Remember the old yahoo? The red and white, overcrowded web page with more icons and links to search than you could possibly get to in a full day has been redesigned a few times since then, and will now be joined by a new design currently under development by the webmasters at Yahoo. At least this is the announcement the company made recently as they began offering the test design out to small groups of people.
The photo released for the new page shows a left-hand column which now links to popular Yahoo services shows a column allowing for user-picked, customizable applications, and the site also boasts the ability to check other email accounts such as G-mail and AOL. While the site itself is the first redesign in two years, as I've written recently in regards to Facebook, it is incredibly important not to upset your viewer base by radically uprooting their perception of your site. Facebook has been experiencing a mild backlash for their new roll out, and it may take some time and effort before that unrest goes away.
The photo released for the new page shows a left-hand column which now links to popular Yahoo services shows a column allowing for user-picked, customizable applications, and the site also boasts the ability to check other email accounts such as G-mail and AOL. While the site itself is the first redesign in two years, as I've written recently in regards to Facebook, it is incredibly important not to upset your viewer base by radically uprooting their perception of your site. Facebook has been experiencing a mild backlash for their new roll out, and it may take some time and effort before that unrest goes away.
With 500 million users Yahoo claims to be taking every precaution in the world and with just cause. They are the number one trafficked site in the world and have had a series of upsets over the last year. With the volatile stock that resulted from the unsuccessful Microhoo deal and the recent Google Yahoo ad merger being delayed roughly 120 days and continuing to take heat from Feds looking to disrupt a possible anti-trust, the company can't afford a poor design that turns off the current or potential user.
The future of web development for Yahoo is similar to many other major sites (like Google and Facebook) that allow third party developers to design applications for users. The company intends to continually improve their site and inform their user about both their activity and that of others on the net.
The last redesign by the web mega-giant was rolled out over 6 months. This new design will probably take a similar amount of time to fully implement, although the company doesn't have any specific dates set in stone.
The future of web development for Yahoo is similar to many other major sites (like Google and Facebook) that allow third party developers to design applications for users. The company intends to continually improve their site and inform their user about both their activity and that of others on the net.
The last redesign by the web mega-giant was rolled out over 6 months. This new design will probably take a similar amount of time to fully implement, although the company doesn't have any specific dates set in stone.
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