An article about the apparent demise and general uselessness of vertical navigation menus may make you rethink visual design and information architecture.

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Do online newspapers provide a better reading experience than they did ten years ago? Yes and no, but the fear of not slapping as much content as possible on the page, the overuse of complex grids and advertising immaturity means there’s a lot of room for improvement.

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The FT’s redesign shows more ‘progressive’ newspapers the way ahead, without using an overly-complicated grid. And just 9 links in the navbar.

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Using grids for page layout is a great idea. But put the content before the grid.

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The Guardian is an excellent newspaper, but the design of the online version could be improved in several ways, starting with the header.

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