Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
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Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#2I've always loved content for content's sake, and seen design as a nice to have rather than an absolute necessity. HN is one of my favorite sites because it has highly targeted content, a large pool of contributors, and a wonderful forum of discussion.
Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#3Arguably anyone who uses Craigslist.
Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#4Is it enough to upvote this post if we agree, or must we comment and make our voices heard?
I love minimalist designs. And cringe> I hate javascript, most of the time. 99 times out of a hundred, javascript is used to make things "pretty" or "neat" or "flashy" or "cool" when all it does is make things slow and add bloat. I'm not saying it doesn't have its uses, but you REALLY DON'T need that 500kb library to move text around the screen or change an icon. But I'm a systems developer and I code in C and ASM, so what do I know about web development..
Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#5I'm a fan of minimalism, but I'd tend toward something of a middle ground.
e.g. in the case of old digg, I'd go for something that added color to headlines to more clearly separate articles, de-emphasized the category/posted-by line, and narrowed the summary column.
too-wide blocks of text, too-close bunches of paragraphs and too-strict hit-boxes for buttons are pretty common on 'minimalist' sites and those drive me absolutely crazy anymore.
Too-small fonts also used to bother me, but browsers have largely resolved that. So long as minimalist design plays well with dynamic font scaling, that doesn't bother me anymore.
Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#6HN is a good example of how doing one thing very right (no clutter) can overshadow doing many things wrong/unsatisfactorily (no built in search, no instructions on how to use certain features...). Also Applies to a lot of Apple products
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#7A lot of technical people love these kinds of UIs, but they can be unwelcoming to the average user on the web who might not be as technical or might be intimidated by the amount and presentation of the content, especially if it's mostly text.
Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#8Arguably anyone who uses Craigslist.
Not really a choice there - people use craigslist because that's where the people are.
Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#9While the examples (HN and old Digg) are minimal, I also find them "un-refined". I prefer minimal and refined.
Like Delicious. Simple color palette, lots of white space, and no extraneous stuff like gradients, rounded corners, drop shadows, etc.
Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?
#10min deftnly