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Re: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News

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Post by D_Joni »

em-bee wrote: post #87
syastrov wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think there’s a trend to replace applications having information-dense designs with all actions at your fingertips with ones that add so much padding that you can only see a little bit of information at a time and in order to perform any action, you have to hover or click several times.

yes, and i find it disturbing. either a feature is there, then it should be visible at all times, or it should be off completely. while i am reading my eyes are tracking the locations of those buttons/links so that i can quickly move the mouse to use them. if they are hidden that slows me down and gets in the way. it makes sense on small screen like mobile where it is better to use the space to show more content and…

https://hackrnews-dj.netlify.app Have you tried to use this HN clone? It is a SPA, but it has very similar UI to the original site, and it has some extra features added (dark an modern UI, bookmarking with highliting new comments, searching through comments, navigating, root comment collapsing in any child comment, and a few other). It is also optimized for desktop and mobile reading, and very readable.

Re: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News

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Post by ggorlen »

mmcnl wrote: post #129
uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #23

I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as long as I can remember.

The current design is simple but lacking imo. Font size is small, not touch friendly. Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all.

> Also annoying that a single new line doesn't do anything, you need to have two. Doesn't make sense at all.

This is how markdown works, so it feels natural to me (although then the differences from markdown become apparent...)

Re: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News

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Post by theonething »

uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #23

I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as long as I can remember.

I apparently set HN to 150% so long ago and had gotten so used to it I didn't even realize that I had until reading this comment.

Just tried 100% out of curiosity and you're right, it's ridiculous.

Re: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News

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Post by capitainenemo »

theonething wrote: post #133
uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #23

I really like the current simple design of HN, my only issue with it is how ridiculously zoomed out it is by default. I've been viewing HN at 150% zoom for as long as I can remember.

I apparently set HN to 150% so long ago and had gotten so used to it I didn't even realize that I had until reading this comment. Just tried 100% out of curiosity and you're right, it's ridiculous.

Hm, dunno. Just tried out zoomed in to 150% and switched it back. I like having more text on the page without scrolling. Esp given how wordy people get get here, and as the nesting grows.

But I guess to each their own. +1 for loving simplicity of current design though.

Re: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News

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Post by isatty »

This is not a critique of the work, I understand that some folk prefer it and that its beautiful work.

I _hate_ modern web UIs however. Give me plain old websites that are information dense, with none of the fluff. HN and old.reddit.com are my daily reads.

I will be _very very_ sad when old.reddit goes away and I probably will have to go app only (Apollo) when that happens.

Re: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News

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Post by ElijahLynn »

I immediately installed it, thank you. I really like the dark mode.

However, I couldn't figure out how to comment initially and looked for the comment box, even at the bottom and couldn't find it. I finally realized it is the left facing arrow on the right just under the title. I think that UX could be improved to surface the comment feature.

Also, one feature I really wanted that I don't see on the extension is the ability to "favorite" it without clicking into it. So, I'd love to see that added. I will consider paying for the pro version to support you, but am going to give it a week or so on the free version.

Thanks

Re: Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News

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Post by ElijahLynn »

ElijahLynn wrote: post #139

I immediately installed it, thank you. I really like the dark mode. However, I couldn't figure out how to comment initially and looked for the comment box, even at the bottom and couldn't find it. I finally realized it is the left facing arrow on the right just under the title. I think that UX could be improved to surface the comment feature. Also, one feature I really wanted that I don't see on the extension is the…

I think I'm really going to like the easy access to the history as well!
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