Slate

Slate redesigned their website in the last couple weeks.
David Plotz explains how, why, and what.

Four reasons I'm disappointed with the update:
1. I'd love to give them feedback, but I can't because you have to register to make a comment.  I didn't register with them before and I don't want to encourage their changes by registering now; they might think it's because I love the changes.
2. Did they fire the proofreader?  Lots of mistakes - missing words, bad punctuation, typos.  I thought a serious news site would care about how words and sentences work together to communicate ideas.  I guess not.
3. It's hard to tell which home page 'tile' is from Slate, a content partner, or an advertisement.
4. No search field.

I don't dislike the Slate content, but I don't enjoy the content presentation.

Here are some articles about the redesign:
Digitopoly
Washington Post
Mashable - this article makes clear to me why I don't like the homepage...the new version has 13 'boxes' of information while the old version had only 7.  I don't understand why they think it's a cleaner design.

It's a testament to my disappointment that I'm compelled to write about the redesign two weeks later.  It still bothers me.
I guess I'll get used to it.
Will I also get used to the lousy proofreading?  (Will I get used to lower standards?)