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Social News site Digg has revamped its interface and now includes video submissions on the front page. The redesign includes streamlined navigation, some new icons and more customization features.
Overall Digg's new look seems a bit toned down and a little softer with some of the colors in the (gasp) pastel range. The new navigation makes finding your way around the site a little easier, especially for newcomers.
Among the small changes is the ability to bury a story with a single click (rather than two) and without citing a reason for the bury. A post on the [Digg blog][1] says this change is designed to "help us get more feedback from people about what they don’t like (by making it easier to bury) so we can make more accurate determinations about unpopular content."
There have also been some subtle changes to the page and story summary layouts and one not so subtle change -- there are now much bigger more prominent ads on the page.
Missing from the redesign is the much requested "Images" section, which Digg founder Kevin Rose has [previously promised][2] will go live sometime in October.
In the absence of the dedicated Images section, the new Digg design is primarily just that -- a design tweak. Videos are now part of the front door, but otherwise the makeover is largely skin deep. Still, the new look is cleaner and could help make Digg more appealing to a wider audience.
[1]: http://blog.digg.com/?p=92
[2]: http://blog.digg.com/?p=93
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