LifeHacker Nearly Loses Customer Due To Terrible Design

This is one of those very rare times that I prefer the design of my blog over another website. The unpleasantness of that last statement is amplified when the site that I’m comparing my blog to probably makes millions annually and could easily afford a professional makeover.

What is this? Some sort of cruel experiment to see if they can make me squint my eyes more than I already do?

I know I bagged on Engadget before, and yeah, their content may get dry at times, but at least they use a font size above 12 point! I get super frustrated whenever I browse Lifehacker now. It seems that they used to have big pictures, big text and interesting content. But each time I go back, it seems that they have taken away another large picture and squeezed the font down one more point size. This continues over and over, one post at a time. What? Like I wouldn’t notice? Now mind you, I’m not some 80 year-old man – I’m 18 for sobbing out loud.

And don’t even get me started on how they revamped their commenting system. Somebody needs a super slap in the face for that one. Who’s going to click the little “+” sign every time they want to see follow-up comments? Not I said the little pig. Not even if I’m interested in the follow-ups. Talk about stifling the conversation one comment at a time.

I don’t know why Lifehacker keeps screwing up their interface, but it needs to stop because their blog is still one of my favorites as far as content goes. If you’re reading this, LifeHacker, take a design lesson from Zinch then get back to posting excellent content.