What website redesigns had an initial positive reaction?
Changes to website design often seem to be negative, at least initially, with most not caring after some amount of time. Has there been a website that has undergone a significant visual change with the initial reaction from its user base being a positive one?
I've worked on two redesigns that had a large positive initial reaction, but I think that was because the original design was very old and very unpopular. If you have something that feels pretty modern and not a large number of complaints from your userbase a redesign will probably be more unpopular than popular, no matter how much you think the redesign will in the end improve some metrics.
When CNN got created lite.cnn.com.... not exactly a redesign but a service is a service