Comment The winner emphasizes readability (Score 1) 882
... foremost. The runner-up is definitely an improvement over the traditional /. look, as well, but my tired allergy eyes (I need relief ... FAST FAST FAST FAST!) make their way easily through the more generous font sizes and white space of the winning design.
Funny thing is, I probably get 95 percent of my /. usage from reading the RSS of top-level items in Bloglines, without visiting the site itself. I'm a scanner, sosumi.
Now there's a UI (Bloglines) that needs a redesign, too!