Barack Obama Launches Slick New Campaign Website
For those of you who are familiar with the old Obama site that went up early last year you should check back in because some time around the Iowa caucus it seems they launched a website redesign. For those of you who were not familiar with the first site, check this post out to see screen shots of the nicely designed original and read about it’s deterioration over the year.
On first impression I like the new site a lot! The new Obama website definitely has a certain “magical” feel about it. Maybe it has something to do with all that glowing white pixy dust flying around. The site is very clean and I especially like the use of space through out the entire page. Nothing seems cluttered. Notice the “Make a Difference” navigation on the right it’s very airy and easy to read and I can imagine it must have been tempting to cram as much nav in as possible.
On the flip side the site definitely seems designed for those with larger monitors and higher bandwidth. The site is very graphic heavy so those with slower connections might not enjoy as much. Regardless kudos to the design team responsible I heard it was an in-house group that worked on it.
January 21st, 2008 at 2:39 pm
At first glance, it has everything to do with the glow and the pixie dust. ;)
Go Barack!
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Hopefully that pixie dust can help him start winning some primaries too!