washingtonpost.com has launched a redesigned home page, and I wanted to take a moment to point out some of the changes and explain the reasons behind them.

• New navigation: We have removed the left-side navigation that previously appeared on the home page and moved to roll-down top navigation. To see the list of the sections previously featured on the left side of the home page, roll over the section names at the top of the page—News, Opinion, Sports and Arts & Living. This change provides more room to showcase the day's top news and allows for more layout and photo flexibility.

• Cleaner design on the bottom of the page: By switching to a tighter three-column layout at the bottom of the page, we are able to better organize the deep well of content featured on washingtonpost.com.

• Faster loading: This new design also significantly reduces the weight of the page to allow for quicker downloads.

While we believe these improvements make for a positive change, we'd like to know what you think. So please feel free to send any comments to executive.editor@washingtonpost.com.

Thanks,
Jim Brady
Executive Editor, washingtonpost.com