Global Mail relaunches without sideways scroll

Tim Burrowes

October 11, 2012 5:01

The new look Global Mail

The Global Mail, Australia’s most expensive philanthropically funded journalism project seen to date, has today gone through a major relaunch, including the ditching of its controversial sideways rather than vertical scrolling.

The site had a difficult launch with founding editor Monica Attard departing in May, just three months after it began.

Early criticisms of the site included its quixotic sideways navigation and relatively slow speed at producing new content. The site is funded by Graeme Wood who promised funding of $15m.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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2 COMMENTS

Fiona 11 Oct 12

I’ve always liked the way the Global Mail looked, but found the sideways scrolling rather unwieldy. Not being able to print articles was also a disincentive to read them. Glad these things have been sorted out 🙂

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Chris 31 Oct 12

I loved the horizontal scroll. Very elegant and, I found, easy to use. What a shame people don’t cope with change.

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