Comments on: WSJ Redesigns with Reader’s Guide http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/01/02/wsj-redesigns-with-readers-guide/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:34:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dominic Jones http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/01/02/wsj-redesigns-with-readers-guide/#comment-43501 Dominic Jones Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:46:24 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/01/02/wsj-redesigns-with-readers-guide/#comment-43501 Jared, I'm confused. Are you mocking this or are you praising it? Does anyone even read user guides anymore? Did they ever? If they don't for their microwave ovens, why would they for, of all things, a newspaper? If the thing needs a user guide then it must be unusable, right? Help me on this, please! With a user guide to understanding Jared Spool's sense of humor, perhaps. Jared, I’m confused. Are you mocking this or are you praising it?

Does anyone even read user guides anymore? Did they ever? If they don’t for their microwave ovens, why would they for, of all things, a newspaper?

If the thing needs a user guide then it must be unusable, right?

Help me on this, please! With a user guide to understanding Jared Spool’s sense of humor, perhaps.

]]> By: Joshua Porter http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/01/02/wsj-redesigns-with-readers-guide/#comment-43211 Joshua Porter Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:27:21 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/01/02/wsj-redesigns-with-readers-guide/#comment-43211 <blockquote>"Many of them come to their newspaper already knowing the main headlines"</blockquote> I find this line particularly interesting. It suggests that the role of papers is changing from a discovery/description mechanism to a summarize/analyze mechanism. Reading tech news on the major papers is always a disappointment for me, because bloggers cover things far more in-depth. Perhaps papers are going to start having more specialized writers (and bloggers), who don't have to introduce a topic every time they write about it.

“Many of them come to their newspaper already knowing the main headlines”

I find this line particularly interesting. It suggests that the role of papers is changing from a discovery/description mechanism to a summarize/analyze mechanism.

Reading tech news on the major papers is always a disappointment for me, because bloggers cover things far more in-depth. Perhaps papers are going to start having more specialized writers (and bloggers), who don’t have to introduce a topic every time they write about it.

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