Design site gives itself an overhaul

Nearly drowning in all the buzz surrounding Google's newly announced IM system, A List Apart went live with a redesign that has been greeted by the blogging community with open arms. The Web magazine has covered Web design, development, and content for the last eight years and has been a strong proponent of development standards in that time.

ALA 4.0 will feature a live conference series, a set of print publications called A Book Apart, a new Ruby on Rails-based publishing system, hand-picked advertisements, as well as a general site redesign featuring better organized articles and the ability to subscribe to discussion threads via RSS (not to mention some really cool t-shirts).

As ALA moves into its fourth incarnation--much more sophisticated as compared to its fledgling state as a simple newsletter--devoted fans took a little time out from the Google craze to celebrate the magazine that taught and inspired many of those doing exciting work in Web design.

Blog community response:

"Designers of the world and standards advocates rejoice, for A List Apart is back. I still remember when I first started caring about the web, standards development and new methodologies, and ALA was the first place I went to looking for relevant information...Now this is what I call web publishing--content for content's sake."
--webreakstuff

"Kudos to the gang. This site has been a night school to anyone that has the love to do something creative, but didn't know how to. A list apart inspires me, awes me and educates me."
--ChetanCkunte.com

"With this kind of foundation, and the addition of ala??s great content, this site is set to march on into the battlefield of innovation once again."
--aenonfiredesign