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Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#131

These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experience is...well, you know. You all probably often use HN on a mobile device. Please, please, please, can we have a mobile-friendly layout?

If I accidentally downvote I immediately find two other posts by the same author and upvote them.

Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#132
post #30

Any chance we can have collapsible comments without a greasemonkey script, or bookmarklet?

One of the problems of collapsible threads is that it reduces the amount of people who are prepared to flag and downvote comments that shouldn't be here.

Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#133
post #120

I don’t mind the use of green (as compared to some other color) to indicate 'new site', but could you tone it down a little bit, or give users the option to disable it? On an otherwise neutral page, the green stands out and is quite distracting. Maybe use something like #6a8966 ( http://www.colorpicker.com/6a8966 )?

I agree that the classic noob green is a little loud, but wow, your eyes are way sharper than mine, or we're using different devices, or both. Maybe we can tone it down a bit though.

I was going to ask to make it more prominent!

Maybe an option like the top bar colour?

Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#134

These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experience is...well, you know. You all probably often use HN on a mobile device. Please, please, please, can we have a mobile-friendly layout?

If I accidentally downvote I immediately find two other posts by the same author and upvote them.

That will help their karma score, but is still a problem for comment ranking. Downvoted comments appear lower on the page, thus get less attention.

Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#135
post #125

These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experience is...well, you know. You all probably often use HN on a mobile device. Please, please, please, can we have a mobile-friendly layout?

Until there's an 'official' version, @cheeaun's HackerWeb is an excellent alternative for all platforms: https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/

Best looking alternative I've seen so far.

You can't login to comment though. Or am I missing something?

Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#136

These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experience is...well, you know. You all probably often use HN on a mobile device. Please, please, please, can we have a mobile-friendly layout?

I've also done this on desktop. The ability to change your vote, possibly only for a limited amount of time after casting it, would be far more valuable to me.

Agree 100%! If you click "downvote", the arrow should just turn to orange instead of disappearing. If you click "up" ditto. You can then change your vote for a limited time.

As a bonus: please don't refresh the page just because I upvoted someone. Why should I search where it is I left off reading just because I upvoted someone?

EDIT: nevermind about second point, it looks like it happens only if JS is disabled. My bad. :)

Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#137

These other features you've added are good. But years after I started using HN, I still accidentally downvote when I want to upvote because the mobile experience is...well, you know. You all probably often use HN on a mobile device. Please, please, please, can we have a mobile-friendly layout?

Perhaps do it reddit-style - always show voting arrows, highlight current vote if there's one and allow re-voting? Cap the re-vote count if need be, but allow for at least one.

Re: Tell HN: Clickable domains and other new features for story quality

#139
post #120

I don’t mind the use of green (as compared to some other color) to indicate 'new site', but could you tone it down a little bit, or give users the option to disable it? On an otherwise neutral page, the green stands out and is quite distracting. Maybe use something like #6a8966 ( http://www.colorpicker.com/6a8966 )?

I agree that the classic noob green is a little loud, but wow, your eyes are way sharper than mine, or we're using different devices, or both. Maybe we can tone it down a bit though.

I want to be able to notice it if I look carefully, but not be distracted by it if I don’t care.

Right now the green screams “look at me” and unbalances the whole page. http://i.imgur.com/GhUfRn5.png

Here’s my proposed color, which is still plenty noticeable if you look for it, but now subtle enough to not stand out: http://i.imgur.com/vjW5DYT.png

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