BBC's New Homepage

Ridiculous to introduce sideways scroll when the whole web is a downwards scroll.... hence the wheel on my mouse.

Put me in the 'hate it' camp.
 
Don't use it but am weather obsessed and HATE their new weather page.

Don't fix what aint broke...

Change for changes sake if you ask me - although wasn't there some recent news about significant budget cuts for their web site?
 
Don't be surprised to see this sort of sideways navigation becoming more of the norm. With tablets like the iPad becoming more popular, and Windows 8 coming next year (I think), the trend seems to be pointing to a more 'tiled' approach to navigating around. Apparently it's supposed to reflect a magazine like layout. I personally quite like it. Only need to click a few times to see all of the content in nice clear blocks, with no need to wait for pages to load. Agree about the weather page though. That does look pap! Back to Geeksville for me!
 
I'm probably older than all the grumpy old men (and 1 woman) who don't like the change (why do the British hate change?). Play about with the new layout for a few minutes and you will see that it is a huge improvement.
 
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