William Joel, executive creative director for The Verge, writes about its redesigned home page.
Joel writes:
This update is our first attempt at better balancing our work, which is part magazine, part firehose of news.
On desktop, that means separating those two modes more clearly. The left side of the homepage is now where we highlight our top stories of the day, followed by story sets, which are collections of stories around a topic. These might center on a live event, a major news moment, or a larger package. The goal is simply to give important work more room to breathe and more time to be seen.
The reverse chronological feed isn’t going away. It now lives on the right side of the homepage as an uninterrupted stream of everything we publish. No pinned stories, no non-chronological interruptions. Just the latest articles and Quick Posts, in order. Behind a toggle, you’ll still find the Following feed, with updates from the topics and authors you care about most.
