Hacker News Redesign • Hacker News Board

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#11

Post by alexyoung » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:13 PM UTC

I think larger fonts with more spacing in the list would be more readable:

http://jsbin.com/ucupox/1/

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#12

Post by denysonique » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:14 PM UTC

Zooming in breaks the layout.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#13

Post by amanvir_sangha » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:17 PM UTC

This is how I use HN: http://i.imgur.com/IRzF5LQ.png

Browser: Chromium, Extension: "HipsterNews" -> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hipsternews/midncc...

It's a copy of news.layervault.com, which copied news.yc in the first place. I'm sure there is some sort of joke in there somewhere.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#14

Post by hipsters_unite » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:18 PM UTC

The problem is that if you go for a clean (read: white-heavy) design, then you end up with black text on white background. I prefer the classic HN purely because it is (to me) a bit milder on the eye. Kudos for trying though.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#15

Post by cake » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:20 PM UTC

zalew wrote: post #8

hard to call it a redesign when it doesn't solve any problems.

It does by making important elements stand out (such as author, comments...). Bigger arrow which is sometimes tricky to hit.

The colors kinda kills the eyes though.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#16

Post by lignuist » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:20 PM UTC

Any redesign should make the voting buttons significantly larger. It is really hard to hit them on a tablet.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by rmrfrmrf » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:25 PM UTC

cake wrote: post #15

zalew wrote: post #8

hard to call it a redesign when it doesn't solve any problems.

It does by making important elements stand out (such as author, comments...). Bigger arrow which is sometimes tricky to hit. The colors kinda kills the eyes though.

Author (submitter, really) and comments are the last two things I care about.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#18

Post by rocky1138 » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:26 PM UTC

starikovs wrote: post #10

I love the classic design :)

Me, too. I hope it never goes away in favour of flavour-of-the-month web design.

There's just enough space between articles and a ton of stuff fits on the screen at once. If it's not to your liking, there's a ton of alternative HN design services out there you can use.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#19

Post by jimsteinhart » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:27 PM UTC

Why did you use Arial narrow in the Header and Footer? In my opinion this looks a bit crammed.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

#20

Post by rikacomet » Wed, Apr 10, 2013, 12:29 PM UTC

instakill wrote: post #7

This is how I use it: http://i.imgur.com/uwKcrn5.png

This one is better. But still two things remain: 1. the font is a little tad too big by my preference. 2. The orange is a little too bright.

It seems this is editable, I will check back later to add my perception of HN.