You're right that the quote lacks substance but again, this is basically a press release aimed at Joe and Jill Schmoe. They do not care about all the work that went into the site; they only care about the experience of using the site. With this in mind, take your revised sentence:
>"We wanted the site to feel fresh, intuitive, and beautiful which why we put a lot of work into the new real-time news feed, gave the homepage a simpler, less cluttered design, and took inspiration from designs that are both modern and timeless"
And chop it up as such:
>"We wanted the site to feel fresh, intuitive, and beautiful."
Absolutely no relevant facts lost (given the audience) and a much clearer read.
The shorter sentence is also more effective from a marketing perspective because it plants the seed of curiosity in the reader's mind. "How is the site fresh, intuitive, and beautiful? Better visit yahoo.com and find out".
>"We wanted the site to feel fresh, intuitive, and beautiful which why we put a lot of work into the new real-time news feed, gave the homepage a simpler, less cluttered design, and took inspiration from designs that are both modern and timeless"
And chop it up as such:
>"We wanted the site to feel fresh, intuitive, and beautiful."
Absolutely no relevant facts lost (given the audience) and a much clearer read.
The shorter sentence is also more effective from a marketing perspective because it plants the seed of curiosity in the reader's mind. "How is the site fresh, intuitive, and beautiful? Better visit yahoo.com and find out".