Web Design Review

This is the home page from http://espn.go.com from 5:30 CST 09/13/09.

This is primarily a sports news site aimed at sports fans. It reaches it's audience by having up to the minute updates on scores (top of the page) and headlines (by the photo on the left of the page.)

It is very useful for me, because I can find major stories of the day just by going to the homepage, and I also can find coverage on many specific events by using the sports tabs, and the search function.

While ESPN is first a sports news chanel video is a major proponent to the site, but the homepage doesn't load any videos automatically. Instead it has links to the videos of the day. This makes the homepage load faster, but still allows the visitor to go to any video quickly.

One of the few changes I could recommend to the site is a widescreen homepage. Many monitors are widescreen now, and as can be seen from the screen clipping there is a lot of wasted space on the screen on either side because of the size of the homepage.

I would strongly encourage any sports fan to visit the site.