One of the best HN redesigns I've seen in that it's not just "add whitespace" but is a totally different layout.
My take on social media is that you have to have an image in a post if you want people to engage with it.
Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
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#42Very nice. My compliments to you
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#43I like it, but I also like the simplicity of HN because I can simply scan all the headlines super efficiently, without any distractions and quickly see if something is of interest.
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#44Good effort, but tbh the absence of pictures is actually what I like about HN, that's why I could never get into daily.dev
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#45I like the re-design. Maybe including the actual date instead of 'Tuesday', 'Monday' in the header might be clearer. Just a thought.
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#46I notice you're hotlinking the images from their respective sources. This isn't ideal from a privacy PoV, because you're basically announcing your presence to tens of different orgs even if you don't click on anything. And, some hosts might not appreciate their images being hotlinked - the big sites probably don't care or even notice, but someone's personal blog without a media CDN might end up getting hammered with…
I had the same thought. Hot linking images has been bad form since like 2004, if not earlier.
Copying images is a copyright issue.
Re: Show HN: Hacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles
#47I think this is beautiful
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#48While i have to admit, from all the alternative frontends i have seen over the years (and there have been alot) this is by far the best. Tho as many others mention, one of the great things on hackernews is the minimalism / simplicity - and i have to admit its one of the reasons why i always like to go on hackersnews. Just a simple textlist, easy to read, no visual clutter. Tho for people that like a more colorfull/st…
For me, I think the lack of more generalized appeal of the interface is a net benefit, because it limits its appeal to only those that are most interested in the content. When it becomes too nice, and the audience too large, it will probably lose the thing that most of us are here (as opposed to reddit) for.
So even though I really like (and will bookmark!) this new interface design, I hope HN proper never changes.
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#49A love that HN doesn’t have pics and that they strive for short meaningful titles, so I’ll stay here :)
I agree about the no pics, but come on, HackerNews has extremely cryptic titles more often than not. Half of the frontpage is always made of titles that are either referencing ultra-niche products, clickbaity, misrepresent the content of the article, try to be smart, etc. If anything, HackerNews would be BETTER if it did not have post titles but only excerpts.
There shouldn't be titles that are either clickbaity or misrepresent the article. The site guidelines call for rewriting those ("Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.") and we're pretty active in doing so.
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#50I want to thank you for doing this, but for a different reason: it reminded me how much I appreciate the vanilla HN layout.
I viscerally HATE all the news sites that look like your project.
I've sought alternative sources of news with a more old-school look, without success.
I used to think it wasn't just the pictures. I found the average quality of reporting went down, along with a rise in clickbait headlines and stories, around the same time mainstream outlets adopted the new format. I figured that may have been part of what conditioned me to hate it. But now I realize the cosmetic factor really is quite substantial.
I like being able to digest lots of information in front of me at once, and the words on the HN site pack in better density (I guess it turns out not every photo is worth a thousand of them). Yes, the timber roof photo looks great. But too many of your crowdsourced pictures feel almost generated, rather than authentic to their associated piece, and I find them distracting.
Thank you YC, for sticking to your guns and keeping the 'boring' layout all these years!