The aol.com site redesign is rolling out in a beta test and looks like it's borrowed heavily from some of AOL's welcome screen refinements of the past 2 years.
--Flash content box/window with 5 different rotating features.
--Personalized medalist--taken from the My sites--integrated into the page.
--Extensive customization features: users can set high or low bandwidth, customize the page, edit modules, turn auto-rotation for flash features on/off
--Click and drag icons to add additional elements to page (this looks great!)
--Ability to click and collapse/extend page
--Clean, bright and easy to read interface with minimal clutter

CNET's got a story that emphasizes how AOL's tried portals--like Netscape.com--before, but always poured the $$ into their dial-up service.

This design looks good to me...let's see how they position the site once it launches.

Oh, and Weblogsinc launched their new templates/redesigns as well..