source of video and audio news, it looks fresh, but they've downgraded world news to less then sport and have more room entertainment news then anything else, and they've got horoscopes wtf?

your right ckb you used to be able to see the latest irish and world headline in one glance, they upgrade has reduced that.

constitutionus

breaking news! capricorns about to intersect with uranus! duck and cover ! !

Nevyn

The new layout is awful, I had always considered that one of the strengths of the site was the ease of navigation, I don't want to have to go looking for the links to read the articles.

Radio Mad.

Is this site owned/run by INN?

DMC

No. Thomas Crosbie Media, who own De Irish Examiner and De Echo.

Agree with the other posters, kinda preferred the old look in that 5 of the latest headlines of each topic, no nonsense or editorial judgements as to what needed top billing. If it warranted it, it could be flagged as the Top Story of the day, but if it shifted out of the last 5 items to break, it was onto the full list.

lostexpectation

apparently there is no news at 12:01am

buckfast4me

The top 1/3 of my screen (widescreen laptop) is taken up with the advert, banner and specific links. The rest is taken up with some large pics and video.

I have a great firefox plugin that blocks flash content, unless its something you want to display then you simply click on it and it plays instantly as normal. I actually physically could not use entertainment.ie before installing it. Look it up!

Nightwish

I find its far too cluttered and a lot more hassle to navigate through. I've already removed it from my favourites. Like you said, back to RTÉ.

brianthebard

Thaedydal wrote: »

The new layout is awful, I had always considered that one of the strengths of the site was the ease of navigation, I don't want to have to go looking for the links to read the articles.

+1. I didn't realise they had had a makeover, but it was much harder to find what I wanted today. I just wanted to duck in a get the racing results and duck out, which it was really good for in the past, but its kinda messy now.

kippy

I have to say breakingnews.ie was one of my first sites to visit and the main site I would refresh during the day.
The simplicity of it was why I did that. No mad multimedia options, no clutter, just the nitty gritty news.
I believe they are still fine tuning the layout but unless it declutters and gets back to basics I think I'll be using another site.
Kippy

Mr E

Depends where you look.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/text/
(bookmarked on my mobile phone)

aidan_walsh

I only ever get their reports through RSS, so I didn't even notice there had been a change!

kippy

Cheers Mr E,
Much appreciated-I'll be using that from now on.
Kippy

Andy-Pandy

Click the 'text only' icon at the bottom right, thats brings it back to what it used to look like, and yes, the new lay out is shi#e.

athtrasna

lostexpectation wrote: »

apparently there is no news at 12:01am

AND they don't start til 10am on a Sunday!

I hate the new layout. Looks like nobody checks the stories any more either, typos ahoy in the last couple of months!

Dave!

Is it just me, or has it become increasingly tabloidy recently?

I don't like the new layout either

lostexpectation

yes it has, i dont know if they have someone different choosing their stories, , i just want to see all stories on one page, i dont use half as much.