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Good suggestion. It should be easy enough to make it so that they are a little larger.CooperDragon":1a17v4gt said:It seems to work as it should. It definitely de-clutters the page a bit. It is intuitive (to me at least) and allows me to get to the section I want quickly. If you want people to get to a specific area quickly, then it's probably the way to go. If you want people to have a look at more content and stumble upon some new/good info, then I'd leave it expanded by default (the page loads pretty quickly and the scrolling isn't a big deal unless cell signal is very weak). The downside is that on a small screen, it's a little more difficult to hit the section banner to expand than it is to scroll. I fat finger clicked my way to the banner ad that sits in between What's New? and Recent Articles. Granted banner clicks are good, but accidental clicks can be frustrating. If you keep the current layout, it may be beneficial to increase the size of the section headers or add white space between them so they're a bit easier to click on a small screen.
The layout on tablets is significantly different, actually. For the most part, it looks just like the home page today, except that the nag bar gets collapsed. On my iPad, it flows nicely that way with everything being fairly legible. On a smart phone (my testing has been with an iPhone 5s and 3gs [old work phone]), putting any content section side by side just wouldn't work, which is why I switch it to a vertical flow.It probably isn't much of an issue on a tablet or larger screen (I'm using an iPhone 4s).
You can actually see all the sizing and layouts by just resizing a desktop web browser to be more narrow. As the browser width gets closer to common device sizes, it snaps into a different layout. I'm not sure if all the "switching" of sizes is working perfectly, so its probably best to refresh the page after resizing to see it properly. There are 3 sizes other than the normal full computer layout. 1 for mobile, and 2 for tablet (generally vertical or horizontal views).