Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

The New Airbnb

airbnb.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 134 posts

Re: The New Airbnb

#22

Post by knowtheory »

Well, this should go down in the annals of logos which should have gotten some wider impressions before launching.

Since nobody else on HN has mentioned it, all of twitter thinks the new logo looks like a vagina. It's hard to unsee.

Re: The New Airbnb

#23

Post by thathonkey »

bsmith wrote: post #3

The site looks great. However, is it just me, or do the videos in the mantle not really add much? I find the movement in some of them distract from the space itself, while others just seem a little staged or even a bit creepy. I think I would have much preferred photos.

As a counter-point, the videos were my favorite part but I agree some of them look a little too staged. Possibly blurring them a bit or adding a slightly translucent overlay as another poster suggested could make them less distracting and increase the prominence of the white text overlay.

Just don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

Re: The New Airbnb

#24

Post by [deleted] »

knowtheory wrote: post #22

Well, this should go down in the annals of logos which should have gotten some wider impressions before launching. Since nobody else on HN has mentioned it, all of twitter thinks the new logo looks like a vagina. It's hard to unsee.

[deleted]

Re: The New Airbnb

#27

Post by hansy »

I love the new site. I was never a fan of the old one because I felt overwhelmed with all the information on the screen. This feels cleaner, more minimalist.

One gripe I have with the new site is the fixed booking form on the right side of the screen as you scroll through a listing. I find it really distracting (perhaps that's the point?). Because of the fixed form on the right, there's also a lot of wasted space in the column. I dunno, maybe I'll get used to this over time.

Post reply on HN