New HuffPost Features: More of What You Come Here For

From the beginning, HuffPost has worked to bring our users the most dynamic mix of breaking news and opinion possible -- and to use the latest technology available to improve the user experience, and to bring you more of what you come here for.

With this goal in mind, we are rolling out a number of new features that will continue to make HuffPost a go-to web destination for up-to-the-minute news and fresh takes on the stories everyone is talking about.

For starters, we know that our readers have always loved the rapid updates on HuffPost's front page, so we've switched over to an Ajax interface that lets our stories and images load faster -- making the site more vibrant, and the updates more seamless. No more clicking and waiting for the site to refresh; the latest news stories, blog posts, and comments now automatically appear on the page.

We've also upgraded our Quick Read feature, which allows you to get the gist of a story without clicking to a new page. Now, when you open a Quick Read box, you are also shown four other stories that your fellow HuffPost readers have been drawn to -- and you can rapidly check out each of those stories without ever leaving the Quick Read box you initially opened. If you've never used the Quick Read feature, give it a try.

HuffPost's upgraded Quick Read feature

And we've added a "Most Popular on HuffPost" feature on the right hand side of every section's home page that allows you, at a glance, to see the hottest stories and blog posts from the last few days. It's continually updated and showcases a rotation of the top 12 HuffPost pieces at any given moment. And if you have your own blog site, you can add our Most Popular widget to it.

Of course, since these changes have been made with you in mind, we want to hear what you think of them -- good and bad. Let us know by sending an email to [e-mail].

Thanks again for reading, posting, talking back, and being such an integral part of what we do. And if you haven't made HuffPost your home page, you can do so by clicking here.

Comments

[Norm]

Good grief, what's happening? I have a page that's moving and turning colors on me; I'm getting seasick. And what's up with all the cheesy Hollywood-pop dreck? There are many places I can go to read those stories; I choose to avoid them. Beware you don't become what you despise.

[ConnieInCleveland]

Arianna, I enjoy HuffingtonPost emensly! I hope there comes a time when I visit your stories that aren't covering politics. Unfortunately, today isn't the day. I post many of your stories on Current. You are an excellent source of information. I enjoy the healthy conversations. Many times I find, I'm not alone, when I read other people posting what I am thinking.
Sometimes it's fun to banter back and forth with people who think differently. It's hard with family and friends who think differently. I try to avoid politics with them. They don't use the internet for information like I do. Many of the things I read on the internet aren't reported on the nightly news. People don't realize, just because they aren't hearing things, doesn't mean things aren't happening. Keep up the good work. Current.com is a good site also.

[johannesrolf]

could we have less people magazine celebrity gossip? the political stuff is great, the other stuff stinks.

[OhPlease2007]

Arianna, in HuffPost improving upon the user-experience, switching over to an Ajax infrastructure was a very very good idea. The new features look great! But what's up with the peek-a-boo in the comments section?; one minute my comments are present, the next they are not.

:)

[Merlin]

For heaven's sake stop using outline type!! It is very hard to read at small sizes, and not at all attractive at large ones. Has no one really looked at the results you have gotten by this mistake?

You call this an improvement?

[lamarguerite]

Thanks Arianna!

Yours is the only blog, along with DotEarth, that I read, and comment on every day.

I just have a request. How about having a section entirely devoted to the Environment? Given the growing importance of global warming related topics, it would make sense, what do you think?

http://lamarguerite.wordpress.com
'It's All About Green Psychology'

[graffen48]

Thanks for a great site!! Arianna, it's always a great pleasure, and very refreshing to see and hear your comments on Keith Olbermann's show "Countdown". Keep up the great work!! This is how journalism should be!!