Web User - UK (2019-11-27)

We reviewthis fortnight’s bestnewand relaunched websites and

rate them for content, design and features

BLOGS

Therearelots

of blogs from

astronauts

and mission

scientists, as

well as oneby

ESA’sDirector

General

LATEST

DISCOVERIES

Scienceupdatesare

postedalmostdaily

and canbe filtered

bystories, videos

and images

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Best New Websites

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BlackCultural Archives

bit.ly/black

In celebration of Black History Month,

Google Arts&Culturehas worked with

the Black Cultural Archivestotell more

than 30stories andshowcase a

staggering4,000artworks, artefa cts and

images, somerender ed in Gigapixel

resolution.Thepresentationis typicalof

other Arts&Cultur eprojects, with a

single scrollingpagehighlightingamass

of material –inthis case,exploring

themessuch as theevolution ofBlack

British danceand howthe Black

community became empoweredinthe

1970sand 80s.It’s ahugebody ofwork

brimming withfascinating content.

FOOD CULTURE

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Bakerdays

http://www.bakerdays.com

Instead ofcooking upacompletely new
site, Bakerday s’ newmanagement–who
took overfollowing itsrecent clos ure–
has largelyreheated the oldone.The
result isstillappetising, though there’s
so muchunnecessaryexplanatory
homepagetext thatitf alls short ofbeing
fulfilling.Thatsaid, it’s asimplesiteto
navigate:the product categoriesare
clear,photos arebold and fun, andit’s
easytopersonalise cakeswithwords and
images.Welikeits occasionreminders,
loyalty scheme andnewslet ter, and that
it ca ters forfood intolerancesby letting
youspecifyyour preferences.

MicrosoftQ&A

bit.ly/answers

Crea tedasareplacementforthe TechNet

and MSDNforums, Microsoft Q&Alets

visitors asktechnicalquestionsabout the

company’sproducts and services.You

needaMicrosoftaccount to sign in and

postbut, ifyou’resimply browsingfor

answers, youcan clickonthe questions

or the accompanying tags.Posts, tags

and users canbefollowedfor updates,

and contentcanbebookmarked. As a

nicetouch,thesitewillalsomonitorany

questionsyoutype and suggest answers.

Be awarethatit’saimedprimarilyat

businessuser ssoyou won’t find answers

to specificconsumer niggles.

TECHNOLOGY