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[Ron Thigpen <rthigpen AT nc.rr.com>]

A few months back some of you had voiced your opinions here on the then 
recent redesign at WRAL.com.  Some of us shared our opinions with the 
station staff.  FWIW, Capitol Broadcasting does appear to be taking some 
action based on the feedback they received.  I was just sent an email 
message asking me to take a look at an "Express" redesign of the present 
site, and provide some structured feedback in the form of some task 
testing and a couple of survey forms.

The Express preview is available at 
<http://cf.ibsys.com/ral/sh/TestDrive/FreeSurf/surfframe.cfm>

This URL was given out after I'd completed the surveys.  No mention was 
made of restrictions on sharing it and the mailto: link in the top frame 
makes it look like they want feedback, so I am passing it on to the group.

This lastest iteration does lessen download times and get rid of some of 
the visual clutter.  Everything displayed OK for me on 
ozilla0.9.3/WinNT4.  To my eyes the layout and typography could use some 
work (HUGE HEADLINE TEXT), but it would seem to be an improvement.

Check it out and let them know what you think.

--rt