More change from the National Archives at Kew seemingly for the sake of it. Its new look website is currently available in beta format at http://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
I find it fairly horrendous myself. It clearly looks like they're after a tablet friendly design which is pants for those wanting to access it on PC - more scrolling, garish font use, a Janet and John corporate monster.
Is it all bad? No - I quite like the menu button idea. But apart from also liking the TNA logo set against black, that's really about it.
There's more on why this is such a wonderful and radical innovation at http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/873.htm.
Chris
My latest book, Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, is now available from http://www.gould.com.au (print) and http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html (ebook), whilst Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet is available at http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-History-on-the-Internet/p/3889/. My next Pharos Scottish course, Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs, starts Nov 13th - see http://pharostutors.com.
I actually like it too. A website's homepage should be, first of all, easy to navigate.
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