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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?

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Post by cryptoz »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #4

Is 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 tex…

> I hate javascript, most of the time.

Yeah, I hate how easy and fast upvoting is on HN. It's almost...too fast.

Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?

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Post by ComputerGuru »

cryptoz wrote: post #11
ComputerGuru wrote: post #4

Is 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 tex…

> I hate javascript, most of the time. Yeah, I hate how easy and fast upvoting is on HN. It's almost...too fast.

Like I said, most of the time. No one is complaining that replies on HN aren't AJAX'd :)

Re: Who else prefers minimalist UIs like HN and (linked) the original Digg?

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Post by u48998 »

It's not about minimal, it's about scope. I see HN as content-based system, where as, Digg and rest of the others went the route of social-based. The site where the content is the king, is still valuable versus the site where people are the king. There is a trade off with reputation of course, one has to first build the reputation and credibility before one can claim a solid content-based system.

If you recall, the problem started with Digg when people started gaming it. There were stories after stories of how people are gaming the system. This is when they first lost their credibility.

There is a fine line.

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