As written previously in DailySocial (IND), LintasBerita finally applied their website’s new appearance fully after previously was only optional. Introduction for this new appearance was on the end of Deecember, and is now applied fully on the end of January.

The new appearance consists of three columns, with main column is LintasBerita’s contents in the middle, left column is for Category or Channels, and right column is for advertisement and weekly best news and most popular contributors.

Looking at screenshot from their previous new appearance’s preview, there are some differences in their appearance now applied, such as longer “News Flash” feature column, additional column on the right side consisting weekly best news, special column on the upper side for submitting news, and other different design element.

Rama wrote that this new appearance is focusing less on the actual content, which is various news given by LintasBerita users, and I agree on that, mid column position look smaller and squeezed between the left and right column, so focus on the main content can be sidetracked by the other two.

On the other side, I like the new appearance more. Even though it gives the crowded impression, the new appearance feels more modern. Some element such as navigation to switch to news category is quite fun to explore, with automatic dropdown menu, users simpky need to hover above the category, and news category menu from the Channels will automatically appear.

News submitting facility placement is also become important part of LintasBerita, because it is one of the main facilities. On this new appearance, LintasBerita placed two choices for ‘submit’, on the apper side (column form) and ‘ribbon’ on the right side which will follow users when they scroll down the page.

Looking at comments came from several LintasBerita’s users in DailySocial articles, other than appearance some other things alse need to be paid attention to by this social bookmarking service, such as spreading news link on their Twitter account and several bugs. For example when I registered myself as member, there was one code filling column which required me to copy the code on top of it, where there was no code or numbers. Hence, I couldn’t register.

Changing appearance is indeed a necessary thing to do, other than for refreshing effect also might become the way to add new features, and indeed it is quite difficult to please everybody.

We shall see in time, whether LintasBerita will change its appearance again or stick to this v2. Now that the new appearance is published for everybody, do you have any comment about it?

Disclosure: LintasBerita is also incubated by Merah Putih Inc.

Translated by: Nita Sellya