OK, to spare viewers the pain of reading one uber blog post, I split the visual critique into two.
You’re welcome.
Photographs: Local news Web sites homepages use a dominate image…small thumbnail pictures of newspaper bloggers are used on the homepage of the Miami herald. But photos of SunSentinel bloggers are only seen after a viewer clicks on the link.
Video: Both sites use video prominently displayed on their homepages. But viewers will watch each video differently because of the various site designs.
The Miami Herald has a flash based video player prominently displayed on the homepage that highlights all the sites videos. This makes it easy for viewers to find their video and makes sure each doesn’t become buried in the site. The SunSentinel on the other hand embeds their videos in each story. There is a video player mezzanine on the Sentinel’s but no real indication that the thumbnail images are video links.
What happens if someone’s been living in a hole for several years and doesn’t know that a red, right arrow means play?
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