- BBC News
- Not divided into sections (except UK and World); more documentary lead; full list of current stories at bottom of page
- ITN Online
- Stories treated more like features; navigation gives no feedback on where you are
- LM Online
- The Guardian Newspaper
- CBS - Welcome Home
- NBC TV's Home On The Web - NBC.com
- The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
- Business Week
- Political News from Wired News
- CNET.COM
- NEWS.COM
- casco bay weekly
- The Washington Times-Front Page
- Basically stories recycled onto the Web, even following newspaper format; limited use of pix (tho credited). Tools are non-existent; colour not used for sections. Ads isolated from copy. Stories lead into full text, author credit given, easy to pick out.
- Boston Globe Online
- The Nando Times
- Content sections clear; sections have prominent title with colour code. Search very good; multiple frames for results and target frame for story. Stories clearly presented; top story in each section. Tools scattered. Photo gallery for access to stories.
- Los Angeles Times Web Site
- Uses drop down menus for all navigation, with links for related stories; terrible site map; typography fussy and sloppy; sections very confused - hard to see real content sections. Search offers confusing selection of options. Inconsistent use of colour.
- ABCNEWS.com
- Nav mixes content and tools, and changes from page to page, sometimes on the right; pages are busier than they need to be; news ticker is in a deep box, gives no context; background pattern not used to separate elements; generally works too hard.
- The New York Times on the Web
- Menu and page based site, requires lot of clicks; sells stories effectively but gives little sense of where you are; pages poorly branded; WebX forums not well customised; ads well separated; login works well; low text version; home page small works well
- FOX News
- Nav doesn't support rollovers, gives limited feedback on location; stories uncontextualised; limited info on HP; video is a separate section, tho well done; frames but proper URLs; Java news ticker is good (shows sections, not too fast). Good search tips.
- Philadelphia Online | HOME
- Tools at top (text links); icons for Contents/Services on left; adds and Web Specials on right; lead stories sold at top and headlines at bottom of (long) page
- Welcome to washingtonpost.com
- Drop down menu for Content sections with Tools to right; left column used for misc leads; Special Features flagged below lead stories; in a story links are to Home, the Tools and Todays News & National Section
- KRON-TV
- Welcome to The Gate
- 3D Content menu bar at left, which changes state as you go into a new section; lead story with sells to the right
- San Francisco Chronicle on The Gate
- No news on front; text based navigation with Content links on left and Tools (Services) on the right
- The Chicago Tribune
- Content and Tool nav in separate rows along the top; stories flagged under (slightly different) sections down the left with lead story and Latest News on the right; trails have [On to Section Name] at the end
- MSN News
- Sections flagged as navigation on left but stories also listed under same headings on right; stories not contextualised and no indication of section
- The Independent
- Stories on home page lead under a section head; lead story (again flagged by section)
- ET
- Welcome to Times internet space
- CNN Interactive
- NewsWorks
- The Seattle Times
- The Economist
- MSNBC Cover
- PA NewsCentre
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