Online Duh

The online versions of our major local newspapers (PDI, Philippine Star, MB) are impossible to navigate.

Their interface, to say the least, is poorly designed. They try to cramp as much information as possible on the pages, without much regard for basic visual aesthetics (clean form, coordinated colors, a central focus for the reader's eye). Their flash banners are clunky and horribly executed, and their basic lay-out is unattractive and unappealing. All these result in cluttered, ungainly web pages that are painful to read, and are even harder to understand.

For the designers of these web sites: please take a cue from Salon and The New York Times.