The British Broadcasting Company quietly launched a beta version of their spiffed up new homepage last week. The new page, which the Beeb has dubbed a "lick of paint," draws on a number of so-called web 2.0 design aesthetics: rounded corners, large fonts, big buttons, a soft color palette, and a liberal dash of AJAX (drag and drop content modules similar to Netvibes or iGoogle, btw)

The redesign was completed in a relatively short three-month period, and the BBC joins CNN, USA Today, and AOL News among major news web sites that have launched newer, more "web 2.0" designs this year.... (read on)

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