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Irish Times website
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No matter how many times I see it, the .com just looks wrong. It’s lower case and looks to be a different typeface as well. Actually, why bother with the .com at all? Why not just do like the London Times and call it: IRISHTIMESONLINE
The introduction of the site is very welcome though 
6 Comments
June 29th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
can’t stand it either.
also it won’t load properly for me.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
what’s it not doing for you?
June 29th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Ditto. not mad about the red either – whats the obsession with red. a nice blue would be better.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:08 am
The “.com” jars quite badly for me. I like the main font, but something just isn’t right with the red .com.
I saw a small local paper redesign the other day where they’ve gone for a very modern tabloid lay-out and approach, but kept the traditional gothic masthead – it looked awful and I really like a bit of gothic normally.
That and this almost seem like afterthoughts and not properly worked through.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
You’re right, the “.com” seems bad, but the general layout is pretty good. Looks like http://www.lemonde.fr and other famous online newspaper.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I’ve only skimmed through it today but I like the layout too, but my ocd-like fixation on the .com spoils the viewing experience