OurSignal.com - All the News You Can Use

Read the news much? Unlike the nightly TV news, people actually pay attention to it and vote and rank them according to popularity. Digg became News 2.0 and dozens of clones came forth as a result. So what do you get when you mashup all those clones, plus the oringinal and then toss in a few extras to spicen it up? The answer is OurSignal, the latest social news mashup. This one’s got a nice little twist though. Each popular or recent new story is presented in box form and colored according to popularity. So stories that are hot are the reds, yellows, and oranges—warm colors. Stories that aren’t so hot inhabit the cool end of the color spectrum—blues, greys, and blacks. Boxes are scattered about the screen and range in size and color. Click on the headline that interests you to read that article. It’s updated every 15.

“OurSignal.com looks at currently popular items on the top social news sites and mashes it all together

The idea is to allow users (you especially) to get a rapid overview of what the latest breaking headlines are at the frontline of the intermatubes.

The bigger the box, the more relative votes a story has.

The warmer the color, the quicker the story is on the rise. Cooler colors denote negative velocity.”

OurSignal is a clever take on the social news mashup genre. It allows user a visual representation of the news. Users can easily pick up what’s hot through colors and size.

Is this too much on the eyes? Will users like the UI? Why the selection of news sites?