The Paper Of Record Goes Long

The New York Times has redesigned their home page.

It weighs in with a whopping 3,000 pixel length. Whoa!

Now, the paper has always had long pages. Their previous design often came in around 2,500 pixels in length:

Even back in 1999, they were about 1,600 pixels:

The New York Times isn’t the only one. The Washington Journal just came out with their new design at 3,250 pixels:

And CNN.com just came in with a somewhat shorter at 2,200 with their new design:

Apparently, the designers at NYTimes.com, WSJ.com, and CNN.com have discovered what we’ve known for years: Users are quite willing to scroll!