Sometime after WordCamp San Francisco, Automattic launched a slight redesign of their site. It’s not a drastic change: more of a realignment than a redesign.
It was Chelsea Otakan that first mentioned the change on Twitter. That makes complete sense, since she is a Design Wrangler for Automattic.
Like we normally do, we’ve posted the side by side comparison image just after the jump.
Automattic realignment side by side
In the image below the old design is on the left and the new one is on the right:
What do you think of the updated look?
There were definitely some improvements made, but overall I’m not a huge fan of the new look.
Much better. I never like thick bars on a site. It looks open and more readable without them.