Signal vs. Noise Redesign

One of my favorite blogs, Signal vs. Noise, from the folks at 37 Signals, has redesigned. It's worth looking at, and since 37 Signals are my personal usability role models, I'm inclined to say it's a good one. Although I'm still digesting it...

The first thing that popped into my head was a flashback to something I read about how BIG text is "in." Heck, it may have even been these guys who wrote about it.

A couple thoughts about the redesign:

• I like the call to action for "grabbing" the RSS feed
• I like the BIG text headlines for posts with a lot of text
• I don't like the grey text (dates) against the light blue background in the comments section. It's impossible to read
• I don't like the BIG text headlines for posts with little text
• I don't like the prominence of the name of the person who posted. Seems irrelevant.

They've said this is a work in progress, so we're sure to see the redesign refined and considered, and should have an even better Signal vs. Noise to read than we had before.

.rand