The New LA Times website

When I used to work at SFGate.com (back in 2000) we used to make fun of the LA Times website which we thought looked worse than our site – which at the time has a teal background with red links. It wasn’t easy being a designer there and then.

The new LA Times site, which launched a couple of weeks ago, is really a fantastic improvement. They’re showcasing a lot more photography and there is a sense of simplicity and improved clarity throughout the site. Hats off to the team over there.

The coverage of the fires there, which includes lots of user submitted images, is quite spectacular in a scary way.