New Design for the New Year

Just in time for 2008, we are launching a redesign of YourStreet's main map page.

Check out the site and you'll see that the shape of the map has been changed from long and skinny to square. We received a lot of comments that the previous skinny map was not intuitive. We think you'll find the square map easier to navigate. With the new design we're also able to surface more articles higher on the page.

You'll also see that mousing over an article pin on the map highlights that pin's article on the left side. We wanted to emphasize that the content displayed next to the map reflects the pins that are on the map, and we think this highlighting helps tie it together.

Finally, you'll also start to see photo thumbnails appearing next to articles. We get content from over 10,000 sources every day. Whenever one of those sources publishes a photo, a small version of that photo will also show up on YourStreet.

We're continuing to refine and improve the design and functionality of YourStreet. If you have any comments or ideas, please let us know in the comments, or by using the Feedback form on the YourStreet site.

Happy New Year from the YourStreet team!

Comments

[Geoff Sakala]

Hey guys,

I just found yourstreet from google blog search ironically. I really like the design. I haven't seen the old one, but great job.