We’ve been running the new(ish) dedicated mobile version for a while now, so we thought we’d tighten up the design a little.

Reading articles on a mobile is different, as is obvious to all the screen size is oftne much reduced, so text appears small, making it hard to read, particualrly if you’re on the move (walking, bus, Island Line (for sure!)).

To address this, we’ve increased the font size of headline (on the front page), as well as in the actual articles.

People have now got used to using their thumb to scroll up pages on Mobiles, so the fact a large font produces a longer page shouldn’t be an issue.

We’ve dropped the excerpt text beyond the top story as well on the Home page. Two reasons – the headline font size has taken up a lot of space, and we want to read the story, not just the excerpt.

We’ve made a few other text size tweaks witha goal of genearlly making the site easier to interacti with while on the mobile – or lazing on the sofa at home.