currybet - 6:14 pm on Mar 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

I don't work for the News part of New Media, so i don't have access to that info - I too would be fascinated!

All I can say is that when I first saw the re-designs on paper like most people I thought "Oh Change. Change is bad". But as soon as I went back to using the site in its effectively one column plus-a-bit-of-nav format I was struck by how narrow and odd if felt, and was positively gagging for the re-design to go live