RitaLin

TheStreet.com Redesign

I'll also start with a disclosure: I'm the Web Designer for Seeking Alpha.
It's actually my first time commenting, so be gentle ;-)
(i guess it took TSCM's re-design to pull me out of my shell, which already means they've done a good job ;)

1. It's really important for me to know what our readers think about the site design, how usable and friendly they find our way of presenting the content and if there are any suggestions for improvement/requests. So, to everyone who's taken the time to comment here, or in any other article: Thank you. Knowing what actual users think really helps to improve the user-experience.

2. TheStreet.com Redesign - in terms of aesthetics, readability and layout (which are pretty much all the terms i'm certified to judge by) it looks pretty good, in any case much better than before.

An episode:

Today i was about to show a new designer in our team what I think of as the worst designed financial site on the web, for which purpose i naturally chose thestreet.com. But when i pressed "return" on my keyboard, the effect was ruined...and as i was staring, surprised, into the screen, the new designer said: "Not only is it not as ugly as you promised, i think there's some stuff that actually work better then on ours'..."