Ask HN: Can we finally get the following features in HN for an UX modern

#1

Post by samstave » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:11 PM UTC

1. Please make a click either optional in profile settings to open in new tab/window.

2. Make replies in-line.

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I am tired after a decade of excuses of "you can just XYZ" - NO - the UX is LAME. make the FN link open to a new tab/window. Period.

2. Replies are FN broken. Even after submitting a reply, it doesnt return me to the same spot.

FFS - You're behind reddit. Just accept certain aspects of their UX that are actually pleasing, and in-line with dense information consumption.

Its been several years since I asked this.

Get off the darn BOFH/RTFM bucket and update some shit.

Re: Ask HN: Can we finally get the following features in HN for an UX modern

#2

Post by ars » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:15 PM UTC

What's an "FN link"? Do you mean HN link?

If you want a link to open in a new window, just middle click it.

Re: Ask HN: Can we finally get the following features in HN for an UX modern

#3

Post by samstave » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:17 PM UTC

I do not care to mod my banner color in my profile.

I want to manage the _behavior_ of HN *via* my profile.

Re: Ask HN: Can we finally get the following features in HN for an UX modern

#4

Post by shoefindortz3 » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:22 PM UTC

> FFS - You're behind reddit

I don't _think_ HN was ever supposed to be a competitor to reddit, was it? AFAIK this is not a product that YC is earning money from (through via ads or elsewhere).

Re: Ask HN: Can we finally get the following features in HN for an UX modern

#5

Post by samstave » Mon, May 03, 2021, 10:28 PM UTC

ars wrote: post #2

What's an "FN link"? Do you mean HN link? If you want a link to open in a new window, just middle click it.

"A *fucking* link.

Jeasus christ, middle clicking i'snt the answer all the time.