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Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by husseiny on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:01PM (#10474252)
I recently bought a house in California and had to endure a pretty un-organized, stressful, unclear and unknown 30 day journey to get there. I kept asking all of the involved parties for a clear roadmap, checklist, etc but none seem to have a good one that covered the process end to end so I figure I would put one together now that I am done with the process.

I plan on updating and adding more to this soon but am looking for early feedback on the set up of the site, navigation, clarity, etc.

Any early feedback would be great!

http://www.homebuyinglist.com

THANKS! Hussein

Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by mkempe on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:26PM (#10474433)
In checklist mode, yellow text on white background is hard to read.
Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by Mz on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:30PM (#10474464)
^ Agreed. Damn near impossible if you are old and have eyesight issues.

Related: The link on the landing page above to "checklist" in the sentence saying you can check out the checklist version does not show as a link. I had to move my cursor across it and look for the hover mode to appear indicating something was clickable.

Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by husseiny on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:41PM (#10474552)
Good point, fixed :) (and thank you)
Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by Mz on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:45PM (#10474579)
Better -- I can read the list -- but I actually do not like the stark blue-white/white-blue color scheme. It is hard on the eyes and glaring.

Off white, like #00000f, might work better to cut the glare. I am medically handicapped and frequently run a fever. When I am feverish, I will just close the browser and not use a site this bright. It's blinding.

Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by husseiny on Thursday October 29, 2015 @06:01PM (#10474681)
Wow, sorry to hear that. Interesting perspective tho, I changed the colors but not sure you mean to say: #00000f that is on the black side.
Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by Mz on Thursday October 29, 2015 @06:03PM (#10474692)
Er, maybe that should have said #fffff0. Whoops.

Edit: Yes, that doesn't make me cringe. Much better.

Re:Show HN: Home Buying List – list of stuff you need to do ... by husseiny on Thursday October 29, 2015 @05:34PM (#10474501)
thanks! missed this, changed to blue.