NZ Herald’s terrible new site

Robin Capper

Robin Capper

— 1 min read

I just saw the “New” NZ Herald news website and filled out their “What do you think of the new design?” survey.

Comments in reply to: “Once the site is finalised and launched to the public, how likely is it that you would recommend the new NZ Herald website to a friend or colleague?” VERY UNLIKELY

  • Site doesn't look like a professional news media site, looks like a blog with stolen Herald logos on it.
  • I tried in Windows Edge and Chrome on an i5 13 inch HD screen hybrid machine, no browser add-ins or ad blockers
  • Enormous sidebar menu an awful waste of space
    • Sub menus are fiddly to navigate and not intuitive
    • Response is awful, slow and the way it covers the site is terrible
  • At normal browser scale (125%) article summary and body font too small (worse in Edge than Chrome)
  • Sidebar menu should not scroll with main body
    • Its scrolling is jumpy and out of time with main content. Visually distracting
  • Astounded this is considered an improvement.

Response to “Any other comments”:

  • Seriously, this needs a lot of work
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