ICANN’s web site gets a minor face lift, but there’s a long way to go.
It’s not a big change, and it’s welcome, but why can’t there be a reasonably usable ICANN web site?
ICANN has refreshed the color scheme on its ICANN.org web site so it no longer looks like it was created in 1994.
The new design as a more pleasing white color scheme rather than the dark blue one we had become accustomed to.
Here’s the old design:
And here’s the new one:
The social networking icons look a bit trendier, too.
Unfortunately what hasn’t changed is the byzantine content structure. Former ICANN staffer Kieren McCarthy was working on an overhaul of the site to make it easier to find information, but it looks like that costly effort was abandoned when he left.
The drop down navigation still has 136 selections (yes, I counted them). Does “Vint Cerf’s Legacy Letter to ICANN Community” really need to be linked to from the home page?
Michele says
Andrew
Check the footer – it’s got more direct links to specific areas of the site (which I covered earlier today: http://www.internetnews.me/2011/08/14/icann-site-gets-facelift/
Michele
Andrew Allemann says
@ Michele – that’s definitely a step in the right direction. There’s still a structural problem…what we need is a cookie crumb topical navigation.
Michele says
@Andrew
There’s a stupid amount of content on the ICANN, but they are getting better at presenting it .. Rome wasn’t built in a day .. 🙂
JM says
Except that it’s not Rome, it’s a relatively small non-profit organisation’s website!
Scott Pinzon says
Hi all, thanks for the comments regarding ICANN.ORG. The refresh accomplished over the weekend is just new art over the existing site. We have a much more comprehensive effort underway to redesign the information architecture, user interface, and search result relevance. The full overhaul also incorporates aspects of the site such as hosting and mobile phone access. We’re targeting end of 2011 to have the fully redesigned site live.
Andrew Allemann says
@ Scott – that’s great to hear, thanks!