Google News
I used to like Google News. There were sections broken out in a way that was logical and easy to browse. It utilized two columns for the most part, and was simply a great, straight-forward way to browse and see what was happening.
Now, that's gone. The news is presented as a list. If you select "Sections" then it's still in a list but as you scroll down the single column, you'll see sections.
It's not only a step backward, but it's a significant step in the wrong direction. I suppose someone wanted to improve something, or maybe thought that something that worked so well for so many years must need to be changed. I don't know, but whatever the reason, the outcome and implementation of this new Google News is simply stupid. I hate it.
Hello, Yahoo! News.
Yahoo News has always been another one I liked, you can even comment on the news articles. They were probably already better format-wise, but now it's a definite. I see no reason to bother with anything else now.
So, if Google's change of its news format was meant to drive people to Yahoo, mission accomplished.
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