Welcome to the new-look Head for Points

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• Matt says:

  18 Aug18 August 23:33

  I like the new design in iOS safari, looks similar to the times and guardian apps. I do miss the old landmark header though.

• Youllnever says:

  18 Aug18 August 23:43

  The new design looks good! Would it be possible to add “dark mode” as well so that it’s easier on the eyes during low-light conditions?

  • Nick S says:

    19 Aug19 August 11:04

    +1

  • Gin and Tonic Please says:

    19 Aug19 August 17:43

    +1

• Connor says:

  18 Aug18 August 23:52

  Much better in my opinion, as others have said it is very white and slightly harsh on the eyes.A background like the Guardian or BBC website would be better while keeping the aesthetic. Also a bit more distinction between comments would be nice.

• Baji Nahid says:

  19 Aug19 August 00:27

  Hey, Congrats rob and team for the new design, it will take me some time to get used to, but to be honest, i feel that it is a bit over crowded with words and all at first.

  I liked the previous website where we had the news articles all in like a list, with the recent one first, so that would be nice to see here, also a dark mode of the website too!

  Also 10 pages of comments aswell may be overwhelming, maybe if you could lay it out like the old HFP website that would be nice.

  These are just little things however but its very nice and looks slick! Its just having to get used to it!

  • Rob says:

    19 Aug19 August 00:38

    The news articles are in a list here too! Just broken up slightly …. The comment pagination has not changed from the old site.

• Emily says:

  19 Aug19 August 02:14

  ‘Go on strike – sell your home for free!’ That is the top banner I see. Along with the Nutmeg logo. I’m 100% for change where improvements are made but I can not identify a single improvement with this redesign. ‘Head for Points’ has been enhanced 🙂

  • Rob says:

    19 Aug19 August 08:38

    At 5pm last night we got an enquiry from a major travel brand congratulating us on the relaunch and asking for an advertising quote for a new campaign they are about to launch, so that’s enough improvement for us 🙂

    You have to move with the times. HfP is a big business these days (three people on the payroll, plus me, with a City of London office when we eventually go back). You can’t go on for ever running off a 2007ish design template.

• tony says:

  19 Aug19 August 06:41

  In short, I think this iteration is better on mobile, worse on desktop. As others have said, there’s a lot of white, something which is especially obvious on the desktop site and is harsh on the eyes.

• Edd M says:

  19 Aug19 August 07:55

  Hi guys, it’s better, HOWEVER, readability is quite poor.

  The spacing between characters in the chosen typeface is looser than standard (why?!) and it makes it a little hard to read, especially headlines. Also there’s so much white you lose contrast and distinction between different areas of the page.

  I would be tempted to move back to a more standard typeface altogether tbh.

  • Edd M says:

    19 Aug19 August 08:03

    Actually on reflection the body text may be OK, it’s just the typeface to the headlines looks odd. I think there is slight loosening of the space between each letter.

    I think what was annoying me too is the over frequent use of CAPITALS? Seems like a lot of links etc are styled in CAPITAL. I think subconsciously it looks like shouting and a bit messy, most blogs don’t style this way.

    The blue colour is a few grades too light – it looks like an ‘active hyperlink’ in the early days of the internet. I suggest a more relaxing ROYAL BLUE (see what I mean?!) but it’s a personal preference.

• Nick says:

  19 Aug19 August 09:46

  So I’ve been reading through it more to see if I get used to it, and in part, yes. But the comments are still a pain to read. The text is too big, or at least it is relative to everything else – the space between each line of text is too big and means it takes longer to read and there’s less on the page, which requires more effort to scroll (iPhone). Hopefully you can do something about that.

  • Nick says:

    19 Aug19 August 09:47

    I’ve also just seen the ‘contact us’ box at the bottom of every page. That I like a lot – really does look professional.

  • Rhys says:

    19 Aug19 August 09:53

    We are definitely looking at improving how comments work as this is a big pain point at the moment. We already have some ideas.

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