It looks good but I rarely visit hackers news' front web-page. I end up getting RSS.
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#72Never had a time to give my respect to HN by building my own bootstrap and adding more features (I believe more options viewing HN, the better) but every time something like this comes around HN I follow the thread. This is what I learnt so far: - do not change fonts, colors styles. - do not try to add cool up to date, buttons, etc - most users just got used to the way it is right now - do not add anything between ra…
agree on not changing fonts, colors, styles, buttons ...
Re: Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome
#73Never had a time to give my respect to HN by building my own bootstrap and adding more features (I believe more options viewing HN, the better) but every time something like this comes around HN I follow the thread. This is what I learnt so far: - do not change fonts, colors styles. - do not try to add cool up to date, buttons, etc - most users just got used to the way it is right now - do not add anything between ra…
agree on not changing fonts, colors, styles, buttons ...
Yeah. I think lots of people find HN design perfect the way it is and its hard to move on. Its like another Craiglist, I guess.
Btw: my post gets lots of upvotes -- perhaps someone could design some of the features I mentioned...
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#74This is a great new tool! Thank you very much, HN was one of the ugliest sites I visit daily :)
I guess it's true though, Content IS King.
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#75I can't get access to the footer because of the endless scrolling. Basically there's no way for me to access the Search box long enough to type something in. Is it possible to move the footer items to the top or somewhere else?
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#76One of the things I like most about Hacker News is that it's one of the few sites left without social media sharing buttons, or as I like to call them, junk. Anything that will add those buttons to sites that don't have them is the antithesis of what I need.
Fully agree. Worst of all are the truculent widget bars that refuse to scroll with the rest of the page. Thankfully the Antisocial subscription for Adblock takes care of them.
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#77I really like it, nice job.
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#78The pure white in the background hurts my eye. Isn't it a good practice to make it a little grayish?
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#79I've been working on and off on this for a little while, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms a…
I don't mind the idea of changing HN's styling if it is easier to read. Unfortunately, something in the contrast with the plugin makes it much, much harder to read. If I could choose different styles (including a "native" option), I would be happier.
I agree with another poster that the share link should not be on the right side of the links below a story: that is memory wired to be the place to click for the comments (either that, or give me a good reason to change that memory).
I like everything else and would use it, notwithstanding the contrast issue. I'll leave it installed and enable it every once in a while to see how it progresses.
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#80I can really appreciate this extension and the fact you've open sourced it. Thank you for that.
I think a successful modification to the HN feed would leave the same vertical spacing, but somehow make links more easily browsable. Zebra striping perhaps? Eliminating the number on the left or make it smaller?
I like the Share option. That's super helpful.
I'm not really liking the large links or their color.
The hidden filter that only shows on hover should be hinted at, at least, by making it slightly visible.
I think you've abandoned the HN brand. I believe a successful modification to the feed layout would be subtle enough that it wouldn't be immediately noticeable but, rather, generally easier to read.