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This site design is what correct looks like.
From a usability perspective, this isn't even close to being true.
loads fast.
no autoplay videos
no scroll jack
no social sharing buttons
no tracking scum
no page moving when you are about to click on something because some more bullshit just loaded.
usable in lynx and links across ssh.
so tell me, what is bad about it?
10 years later, here's what I feel: - Some websites have changed for the better, for e.g. youtube.com - Some have changed but maintained the same feel, for e.g. amazon.com and news.ycombinator.com - Some have changed little, but I wish they had not changed, because they used to be better, for e.g. reddit.com and nytimes.com
It does show how much nicer the front page was when it wasn't full of low effort pictures because image hosting sucked until imgur came along.
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From a usability perspective, this isn't even close to being true.
text with links. loads fast. no autoplay videos no scroll jack no social sharing buttons no tracking scum no page moving when you are about to click on something because some more bullshit just loaded. usable in lynx and links across ssh. so tell me, what is bad about it?
You can have fast loading and everything else and not have out-dated / bad design.
All you're doing is listing bad things, but there's literally no attempt to make the site readable or clickable. Most fonts are size 9 at the moment; you can't defend this given phones and modern screens.
Hacker News comments age about as well as Donald Trump's tweets regarding the Obama administration.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14936809 and marked it off-topic.
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text with links. loads fast. no autoplay videos no scroll jack no social sharing buttons no tracking scum no page moving when you are about to click on something because some more bullshit just loaded. usable in lynx and links across ssh. so tell me, what is bad about it?
Font size... tiny. Set to wrap at like 900 px. You can have fast loading and everything else and not have out-dated / bad design. All you're doing is listing bad things, but there's literally no attempt to make the site readable or clickable. Most fonts are size 9 at the moment; you can't defend this given phones and modern screens.
popular subreddits: * programming * science Oh, how times have changed.
They are on Hacker News now.
So are these our choices: a hivemind or a shitstorm of trolls, griefers, and 4chan kiddies? I don't have any answers here.