Comments on: Boston University has redesigned its homepage

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:47:01 +0000

Very nice. I like the way the main nav, sub nav and audience nav were handled. And the scrolling features is a nice touch. I read the article in BU Today – I don’t see where this communicates “urban, gritty ” or “unapologetic rock star in the city”. Clean, modern, pleasant, but not urban or gritty.

By: Jean Hunt

Jean Hunt — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:05:44 +0000

I LOVE this design. I personally have issues with lists of links hogging up a school’s home page. This “peek-a-boo” interface is a big improvement on its predecessor.

One suggestion — make the headings, “headlines”, “research” etc., into links. I was annoyed when clicking on them didn’t go anywhere.

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By: Tony M

Tony M — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:50:19 +0000

I strongly disagree. While certain innovations from the previous homepage are gone, this new one is simply more visually striking. It now focuses my attention on the feature images, which clearly differentiate this school from others.

I think this design raises the bar once again, though perhaps in a more subtle way than the last version.

And the navigation works well for me.

By: Matthew Sullivan

Matthew Sullivan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:26:28 +0000

I used to see Boston University’s homepage as a great example of a clean yet engaging design, with it’s interactive piece delivering video, audio and slideshows.

This new design looses all of that. I don’t understand. They went from one of the best, and a model that other schools took years to catch up to, to just any other University Website.

Also the mega navigation is unbelievably annoying.