Sir, – I note (Home News, March 11th) that you think that the new layout enhances user experiences. In my case, this is simply not true. The layout is difficult to navigate, counter-intuitive and user-unfriendly. I used to enjoy looking at a reasonable facsimile of a newspaper front page, and select my reading accordingly. The new layout means that I now have to review several screens of irrelevant,(and also out-of-date) information, to try and find an article I might want to read. I am using a Samsung Galaxy SIII – hardly a minority or specialised phone. In summary, and ,with respect, your new layout is clunky, difficult to use and user-unfriendly. Please revert to the former, legible, version. – Yours, etc,
GEORGE SALTE,
St Patrick’s Place,
Mallow,
Co Cork.
Sir, – Although I find your new look website not to be an immense improvement on the old, I am willing to bow to my better informed website designers and work with it. One aspect that really does need to be looked at however, though is the Letters section. Whereas in the old site you could read all the letters in a list form on one page, now one must read one and then return to the main Letters page to read the next. I suggest you either adopt a format similar to the old or include “Next” and “Previous” buttons to aid navigation. – Yours, etc,
SHAUN BYRNE,
Collistown, Co Meath.
Sir, – I was struck by the fact that, in the new irishtimes.com layout, the gaming section had been demoted from Culture to Technology. I had always admired this paper's previous willingness to classify video games as cultural endeavours. Perhaps this is a sign of things to come: in next week's Technology section I look forward to reading Donald Clarke 's reviews of the latest new methods of combining flickering lights on a wall with surround sound. – Yours, etc,
CONOR KELLY,
Willowbank Park,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 14.
Sir, – I note that your new website has colour-coded sections (News, March 9th). News is Fire-Engine Red, Sport is Go Get ’Em Green, and Debate (formerly Comment) is Drab Inoffensive Olive. Colour-coded indeed. – Yours, etc,
NIALL McARDLE,
Wellington Street,
Eganville,
Ontario,
Canada.