Saturday 24 October 2009

A Tale of Two Web Sites

The MET Office has:

"...made changes to our web site which aim to refresh the website with a more contemporary and usable look and feel and to standardise navigation to make content easier to find."

Contrast this with an item that appeared in yesterday's Mail on line:

"The Whitehall department responsible for farming has splashed out redesigning its website because the brown colour scheme was deemed too 'agriculturally focused'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222236/Defra-wastes-180-000-website-design--old-brown.html#ixzz0UqSVktYE

A case of bad judgement or bad PR?

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