AOL News Gets a New Look

[ Update 6/27 6:37PM ] For an update on the AOL News Message Boards, check out our next entry Where Did the AOL News Boards Go?
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Many of you have noticed that AOL News has a new look. They introduced a standardized "980-grid" (980 pixels wide) which basically means larger photos in the main stories and more content "above the fold" (in the first view of the screen).

They've got many new features that improves the experience -- whether you're a novice or a veteran of AOL News.

Pictured to the right is a screen shot of what the page looks like. It's packed with tons of news and feeds so you can stay up to date on current news.

Here's some new features:

Blog Chatter, which is a tag cloud that lets you visualize what bloggers are talking about.
'Most Popular' and 'Most Commented' stories on the left side so you can see what other people are checking out.
User-Submitted News where you can write the news yourself on our sister site, Netscape.
News Bloggers shows the latest entries from AOL News' featured bloggers, including Mo Rocca.
Updated feeds the show top headlines from a wide variety of news Web sites.

There's plenty of new features (and more on the way), so look out for new things and have fun and try them out. They have a page that explains the new features so you can better understand it.

What do you think of the update to AOL News? Share your thoughts in the comments or send an e-mail to the team directly at newsroom1@aol.com.

Tags: AOL, AOL News, News, Web, Design, Feeds, Netscape

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