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Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by bitcracker »

SeoxyS wrote: post #12

I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy. Often, people wonder why I spend $50,000 a year going to design school, when I can learn how to make things that are just as shiny by reading psdtuts.com. The difference is that style is only skin-deep. It's superficial. It's an added bonus on top of design . Design, on the other hand, is the core of the product: how it functions…

> I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy.

You are absolutely right. Eye candy can quickly become eye straining.

Hacker News is successfull not only because of its content but also because of its design. It's simple and pragmatic, as it should be. I always need only seconds to read the headlines of the whole page.

Hacker News, please don't change anything!

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by [deleted] »

bitcracker wrote: post #121
SeoxyS wrote: post #12

I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy. Often, people wonder why I spend $50,000 a year going to design school, when I can learn how to make things that are just as shiny by reading psdtuts.com. The difference is that style is only skin-deep. It's superficial. It's an added bonus on top of design . Design, on the other hand, is the core of the product: how it functions…

> I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy. You are absolutely right. Eye candy can quickly become eye straining. Hacker News is successfull not only because of its content but also because of its design. It's simple and pragmatic, as it should be. I always need only seconds to read the headlines of the whole page. Hacker News, please don't change anything!

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Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by bborud »

First impression (5-7 seconds): no, this does not work.

In the current incarnation the page has just the right font size and just the right amount of vertical space. Strictly speaking it is a bit tight, but since every other line is grey and in a small font, the spacing of the headings becomes perfect.

The new design is prettier. But it negatively affects the usability of the site.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by kamweti »

uniclaude wrote: post #70

I believe this is not a good redesign, and I'll try to explain why: - Where should I click to go to the comments page? If I have to click on the little bubble on the right of each article, it actually makes my user experience less pleasant than with the current design. (Did OP read "Don't Make Me Think"?) - No flagging button. Did OP voluntarily omit it? If so, why? If not, where would he put it? - The scores of the…

I'd also recommend Designed For Use by Lukas Mathis http://pragprog.com/book/lmuse/designed-for-use .It has great chapters on the UI/Ux process.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by kabanossen »

notlisted wrote: post #73
SeoxyS wrote: post #12

I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy. Often, people wonder why I spend $50,000 a year going to design school, when I can learn how to make things that are just as shiny by reading psdtuts.com. The difference is that style is only skin-deep. It's superficial. It's an added bonus on top of design . Design, on the other hand, is the core of the product: how it functions…

I want this: http://i.imgur.com/xKRkY.png My longer reply got lost somewhere.

I agree, Megaupload is far too important. We need it.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by tzaman »

iamjonlee wrote: post #111
nwienert wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tried out a more semantic redesign inspired by original submission, OP comment, and the attached screen: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3870982

I've tried one too that I think should really be how HN redesign should look like. http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2tjm5GuRF1rtfgd6o1_1280.j...

I agree, this one is less deviated from the original - it's nice but still 'feels' HN

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by XLcommerce »

dhx wrote: post #85
XLcommerce wrote: post #65

A few people have mentioned information density as being important. I've got the 'Stylish' chrome extension installed with a userstyle for hn which looks like this: table > tbody > tr:nth-child(3) > td{-webkit-column-count: 2; } 2 column layout is v.cool. Makes the front page as well as the comments section much more readable for me. example: http://imgur.com/a/oidEM#1

It is easier for a user to scroll down a long continuous list than to hop back and forth between two columns. This is particularly true for ordered lists (as is the case with HN). The only thing I strongly dislike about HN's current design is that comment line lengths are far too long[1]. [1] http://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability

It reads like a newspaper. You read one column at a time. No hopping between columns.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by PauloPatricio »

A lot of things people said are right. While reading the post, I hoped for something very clean. But it's not. There are elements and bits that are unnecessary and/or redundant. All already mentioned in previous comments. And the solution doesn't need to be "eye-candy". Just go for better type choice and a effective color palette. Basically, a no fuss, no frills solution.

Re: Hacker News Redesign

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Post by 6ren »

SeoxyS wrote: post #12

I'm sorry, but this is a perfect example of the difference between design and eye candy. Often, people wonder why I spend $50,000 a year going to design school, when I can learn how to make things that are just as shiny by reading psdtuts.com. The difference is that style is only skin-deep. It's superficial. It's an added bonus on top of design . Design, on the other hand, is the core of the product: how it functions…

> what story it tells

I think of a "story" as a narrative: a sequence of events involving characters. In an epic story, there's a hero, a quest, thresholds, guardians, a special world, obstacles, tests, allies, a shadow, a return etc. Could you elaborate on what "story" means in terms of design?

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