The Guiness Book of Records site is another example of a print publication moving to the web.
The variety of visitors to the site and varying languages add special challenges ....so one of the first things the visitor sees is a language choice button and small icons of some of its content areas as well as text explanations. The site is designed for a very standard 800x640 I'm thinking that this may be a concious decision made by the designers to offer the site to the widest number of viewers ...many who may not have updated their browsers or are using older computers which cannot handle larger displays.
However the front page contains 2 large vidow windows and slideshow with a list of photos (visible) of the content of the slide show. The layout seems very cramped and the presence of advertising on top and on left side really adds to the clutter. While offering lots of info etc ..I think this site is in need of a major redesign.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
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