I'm much prefer Georgify (alternative CSS for Hacker News) : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ofjfdfaleomlfanfeh...
Hacker News Redesign
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#142I like the current HN design. It's simple and elegant to my taste. I'm not a fan of eye candy (for the sake of it). Minimalist approach of HN is why I like it and what distinguishes it from others. In short, it's the focus on content, rather than design elements.
But there are a few things I would change:
* Replace the triangle image with a caret. * Remove the points to avoid the popularity bias. * Remove the comments count to avoid the flamebait alarm. * Move the search on the top. * Tone down the color.
I'm most likely in the minority here, but here's my take on it: http://i.imgur.com/3iadZ.png
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#143I'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…
Very good critique. Another thing I think the current HN design does well is act as a filter or repellent. Hackers can typically deal with an unattractive interface, whilst the average person would be turned off and leave the site. Those who stay on the site do so for its content, they don't need any extra convincing to stay.
Craigslist seems to work pretty well for Muggles. I'd say most people can handle an ugly UI if reward > cost.
Having said that, I haven't found a mockup I prefer over plain HN either. It's about the content. Design largely stays out of the way.
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#144Much harder to scan the headlines, which is the main job to be done.
I always appreciate people putting their thoughts out there and I hope that Taiyab will not take the criticism here too literally but instead will try to learn from the input. Nice attempt!
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#145Much harder to scan the headlines, which is the main job to be done.
I always appreciate people putting their thoughts out there and I hope that Taiyab will not take the criticism here too literally but instead will try to learn from the input. Nice attempt!
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#146check out, stylish userstyle WIP: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3871817
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#147It seems the site is distracting me towards the design elements, and I can't focus as much on the content. At the very least the text font should be larger and make the comment bubbles smaller. Everything else could be smaller, too. The focus should be the content not the design itself.
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#148I guess with HN it's a good idea to stick with the old design. A new (fancy) design would only attract more mainstream users which is not in the interest of HN in the first place.
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#149I'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?
Think of it as the message. What does it say about you or your company / product. What does it show your values to be. Etc.
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
"As is" is still lacking. Reading these comments across almost the entire width of my monitor is not good design. You do get information density, but my belief is that in the case of reading paragraphs, information density is secondary to readability.
All of these things may be true, but the biggest usability issue facing HN right now is load times. HN has undergone exponential growth even in the short time I've been here, and the site hasn't kept up with it. Given that we're all programmers, perhaps we should take it upon ourselves to dig through the source and see what we can speed up.
> HN has undergone exponential growth even in the short time I've been here, [...]
Nitpick: Observing exponential growth doesn't depend on the time span.