As has been mentioned, the main header is a typographic curiosity, not a bug. Good design is often controversial. Programmer mentally is at odds with this notion.
I like what they've done. It has brought greater focus to the article content. I'm all for bigger type, and the need to scroll is a non-issue in my mind.
good design serves a purpose , the half letters serves no purpose. If i did this on my site everybody would say how stupid it is , but because it's from "design rockstars" it is controvserial ? i call it bullshit .
I call design is simply not as black and white as you'd like it to be and cynicism is lazy. To deny that this aesthetic is controversial is to have not read any of this thread. The very fact that you are suggesting a lack of purpose in the design of the masthead and using a strawman to back it up suggests a modicum of controversy.
Whatever man , i call these so called "designers" bullshit, because they think they can teach people anything about design when their own design makes no sense at all, and frankly sucks. If i had a blog like this and if potential clients would see that , they sure arent going to hire me, as all the blog design feels ridicule and sloppy.
Their solution is perfectly content, you just don't like the aesthetic. Nothing wrong with that at all and neither is expressing that opinion. Calling the people behind the restyle of ALA 'so called "designers"' is disrespectful though and no amount of fallacy is going to change that.
