WebUser – 21 August 2019

(Axel Boer) #1

We review thisfortnight’s best new and relaunched websites and


rate them for content, design and features


MOVIES
AND TV
Every film
and
television
appearance
is listed and
described,
and visitors
can leave
comments

VIDEOS
Watch music
videos, live
performances,
tributes and
Cash’sreading
of the New
Testament

RELAUNCH NEW NEW


Best New Websites


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Birds and Debris
http://www.birdsanddebris.com
Rubbish has long beenrecognised asa
major threattobirds, because our
feathered friends can become entangled
in debris such as plastics.The University
of the Highlands and Islands isexamining
the scale of the problembyasking
members of the publictoupload photos
of troubled birds or nests full of rubbish
and place them on an interactive map.
The hope is that it will highlight hotspots
so that future monitoring can be better
targeted.You can view images that
others haveuploaded andread details of
recentlyreported problems, browsing
entriesbycountry, species and date.

HISTORY WILDLIFE


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Institute of Historical


Research


http://www.history.ac.uk
Byconsigning its oldwebsitetothe past,
the UK’s nationalcentrefor history is
moving with the times. It now looksfar
lessstuffy thankstoits use of bold
images and a mobile-friendly design that
eschewstiny newsheadlines crammed
into small boxes infavour of fleshed out
explanations of projects andresources
(such as the crowd-sourced mapping
project, Layers ofLondon).There’s much
for history buffstodelve into,from a list
of upcoming seminars and publications
toa searchfacilityfor the institute’s
library and linkstoonline material.


Bundely
http://www.bundely.com
Any parent willtell you that children take
up a lot of time. Indeed, as the two
mothers behind this new site believe,
flogging kids’ items onexisting selling
sites can betoo much hassle. Instead,
they hope parents will sell and buy entire
lots of children’s clothes, shoes,toysand
more in targeted bundles through free
listings (with paymentsfor featured ads).
Buyers can searchbycategory or
keywordand filter theresults, but sellers
havetoarrange a meeting because sales
are made in person on a cash-only basis.
This limitsyou toyour local area and may
ultimately provemore time-consuming.

FAMILY

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