Verizon’s Broadband Stories site continues to get press. It’s an interesting feeling to see so many people pay attention to something that only 7 months ago was some rambling idea scribbled out on a napkin. Anyway, the latest to comment was Gawker (of all places) with a posting today on the Reuters Sign portion of the campaign.

Check out Gawker’s They Say the Jumbotrons Are Bright on Broadway to read their take.

Or check out these other postings:
Verizon and the broadband stories
Verizon Wants to Hear Users’ Broadband Stories

On the topic of interest… It seems like Max Harbinger is also making the rounds. Here he is on Room 116 in a post titled New Verizon DSL Campaign (which is a little unfortunate). He also made it to foreign lands here: Save Time, be Fast.

Although the design for this site hasn’t changed much in the two and a half years it has been up, when it seemed like a good time for a refresh there weren’t many issues that stood out as needing to be addressed. In fact, it boiled down to the fact that the old html site was too narrow and a bit too dark with all the blue.

You’re looking at the remedy. The content space has been opened up about 150 pixels to allow for more room around items and less scrolling. In regards to the darkness of the site, the background switched to a light gray. This lightened up the site experience immensely. Then, to finally make the left sidebar seem more contained, it gained a background color. This also improved the legibility of the silhouette logo.

All in all, a small tweak of the design that hopefully people will find cleaner and even easier to navigate. Enjoy.

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