Don’t change – We like you the way you are

Yesterday I spent more time on ynet than on nrg (two major Israeli news websites). That rarely happens to me, usually the opposite is the case. I usually explore nrg, and when I’ve exhausted the site I briefly check the other one out. It’s just that this time it was ynet which got more of my attention.

nrg has changed the design of its homepage. I don’t like it. Not because it’s no good. I can’t even tell you if it is or isn’t. I’m just used to the old one. That’s it. And that’s a whole whole lot. I remember how red it was. You see – I had sentiments to the old design.

People are conservative. They don’t like big changes. They should have left the option to maintain it the old way too. Leave the world as it is and people will still be happy (or will still be unhappy… depends who). Feed the market with a spoon; it matures slowly. Social networks for instance were around much before 2007, but it was not their time yet.

Changes have to come when the market is ready. I don’t mean that specifically this one is a no no, but I also didn’t want to let it pass without some kind of mourning.