To match our new model identification, we deliver you a redesigned Beebom web site that furthers our ambition to ship the most recent tech information and informational guides to our readers. Since we’ve expanded to new content material classes, together with gaming and leisure, over the past 12 months, we acknowledged the necessity for a design that higher displays our imaginative and prescient. So, we’ve received a model new look, and you’re looking at it proper now.
Clear and Colourful UI
To start with, we’ve a shocking new colourful brand that’s trendy and vibrant. It boasts a free-flowing design with a customized typography that offers a way of limitlessness. We deliver the identical ideology to our web site design with a coloration palette that’s eye-catching and playful.
The shades of blue, just like the limitless sky above, bridge our current work and our future ambitions. Then, we’ve the colours of our insignia, which make up the secondary palette and are delightfully built-in into the design. Everytime you hover over any hyperlink on the brand new Beebom web site, the textual content lights up in our signature colours. We’ve even switched the typography from Serif to “Work Sans” for our content material, making it simpler to learn.
The revamped house web page continues to give attention to what’s necessary whereas boldly emphasizing our core identification. You’ll discover our “Tech That Issues” motto plastered on the high, together with a spotless header. There’s solely the Beebom brand on the left, together with the search bar on the correct, and all the first classes at the moment are tucked away contained in the hamburger menu.
Scrolling down, you’ll first be greeted with a trending tags bar (extra on this under) and a grid of featured tales that our editors consider deserve your instant consideration. Following that, we’ve a easy and clear reverse chronological feed that surfaces the most recent happenings within the tech, leisure, and gaming area.
Want to sustain with the most well liked and most necessary tales within the expertise area? You’ll now discover a trending tags bar on the high of our homepage. Merely click on on the subject that pursuits you and immerse your self in a sea of tales — be it information, guides, critiques, or op-eds, round it.
These trending tags are up to date recurrently primarily based on the subjects which are gaining traction or warrant your consideration. The perfect half, these tags additionally take heart stage on our cellular web site to your comfort.
Moreover, to encourage you to learn extra tales on particular subjects, we additionally prominently present the tags added to every put up proper on the house web page. Now, all of the tales you want to learn — be it about Minecraft 1.21 or Black Friday — are merely a click on away.
Fast Abstract to Save You Time
I joined Beebom as a guides author greater than six years in the past, and I nonetheless bear in mind our staff working tirelessly to ship the most recent information to readers in a digestible kind by way of the Beebom app on Android and iOS. Ah, the great ol’ days.
Since we had a special imaginative and prescient for Beebom on the time, we shuttered the app. However our readers cherished being able to learn the most recent tech information on the go together with our apps, and we get emails to deliver again the app to this date.
Effectively, we hear you loud and clear. With the redesigned Beebom web site, we’re resurrecting that have however have added a spin to it.
We’re introducing a ‘fast abstract’ characteristic, a shortcut that may seem underneath every put up, providing you with a quick recap of the entire article. If the gist of the story pursuits you, you’ll be able to shortly hit the “Learn full article” button to get the whole lowdown.
Not solely that, you’ll be able to learn the same abstract whenever you open a put up, because of the introduction of a new “In Quick” part that seems above the principle content material. That is certainly one of my favourite options of the redesigned Beebom web site, and I’ve a sense that you just’re gonna find it irresistible as properly.
Glossary: Definitions in Posts
Inform me this, have there been occasions whenever you’re studying a put up and are available throughout tech jargon or phrases whose that means you don’t know? Effectively, so have I, therefore, the glossary characteristic was born out of this want. And I really feel it’s going to save lots of you a whole lot of time when studying posts on Beebom.
On the brand new web site, everytime you see phrases highlighted in a fushia-purple hue, let your curiosity take over and simply hover over them. You will notice a shocking pop-up with the definition of that phrase out there to learn proper on Beebom. We might be constructing a repository of definitions over time, so look out for these in our tales.
You now not must Ctrl + T to open a brand new tab and seek for meanings of common terminologies. See the brand new Glossary characteristic in motion by hovering over
Beautiful New Data Blocks
And now, I wanna deliver your consideration to those multicolor info blocks that we are going to be utilizing site-wide beginning immediately. For years, we’ve been including small tidbits of data, warnings, or disclaimers in our guides.
These blocks, that are consistent with our peppy new identification, will assist us spotlight these in a greater method. So, take a gander at how lovely every of those blocks look and what’s their function:
Observe:
This characteristic is now out there on the brand new Beebom web site, and you will note it usually in articles to tell you of necessary factors and disclaimers.
Spoiler Warning:
Be warned! What you’ll learn after this warning block seems in a put up means it has potential spoilers to a narrative’s plot or characters.
Key Takeaways
These is one other new colourful block that may assist spotlight or recap necessary factors in Beebom’s posts and critiques.
As well as, the Beebom web site will not be solely optimized for readers on desktop but in addition on cellular. It’s a clear, easy, no-frills expertise, one that may hold you coming again for extra. Let’s not neglect about velocity! Even the brand new Beebom web site masses as shortly as our earlier web site. Don’t blink, you may miss Sam Altman switching firms.
There are a number of different options we haven’t talked about intimately, however you’ll discover them in your time on the web site. To call a couple of, the Beebom web site now brings the power to repeat hyperlinks by way of the “Share” menu in posts, expandable FAQs on the finish of most guides, and allow us to not neglect the much-awaited, much-requested “click on to increase” picture (strive it under) performance. Excessive-res photos FTW!
I do know, I do know, darkish mode is lacking at launch, however I guarantee you that we’re engaged on it, and it will likely be right here quickly. Even I want to transfer to the darkish facet. Simply think about how stellar our gradient brand will look on a black background. The identical goes for all of our colourful titles, hyperlinks, and data blocks. I can’t look ahead to darkish mode to be right here.
Beebom 2.0 is a big step ahead for us; it’s a BIG change, however it’s solely the start. We’re going to maintain constructing on our lovely new web site, including extra options that may solely elevate your expertise.
“Change is inevitable, however transformation is by concious selection” – Heather Ash Amara
Any Suggestions? We Are Listening
The Beebom web site, as you already know and find it irresistible, has been reworked. It has been constructed from scratch to ship a user-friendly and fascinating expertise that we hope you’re gonna cherish. How do you just like the redesign? Tell us your ideas within the feedback under. Bought any characteristic recommendations? Inform us within the feedback part of this put up, and we are going to add them to your record of potential upcoming options.
This was an enormous endeavor; one which took us nearly everything of 2023 to deliver to life. Though we’ve been testing the Beebom web site redesign for a few months and have tried to get rid of as many bugs as doable, there’s all the time an opportunity some sneaked previous us.
We’re conscious of among the bugs and points, and we’re already addressing them. However in case you encounter any points – be it in new tales or older posts, please inform us by way of the contact kind on the web site or mail us at [email protected]. We recognize all our readers and attempt to ship the very best quality content material within the expertise area.
